MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 29.04,-82.20 Latitude: 29.04 Longitude: -82.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1017 22 34.5 23.6 53 10.9 26.4 31 0 306.1 309.6 299.0 361.3 18.36 1 1000 177 31.2 22.5 60 8.7 24.8 38 0 304.3 307.5 298.0 356.2 17.40 2 950 638 26.5 21.5 74 5.0 22.9 62 0 304.1 307.3 297.8 355.5 17.27 3 900 1113 21.9 20.6 92 1.3 20.9 75 0 304.0 307.2 297.7 355.2 17.17 4 850 1607 18.8 11.6 63 7.2 14.1 172 3 305.8 307.7 293.4 336.3 10.15 5 800 2125 15.8 8.9 64 6.9 11.5 205 3 308.0 309.7 293.2 335.3 8.99 6 750 2671 13.0 5.0 58 8.0 8.3 216 2 310.7 312.0 292.6 333.2 7.32 7 700 3247 9.4 2.6 63 6.8 5.6 200 3 312.9 314.1 292.7 333.5 6.61 8 650 3858 6.2 -8.8 33 14.9 -0.6 188 8 315.9 316.5 290.5 325.8 3.03 9 600 4509 2.0 -4.7 61 6.6 -1.3 199 7 318.4 319.3 292.5 333.0 4.52 10 550 5206 -2.5 -9.2 60 6.7 -5.5 205 7 321.1 321.7 292.4 332.4 3.45 11 500 5955 -7.0 -17.8 42 10.7 -10.8 213 7 324.4 324.8 292.0 330.9 1.89 12 450 6768 -12.1 -22.2 43 10.1 -15.2 201 11 328.0 328.2 292.5 333.0 1.43 13 400 7659 -17.9 -30.0 34 12.1 -20.6 198 15 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.7 0.79 14 350 8643 -24.5 -36.3 33 11.8 -26.4 192 19 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.7 0.49 15 300 9749 -32.2 -41.7 38 9.5 -33.3 175 21 340.1 340.1 294.7 341.4 0.33 16 250 11011 -41.6 -54.2 24 12.5 -42.3 176 29 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.10 17 200 12481 -54.0 -61.0 41 7.1 -54.1 172 30 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.05 18 150 14273 -65.8 -71.4 45 5.7 -65.8 161 14 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16704 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 96 14 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.53 m Freezing level: 578.06 mb = 4814.64 m = 15795.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.62 mb = 3799.82 m = 12466.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.24 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.75 mb = 1398.56 m = 4588.41 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 28.08 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1360.29 m = 4462.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.30 C = 91.94 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 18.66 C K Index: 30.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2479.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.64 mb = 1281.26 m = 4203.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.64 mb = 1429.54 m = 4690.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.64 mb = 14368.29 m = 47139.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2449.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.6 at 4.0 knts Storm direction: 228.6 at 3.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 985.88 Bulk Shear: 2.52 m/s