MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 7Z 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 22.6 20.5 88 2.1 21.1 66 8 295.1 297.8 294.0 338.6 15.19 1 1000 113 22.0 20.1 89 1.8 20.7 68 10 295.1 297.8 293.9 338.1 15.01 2 950 558 20.2 20.1 99 0.1 20.1 110 19 297.7 300.5 295.1 343.4 15.78 3 900 1027 19.4 19.1 98 0.3 19.2 131 10 301.5 304.3 296.0 347.4 15.60 4 850 1518 17.6 15.9 90 1.7 16.4 132 8 304.6 307.1 295.4 344.8 13.47 5 800 2036 15.4 11.4 77 4.0 12.9 153 10 307.6 309.6 294.3 339.8 10.65 6 750 2581 12.8 8.5 75 4.3 10.1 168 8 310.4 312.2 294.1 339.0 9.32 7 700 3158 10.0 3.5 64 6.5 6.3 166 7 313.6 315.0 293.2 335.7 7.07 8 650 3772 6.7 2.0 72 4.8 4.1 182 7 316.6 317.9 293.9 338.1 6.81 9 600 4425 3.0 -1.9 70 4.9 0.4 192 6 319.6 320.7 293.7 337.5 5.56 10 550 5125 -0.9 -9.1 54 8.2 -4.6 207 5 323.0 323.6 292.9 334.5 3.49 11 500 5880 -5.3 -13.8 51 8.6 -8.7 238 9 326.6 327.2 293.2 335.6 2.63 12 450 6699 -10.0 -22.3 36 12.3 -13.8 245 11 330.7 331.0 293.3 335.8 1.43 13 400 7598 -15.5 -21.2 62 5.7 -17.3 229 16 334.8 335.1 294.6 341.1 1.76 14 350 8592 -21.8 -41.3 15 19.5 -24.9 216 17 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.5 0.29 15 300 9708 -29.4 -34.7 60 5.3 -30.3 213 24 344.0 344.2 295.9 346.6 0.67 16 250 10984 -39.8 -43.8 66 3.9 -40.2 210 27 346.9 346.9 296.2 348.1 0.32 17 200 12466 -52.0 -65.1 19 13.0 -52.4 233 27 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 14269 -65.2 -72.5 35 7.4 -65.2 211 25 357.8 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16696 -70.5 -84.5 11 14.1 -70.5 54 10 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.29 m Freezing level: 562.07 mb = 4956.28 m = 16260.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.73 mb = 4482.54 m = 14706.33 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.49 mb = 310.86 m = 1019.86 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 11.68 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.73 mb = 1242.14 m = 4075.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: 0.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 32.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3016.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.46 mb = 581.41 m = 1907.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.5 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 188.5 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.0 neg: -3.7 tot: 68.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 21.94 m/s