MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 26.4 23.6 85 2.8 24.3 55 8 298.9 302.3 297.3 352.9 18.51 1 1000 111 25.6 23.2 86 2.4 23.9 58 9 298.8 302.1 297.0 351.8 18.18 2 950 561 21.8 21.8 100 -0.0 21.8 85 14 299.3 302.5 296.7 350.5 17.54 3 900 1030 19.5 19.5 100 -0.0 19.5 70 3 301.6 304.5 296.4 348.7 16.03 4 850 1523 17.6 17.0 97 0.5 17.2 3 5 304.5 307.2 296.1 347.8 14.52 5 800 2040 15.2 13.4 89 1.7 14.0 291 3 307.3 309.6 295.3 344.2 12.20 6 750 2585 12.2 8.7 79 3.5 10.0 274 4 309.8 311.6 294.0 338.8 9.48 7 700 3162 9.9 4.8 71 5.1 6.8 254 6 313.4 314.9 293.7 337.4 7.71 8 650 3775 7.0 1.0 66 6.0 3.7 267 7 316.9 318.2 293.6 337.1 6.36 9 600 4429 2.6 -2.2 70 4.9 0.1 289 6 319.2 320.2 293.5 336.6 5.43 10 550 5127 -1.4 -8.7 58 7.3 -4.7 278 8 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.3 3.60 11 500 5881 -5.4 -12.8 56 7.5 -8.4 263 11 326.5 327.1 293.4 336.2 2.85 12 450 6701 -9.8 -16.6 58 6.8 -12.3 251 13 330.9 331.3 294.0 338.9 2.31 13 400 7602 -14.5 -35.2 15 20.7 -18.8 245 14 336.2 336.3 293.8 338.0 0.48 14 350 8599 -21.4 -46.7 8 25.2 -24.8 261 15 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.16 15 300 9716 -30.0 -42.0 30 12.0 -31.6 253 17 343.0 343.1 295.3 344.3 0.32 16 250 10987 -40.2 -45.7 55 5.5 -40.6 236 20 346.4 346.4 296.1 347.4 0.26 17 200 12471 -50.6 -54.3 65 3.7 -50.7 217 33 352.7 352.7 297.3 353.2 0.12 18 150 14281 -66.2 -70.3 56 4.1 -66.2 203 35 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16705 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 40 5 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.48 m Freezing level: 567.44 mb = 4883.77 m = 16022.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.89 mb = 4443.66 m = 14578.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.10 mb = 395.28 m = 1296.83 ft T: 23.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.58 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 949.61 mb = 564.60 m = 1852.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.16 F Cap Strength: -0.12 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 34.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 674.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.46 mb = 593.44 m = 1946.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 941.46 mb = 639.42 m = 2097.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.46 mb = 11793.21 m = 38691.15 ft B at Equ Level: 672.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.46 mb = 15542.81 m = 50992.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 17.16 Bulk Shear: 39.33 m/s