MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 22.3 20.5 89 1.8 21.1 65 7 294.8 297.6 293.9 338.5 15.23 1 1000 114 21.7 20.3 92 1.3 20.8 68 9 294.8 297.5 293.9 338.3 15.18 2 950 559 20.4 20.4 100 -0.0 20.4 115 18 297.9 300.8 295.4 344.5 16.09 3 900 1027 19.1 19.1 100 -0.0 19.1 143 10 301.2 304.0 296.0 347.2 15.65 4 850 1519 17.3 16.3 94 1.0 16.6 142 10 304.3 306.8 295.6 345.4 13.82 5 800 2036 15.2 11.4 78 3.8 12.8 167 10 307.4 309.4 294.3 339.7 10.68 6 750 2581 12.4 8.2 76 4.1 9.8 175 10 310.0 311.7 293.9 338.1 9.16 7 700 3157 9.8 4.1 68 5.7 6.5 180 9 313.3 314.7 293.4 336.2 7.34 8 650 3770 6.5 1.7 71 4.8 3.8 209 7 316.3 317.6 293.7 337.4 6.66 9 600 4423 2.8 -3.5 63 6.4 -0.4 213 8 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.3 4.92 10 550 5123 -1.1 -9.0 55 7.9 -4.7 226 5 322.7 323.4 292.9 334.3 3.51 11 500 5876 -5.7 -9.3 75 3.7 -7.3 228 9 326.2 326.9 294.0 338.8 3.77 12 450 6695 -10.1 -24.1 31 14.0 -14.2 243 9 330.6 330.8 293.0 335.0 1.22 13 400 7593 -15.7 -20.5 67 4.8 -17.2 233 16 334.6 335.0 294.6 341.3 1.88 14 350 8588 -21.7 -38.9 20 17.2 -24.6 220 17 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.0 0.38 15 300 9703 -29.9 -36.1 55 6.2 -30.9 214 27 343.2 343.3 295.6 345.4 0.58 16 250 10978 -39.5 -49.4 34 9.9 -40.3 217 26 347.3 347.3 296.2 348.0 0.17 17 200 12462 -52.0 -66.1 17 14.1 -52.3 231 28 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 14265 -65.2 -71.7 40 6.5 -65.3 206 24 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16695 -70.8 -84.4 12 13.6 -70.9 77 13 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.20 m Freezing level: 564.38 mb = 4921.37 m = 16146.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.69 mb = 4359.37 m = 14302.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.41 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.45 mb = 276.32 m = 906.54 ft T: 21.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 900.39 m = 2954.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.79 C = 82.03 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 33.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.20 mb = 547.78 m = 1797.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 516.20 mb = 5624.10 m = 18451.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 486.20 mb = 6093.73 m = 19992.33 ft B at Equ Level: 24.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 396.20 mb = 7664.16 m = 25144.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.2 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 203.2 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 79.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 25.68 m/s