MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 21.7 20.8 95 0.9 21.1 54 6 294.2 297.0 294.0 338.7 15.57 1 1000 111 21.1 20.5 97 0.5 20.7 56 7 294.2 297.0 293.9 338.1 15.38 2 950 556 19.7 19.8 100 -0.0 19.8 111 18 297.2 300.0 294.8 341.9 15.45 3 900 1024 19.7 19.7 100 -0.0 19.7 137 10 301.8 304.7 296.5 349.6 16.23 4 850 1517 17.6 17.6 100 -0.0 17.6 153 10 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.5 15.07 5 800 2034 14.8 13.1 89 1.7 13.7 154 10 306.9 309.2 295.0 342.9 11.93 6 750 2579 12.5 6.9 69 5.5 9.1 176 10 310.1 311.7 293.3 335.8 8.37 7 700 3155 9.7 5.1 73 4.6 7.0 189 8 313.3 314.8 293.8 337.9 7.92 8 650 3768 6.5 2.5 76 3.9 4.2 200 7 316.3 317.6 294.0 338.6 7.08 9 600 4421 2.9 -3.4 63 6.3 -0.3 207 8 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.5 4.97 10 550 5120 -1.2 -7.9 60 6.7 -4.3 211 6 322.6 323.4 293.1 335.2 3.82 11 500 5874 -5.6 -8.8 78 3.2 -7.1 214 10 326.2 326.9 294.1 339.3 3.92 12 450 6693 -9.8 -20.8 40 10.9 -13.4 222 10 330.9 331.2 293.4 336.6 1.62 13 400 7592 -15.4 -20.7 64 5.3 -17.1 220 16 334.9 335.3 294.7 341.5 1.84 14 350 8587 -21.7 -33.3 34 11.6 -24.0 215 18 339.5 339.7 294.8 342.0 0.66 15 300 9704 -30.0 -33.1 74 3.1 -30.6 216 28 343.0 343.2 295.7 346.0 0.78 16 250 10978 -39.2 -49.9 31 10.7 -40.1 224 27 347.7 347.7 296.3 348.4 0.16 17 200 12463 -51.8 -67.3 14 15.5 -52.1 221 25 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14267 -65.5 -72.0 40 6.5 -65.6 218 25 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.02 19 100 16694 -71.5 -84.5 13 13.1 -71.5 65 11 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.84 m Freezing level: 565.16 mb = 4908.17 m = 16102.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.68 mb = 4370.85 m = 14339.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.42 mb = 151.03 m = 495.50 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 13.83 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 967.97 mb = 393.25 m = 1290.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.61 C = 74.50 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 36.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.58 mb = 513.87 m = 1685.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 949.58 mb = 559.36 m = 1835.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 939.58 mb = 651.03 m = 2135.89 ft B at Equ Level: 26.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 879.58 mb = 1221.65 m = 4007.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.0 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 201.0 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 86.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 24.66 m/s