MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 4Z 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 1009 46 23.1 21.4 90 1.7 21.9 64 8 295.6 298.5 294.8 341.9 16.13 1 1000 121 22.5 21.1 92 1.3 21.5 67 11 295.6 298.5 294.7 341.5 15.96 2 950 566 19.7 19.7 100 -0.0 19.7 99 24 297.2 299.9 294.7 341.6 15.39 3 900 1034 19.2 19.1 99 0.2 19.1 135 12 301.3 304.2 296.0 347.3 15.61 4 850 1525 16.8 16.8 100 -0.0 16.8 73 9 303.7 306.4 295.8 346.2 14.30 5 800 2043 15.4 13.8 90 1.6 14.3 96 7 307.5 309.9 295.6 345.2 12.46 6 750 2588 12.8 8.9 77 3.9 10.3 93 5 310.4 312.2 294.3 339.8 9.57 7 700 3166 9.8 5.0 72 4.9 7.0 74 4 313.4 314.9 293.8 337.8 7.84 8 650 3780 7.0 2.7 74 4.3 4.5 103 1 316.8 318.2 294.2 339.5 7.16 9 600 4433 2.9 -2.3 69 5.2 0.2 147 4 319.5 320.5 293.5 336.8 5.38 10 550 5133 -0.8 -7.9 59 7.0 -4.1 269 3 323.1 323.8 293.3 335.8 3.85 11 500 5888 -5.0 -12.4 56 7.4 -8.1 268 11 326.9 327.5 293.6 336.9 2.94 12 450 6709 -9.7 -14.7 67 4.9 -11.6 251 15 331.0 331.5 294.4 340.4 2.72 13 400 7608 -15.5 -21.9 58 6.3 -17.5 241 17 334.8 335.1 294.5 340.7 1.66 14 350 8602 -22.1 -35.3 29 13.2 -24.6 235 14 338.9 339.1 294.6 341.0 0.54 15 300 9718 -30.1 -43.2 27 13.0 -31.7 249 16 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.28 16 250 10990 -39.5 -42.7 71 3.3 -39.8 204 24 347.4 347.4 296.4 348.8 0.35 17 200 12475 -52.1 -55.8 64 3.8 -52.2 224 29 350.3 350.4 296.8 350.8 0.10 18 150 14270 -65.2 -74.4 27 9.2 -65.3 236 19 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16711 -68.4 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.4 44 10 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.23 m Freezing level: 561.39 mb = 4973.75 m = 16317.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.04 mb = 4459.29 m = 14630.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.15 mb = 259.63 m = 851.79 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 9.47 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.03 mb = 502.34 m = 1648.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: 0.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.80 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 33.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.30 mb = 554.53 m = 1819.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 946.30 mb = 600.16 m = 1969.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 936.30 mb = 692.04 m = 2270.46 ft B at Equ Level: 19.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 866.30 mb = 1362.02 m = 4468.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.1 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 134.1 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -26.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.8 neg: -22.8 tot: 67.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.79 Bulk Shear: 10.93 m/s