MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 5Z 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 23.1 21.1 88 2.0 21.7 63 8 295.6 298.4 294.6 340.9 15.79 1 1000 119 22.5 20.7 89 1.8 21.2 66 10 295.7 298.5 294.4 340.4 15.55 2 950 565 19.6 19.6 100 -0.0 19.6 100 21 297.1 299.8 294.6 341.2 15.29 3 900 1032 19.1 19.1 100 -0.0 19.1 134 13 301.2 304.1 296.0 347.3 15.69 4 850 1524 16.3 16.3 100 -0.0 16.3 89 8 303.2 305.8 295.4 344.4 13.88 5 800 2040 15.1 12.7 85 2.5 13.5 125 6 307.3 309.4 294.8 342.2 11.59 6 750 2585 12.3 8.5 78 3.8 9.9 119 5 310.0 311.7 294.0 338.5 9.34 7 700 3162 9.4 6.1 80 3.3 7.5 100 4 312.9 314.6 294.1 339.3 8.49 8 650 3775 6.6 2.4 75 4.2 4.2 155 2 316.5 317.8 294.0 338.7 7.03 9 600 4428 2.8 -2.5 68 5.3 0.1 160 4 319.4 320.5 293.4 336.6 5.32 10 550 5128 -0.9 -7.8 60 6.9 -4.1 223 3 323.0 323.8 293.3 335.9 3.88 11 500 5883 -5.1 -10.3 67 5.2 -7.4 244 10 326.8 327.5 294.0 338.5 3.48 12 450 6703 -9.8 -13.7 74 3.8 -11.4 255 14 330.9 331.4 294.6 341.0 2.96 13 400 7602 -15.7 -20.6 66 4.9 -17.2 238 16 334.6 335.0 294.6 341.2 1.86 14 350 8596 -21.8 -40.6 17 18.8 -24.8 225 15 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.5 0.31 15 300 9712 -30.4 -42.5 29 12.2 -31.9 241 16 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.8 0.30 16 250 10987 -38.8 -41.9 73 3.0 -39.2 209 25 348.3 348.4 296.6 349.9 0.39 17 200 12470 -52.9 -56.7 63 3.8 -53.0 224 31 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.4 0.09 18 150 14266 -64.7 -74.0 27 9.3 -64.8 238 20 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16701 -69.4 -84.7 9 15.2 -69.5 46 10 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.26 m Freezing level: 561.81 mb = 4962.46 m = 16280.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.06 mb = 4440.38 m = 14568.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.47 C = 86.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.16 mb = 302.32 m = 991.87 ft T: 21.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.88 mb = 520.27 m = 1706.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.49 C = 76.09 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 34.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.57 mb = 568.66 m = 1865.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 944.57 mb = 614.33 m = 2015.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 934.57 mb = 706.39 m = 2317.54 ft B at Equ Level: 18.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 864.57 mb = 1377.46 m = 4519.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.4 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 155.4 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.3 neg: -22.3 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.39 Bulk Shear: 13.57 m/s