MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 21.6 21.0 97 0.6 21.2 56 6 294.1 296.9 294.1 339.0 15.73 1 1000 116 21.0 20.6 98 0.3 20.8 58 7 294.1 296.9 293.9 338.3 15.50 2 950 560 20.1 20.1 100 -0.0 20.2 115 19 297.6 300.5 295.1 343.4 15.82 3 900 1028 19.6 19.6 100 -0.0 19.6 156 10 301.7 304.7 296.5 349.4 16.19 4 850 1521 17.1 17.1 100 -0.0 17.1 169 10 304.0 306.7 296.0 347.3 14.57 5 800 2038 15.4 12.9 85 2.6 13.7 160 10 307.6 309.8 295.0 343.1 11.74 6 750 2582 12.0 8.3 78 3.7 9.7 172 11 309.6 311.3 293.7 337.7 9.19 7 700 3158 9.4 5.1 75 4.2 6.9 182 9 312.8 314.3 293.7 337.4 7.92 8 650 3770 6.0 2.5 78 3.5 3.9 206 7 315.7 317.0 293.8 337.9 7.05 9 600 4421 2.3 -3.1 67 5.5 -0.4 216 8 318.8 319.8 293.1 335.2 5.07 10 550 5120 -1.8 -6.4 71 4.5 -4.0 207 6 321.9 322.7 293.3 336.1 4.32 11 500 5872 -6.2 -9.8 76 3.5 -7.8 214 10 325.4 326.1 293.7 337.6 3.64 12 450 6689 -10.6 -13.3 81 2.6 -11.7 220 11 329.8 330.5 294.4 340.3 3.06 13 400 7587 -15.8 -20.7 66 4.9 -17.3 221 16 334.5 334.9 294.6 341.0 1.84 14 350 8580 -22.0 -30.6 45 8.7 -23.8 219 18 339.2 339.3 294.9 342.4 0.85 15 300 9697 -30.0 -34.5 65 4.4 -30.8 217 27 343.0 343.2 295.7 345.7 0.68 16 250 10971 -39.2 -48.0 39 8.8 -39.9 226 29 347.7 347.8 296.3 348.5 0.20 17 200 12456 -51.7 -69.3 10 17.6 -52.1 211 21 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14259 -65.9 -71.9 43 6.0 -65.9 208 24 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16690 -70.9 -84.5 12 13.6 -71.0 71 10 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.00 m Freezing level: 572.02 mb = 4812.07 m = 15787.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.11 mb = 4352.50 m = 14279.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.10 mb = 114.79 m = 376.61 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 12.01 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 115.67 m = 379.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.65 C = 70.97 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.07 mb = 504.77 m = 1656.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.07 mb = 4407.06 m = 14458.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 431.07 mb = 7016.71 m = 23020.43 ft B at Equ Level: 62.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 341.07 mb = 8767.68 m = 28765.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 175.7 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 205.7 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 100.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.45 Bulk Shear: 25.97 m/s