MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z MON 4 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 1008 46 24.4 23.5 95 0.9 23.8 49 7 296.9 300.2 296.7 350.1 18.40 1 1000 112 23.6 23.3 98 0.4 23.4 50 8 296.8 300.1 296.5 349.6 18.26 2 950 560 21.3 21.4 100 -0.0 21.4 92 14 298.8 302.0 296.3 348.7 17.10 3 900 1029 19.4 19.5 100 -0.0 19.5 109 11 301.6 304.5 296.4 348.7 16.02 4 850 1520 17.2 17.2 100 -0.0 17.2 16 7 304.2 306.9 296.2 348.0 14.72 5 800 2037 15.1 13.2 88 2.0 13.8 26 5 307.3 309.5 295.1 343.5 12.00 6 750 2583 12.4 9.1 80 3.3 10.3 7 4 310.0 311.8 294.2 339.7 9.70 7 700 3160 9.6 8.8 95 0.8 9.1 293 5 313.1 315.1 295.5 344.8 10.24 8 650 3774 7.2 1.2 65 6.1 3.8 273 5 317.2 318.4 293.7 337.6 6.42 9 600 4428 2.9 -1.6 72 4.5 0.5 66 1 319.5 320.6 293.8 337.8 5.68 10 550 5128 -1.0 -7.4 61 6.5 -4.0 317 5 323.0 323.7 293.3 336.1 3.98 11 500 5882 -5.2 -12.1 59 6.8 -8.1 254 9 326.7 327.3 293.6 336.9 3.03 12 450 6703 -9.7 -14.6 67 4.9 -11.6 239 12 331.1 331.6 294.4 340.5 2.74 13 400 7603 -15.3 -22.4 54 7.2 -17.4 233 13 335.2 335.5 294.5 340.8 1.58 14 350 8598 -21.6 -31.6 40 10.0 -23.7 258 14 339.7 339.8 295.0 342.6 0.78 15 300 9716 -29.8 -35.3 59 5.5 -30.7 250 18 343.3 343.4 295.7 345.7 0.63 16 250 10989 -39.2 -43.2 65 4.1 -39.5 230 20 347.9 347.9 296.4 349.2 0.34 17 200 12478 -51.2 -55.0 64 3.8 -51.4 212 34 351.7 351.7 297.1 352.1 0.11 18 150 14275 -67.1 -71.4 54 4.3 -67.1 227 27 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 19 100 16701 -69.8 -85.0 9 15.2 -69.9 60 4 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.32 m Freezing level: 562.29 mb = 4955.67 m = 16258.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.94 mb = 4509.46 m = 14794.64 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.34 mb = 152.84 m = 501.43 ft T: 23.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 9.09 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.23 mb = 494.20 m = 1621.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 38.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 406.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.57 mb = 509.38 m = 1671.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 950.57 mb = 555.25 m = 1821.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.57 mb = 10699.52 m = 35102.99 ft B at Equ Level: 405.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.57 mb = 14663.43 m = 48107.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 13.0 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 43.0 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -157.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: -22.6 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 38.15 Bulk Shear: 10.65 m/s