MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F008.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMXF ... Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: KMXF Latitude: 32.38 Longitude: -86.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 46 27.5 24.2 82 3.3 25.1 57 8 300.0 303.5 298.0 356.5 19.24 1 1000 111 26.1 23.6 86 2.5 24.3 59 9 299.2 302.6 297.4 353.7 18.63 2 950 562 22.1 22.1 100 -0.0 22.1 87 8 299.6 302.8 297.0 351.8 17.88 3 900 1031 20.0 19.6 98 0.3 19.8 265 6 302.1 305.1 296.6 349.9 16.20 4 850 1525 18.5 14.8 79 3.7 16.0 275 7 305.5 307.9 295.1 343.1 12.53 5 800 2043 15.2 13.4 89 1.7 14.0 268 8 307.3 309.6 295.3 344.1 12.18 6 750 2588 12.4 7.7 73 4.7 9.5 258 8 310.1 311.7 293.6 337.1 8.84 7 700 3164 9.8 4.9 72 4.9 6.9 254 9 313.3 314.8 293.7 337.5 7.77 8 650 3778 6.7 1.2 68 5.5 3.6 258 11 316.5 317.7 293.5 336.8 6.41 9 600 4430 2.6 -3.5 64 6.1 -0.4 254 10 319.1 320.1 293.1 335.1 4.94 10 550 5129 -1.0 -8.6 56 7.7 -4.4 240 11 323.0 323.7 293.0 335.0 3.62 11 500 5885 -4.7 -14.7 46 9.9 -8.7 243 11 327.2 327.7 293.2 335.6 2.45 12 450 6705 -9.7 -16.2 59 6.4 -12.2 234 11 331.0 331.5 294.1 339.3 2.40 13 400 7605 -14.9 -34.5 17 19.6 -19.1 235 11 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.5 0.51 14 350 8601 -21.7 -44.4 11 22.7 -25.0 265 14 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.3 0.21 15 300 9717 -30.1 -43.9 25 13.7 -31.8 262 19 342.9 342.9 295.3 343.9 0.26 16 250 10988 -39.9 -54.1 21 14.2 -40.8 247 24 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.1 0.10 17 200 12472 -51.2 -68.0 12 16.8 -51.6 219 28 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14277 -66.2 -71.0 51 4.8 -66.3 199 34 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16696 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.8 39 4 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.08 m Freezing level: 563.33 mb = 4943.08 m = 16217.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.55 mb = 4355.11 m = 14288.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.76 % Est. max temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.14 mb = 459.19 m = 1506.51 ft T: 22.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.41 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.10 mb = 560.75 m = 1839.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.68 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: 0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.53 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 923.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.15 mb = 606.09 m = 1988.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 940.15 mb = 652.18 m = 2139.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 870.15 mb = 1322.42 m = 4338.60 ft B at Equ Level: 14.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.15 mb = 16118.92 m = 52882.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.3 neg: -0.8 tot: 64.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 22.58 Bulk Shear: 40.88 m/s