MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 22.8 20.7 88 2.1 21.3 61 8 295.3 298.0 294.1 339.4 15.38 1 1000 118 22.2 20.4 89 1.8 20.9 63 10 295.4 298.1 294.1 339.2 15.26 2 950 562 19.7 19.8 100 -0.0 19.8 104 19 297.2 300.0 294.8 341.9 15.45 3 900 1031 19.2 18.5 96 0.6 18.7 109 10 301.2 304.0 295.7 345.6 15.08 4 850 1522 16.4 16.4 100 -0.0 16.4 116 7 303.3 305.9 295.4 344.6 13.94 5 800 2039 15.3 10.8 75 4.5 12.4 145 7 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.3 10.22 6 750 2584 12.5 7.1 69 5.4 9.2 142 6 310.2 311.8 293.4 336.2 8.47 7 700 3160 9.6 7.1 85 2.4 8.0 147 4 313.1 314.8 294.6 341.3 9.11 8 650 3773 6.7 2.2 73 4.5 4.1 160 5 316.5 317.8 293.9 338.3 6.90 9 600 4426 2.9 -1.9 71 4.8 0.4 168 6 319.5 320.6 293.7 337.4 5.56 10 550 5127 -0.8 -7.2 62 6.3 -3.8 187 5 323.1 323.9 293.4 336.5 4.07 11 500 5881 -5.2 -13.0 54 7.9 -8.4 248 9 326.8 327.3 293.4 336.3 2.81 12 450 6701 -10.0 -20.5 42 10.5 -13.4 254 12 330.7 331.1 293.4 336.6 1.67 13 400 7599 -15.6 -21.9 59 6.2 -17.6 235 16 334.6 335.0 294.4 340.6 1.66 14 350 8594 -21.6 -41.9 14 20.2 -24.8 228 15 339.6 339.6 294.5 340.7 0.28 15 300 9711 -30.1 -39.2 41 9.1 -31.4 229 20 342.9 343.0 295.4 344.6 0.43 16 250 10986 -39.2 -45.2 53 5.9 -39.8 213 29 347.8 347.8 296.4 348.9 0.27 17 200 12466 -53.0 -60.0 42 7.0 -53.2 235 23 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.06 18 150 14267 -64.4 -74.4 24 10.0 -64.5 233 24 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16694 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.8 47 13 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.79 m Freezing level: 561.28 mb = 4968.66 m = 16301.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.60 mb = 4485.67 m = 14716.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.44 mb = 315.44 m = 1034.89 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 9.38 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1124.36 m = 3688.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: 0.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3212.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.69 mb = 583.49 m = 1914.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 139.4 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 169.4 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.1 neg: -11.0 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 16.70 m/s