MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 23.5 21.9 91 1.6 22.4 65 9 296.0 299.0 295.3 343.9 16.65 1 1000 118 22.9 21.7 93 1.2 22.1 67 12 296.0 299.0 295.2 343.6 16.52 2 950 564 19.9 19.9 100 -0.0 19.9 96 24 297.4 300.2 294.9 342.5 15.58 3 900 1031 19.1 19.1 100 -0.0 19.1 134 15 301.1 304.0 296.0 347.1 15.62 4 850 1523 17.0 17.0 100 -0.0 17.0 77 5 303.9 306.6 296.0 347.0 14.49 5 800 2040 15.6 13.5 87 2.1 14.2 69 6 307.8 310.1 295.5 344.9 12.25 6 750 2586 12.9 8.6 75 4.3 10.2 59 5 310.6 312.3 294.1 339.3 9.37 7 700 3164 9.9 5.2 73 4.7 7.1 38 5 313.4 314.9 293.9 338.2 7.94 8 650 3778 7.0 2.6 73 4.4 4.5 14 2 316.9 318.3 294.2 339.5 7.13 9 600 4431 3.0 -2.3 69 5.2 0.3 128 2 319.5 320.6 293.6 337.0 5.41 10 550 5132 -0.5 -12.6 39 12.1 -5.5 307 5 323.5 324.0 292.4 332.4 2.64 11 500 5887 -5.0 -11.7 59 6.7 -7.8 266 12 327.0 327.6 293.7 337.5 3.12 12 450 6708 -9.3 -13.8 70 4.5 -11.1 247 17 331.6 332.2 294.7 341.7 2.93 13 400 7609 -15.3 -21.8 58 6.4 -17.3 238 16 335.0 335.4 294.6 341.0 1.67 14 350 8604 -21.9 -35.6 28 13.6 -24.5 233 14 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.2 0.53 15 300 9721 -30.0 -40.6 35 10.6 -31.4 245 17 343.1 343.1 295.4 344.5 0.37 16 250 10993 -39.2 -42.5 71 3.3 -39.5 207 22 347.8 347.9 296.5 349.3 0.36 17 200 12480 -51.8 -55.6 64 3.8 -52.0 223 24 350.7 350.7 296.9 351.1 0.10 18 150 14275 -66.0 -73.8 33 7.7 -66.1 233 19 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16711 -68.6 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 42 7 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.45 m Freezing level: 557.02 mb = 5033.47 m = 16513.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.80 mb = 4460.87 m = 14635.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.37 mb = 245.81 m = 806.46 ft T: 22.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 8.90 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 958.20 mb = 489.03 m = 1604.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.69 C = 76.44 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.98 C K Index: 34.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.11 mb = 544.53 m = 1786.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 947.11 mb = 590.17 m = 1936.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 927.11 mb = 774.66 m = 2541.49 ft B at Equ Level: 17.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 847.11 mb = 1551.75 m = 5090.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 79.6 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 109.6 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -45.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.3 neg: -15.1 tot: 76.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 11.03 m/s