MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 32.38,-86.37 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 27.0 23.6 81 3.5 24.5 64 9 299.6 303.0 297.4 353.7 18.47 1 1000 106 25.9 23.0 84 2.9 23.8 66 10 299.0 302.3 296.9 351.3 17.93 2 950 557 22.3 22.3 100 -0.0 22.3 101 11 299.8 303.2 297.3 353.0 18.18 3 900 1027 20.4 18.0 86 2.3 18.8 293 4 302.5 305.2 295.7 345.8 14.63 4 850 1521 18.7 15.1 80 3.6 16.3 289 6 305.8 308.1 295.3 344.2 12.82 5 800 2039 15.5 11.0 75 4.5 12.6 277 7 307.7 309.6 294.1 339.0 10.37 6 750 2584 12.3 8.7 79 3.6 10.0 261 6 309.9 311.7 294.0 338.7 9.43 7 700 3161 9.7 5.2 74 4.5 7.0 257 8 313.2 314.7 293.8 338.0 7.96 8 650 3774 6.7 1.6 70 5.2 3.8 259 11 316.6 317.8 293.7 337.5 6.61 9 600 4426 2.5 -2.8 68 5.3 -0.3 261 10 319.0 320.0 293.2 335.7 5.18 10 550 5125 -1.1 -9.5 53 8.3 -4.8 254 11 322.7 323.4 292.8 334.0 3.40 11 500 5880 -5.0 -12.3 56 7.4 -8.0 255 12 327.0 327.6 293.6 337.1 2.97 12 450 6701 -9.6 -17.2 54 7.6 -12.4 242 13 331.1 331.5 294.0 338.8 2.20 13 400 7601 -14.8 -34.0 18 19.2 -18.9 235 13 335.8 335.9 293.8 337.9 0.54 14 350 8597 -21.5 -44.5 11 22.9 -24.8 259 15 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.21 15 300 9714 -30.0 -45.6 21 15.5 -31.8 261 18 343.0 343.1 295.3 343.9 0.22 16 250 10985 -39.9 -53.4 23 13.4 -40.8 245 23 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.1 0.11 17 200 12470 -50.6 -57.3 45 6.7 -50.8 222 33 352.6 352.6 297.3 353.0 0.08 18 150 14278 -65.7 -70.1 54 4.4 -65.8 194 36 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16696 -69.2 -85.0 8 15.8 -69.3 3 4 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.72 m Freezing level: 565.83 mb = 4904.06 m = 16089.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.33 mb = 4381.36 m = 14374.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.23 % Est. max temperature: 32.75 C = 90.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.76 mb = 485.42 m = 1592.58 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 19.05 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 832.82 m = 2732.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.94 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 34.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 738.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.21 mb = 665.42 m = 2183.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.21 mb = 1899.06 m = 6230.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.21 mb = 12044.30 m = 39514.95 ft B at Equ Level: 732.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.21 mb = 15451.62 m = 50693.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -43.9 tot: -11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 14.56 Bulk Shear: 50.71 m/s