MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 23.9 23.1 95 0.9 23.3 55 8 296.4 299.6 296.2 348.1 17.90 1 1000 116 23.2 22.8 97 0.4 22.9 58 9 296.4 299.6 296.1 347.6 17.74 2 950 563 20.4 20.4 100 -0.0 20.5 86 21 297.9 300.8 295.4 344.7 16.13 3 900 1031 19.2 19.2 100 -0.0 19.2 117 18 301.3 304.2 296.1 347.6 15.75 4 850 1523 17.1 17.1 100 -0.0 17.1 30 4 304.0 306.7 296.1 347.4 14.59 5 800 2040 15.3 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 36 6 307.4 309.7 295.3 343.8 12.05 6 750 2586 12.7 8.8 77 3.9 10.2 23 5 310.3 312.1 294.2 339.5 9.52 7 700 3163 9.4 9.4 100 0.0 9.4 359 4 312.9 314.9 295.7 345.7 10.63 8 650 3777 7.2 1.6 67 5.7 4.1 294 3 317.2 318.4 293.9 338.1 6.61 9 600 4431 3.1 -1.9 70 5.0 0.4 149 2 319.6 320.7 293.7 337.5 5.55 10 550 5131 -0.6 -10.2 48 9.6 -4.8 325 5 323.4 324.0 292.8 334.0 3.19 11 500 5886 -5.1 -11.8 59 6.7 -7.9 255 11 326.8 327.5 293.7 337.3 3.11 12 450 6707 -9.8 -14.7 67 4.9 -11.6 250 12 331.0 331.5 294.4 340.4 2.73 13 400 7607 -15.2 -19.1 72 4.0 -16.5 234 13 335.3 335.7 295.0 342.7 2.10 14 350 8602 -21.9 -28.1 57 6.3 -23.4 235 14 339.3 339.5 295.1 343.3 1.08 15 300 9719 -30.1 -42.2 30 12.2 -31.6 247 16 343.0 343.1 295.3 344.3 0.31 16 250 10991 -38.9 -42.2 71 3.3 -39.2 231 23 348.2 348.3 296.5 349.7 0.37 17 200 12481 -51.7 -55.5 64 3.8 -51.9 205 26 350.8 350.8 296.9 351.3 0.10 18 150 14275 -66.7 -71.8 48 5.1 -66.7 225 22 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.02 19 100 16712 -69.0 -84.9 8 15.9 -69.1 58 5 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.70 m Freezing level: 558.42 mb = 5013.21 m = 16447.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.92 mb = 4485.56 m = 14716.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.93 mb = 151.12 m = 495.81 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 8.15 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 962.30 mb = 450.47 m = 1477.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.06 C = 77.10 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 39.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 96.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.73 mb = 510.21 m = 1673.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 950.73 mb = 555.93 m = 1823.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 910.73 mb = 928.37 m = 3045.80 ft B at Equ Level: 18.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 780.73 mb = 2246.13 m = 7369.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 56.3 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 86.3 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -62.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.9 neg: -39.1 tot: 28.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 12.64 Bulk Shear: 7.61 m/s