MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 21.9 21.1 95 0.8 21.3 59 5 294.3 297.2 294.2 339.5 15.79 1 1000 119 21.3 20.7 96 0.6 20.9 63 6 294.5 297.3 294.0 338.9 15.53 2 950 563 20.3 20.3 100 -0.0 20.4 128 17 297.8 300.7 295.3 344.3 16.02 3 900 1032 19.5 19.6 100 -0.0 19.6 158 11 301.7 304.6 296.4 349.2 16.13 4 850 1524 17.3 17.0 98 0.3 17.1 154 11 304.3 307.0 296.1 347.5 14.51 5 800 2041 14.4 13.4 94 1.0 13.7 169 11 306.5 308.8 295.0 343.0 12.15 6 750 2585 12.5 8.4 76 4.1 10.0 186 10 310.1 311.9 294.0 338.5 9.28 7 700 3161 9.4 6.9 85 2.5 7.9 199 8 312.9 314.6 294.5 340.7 8.97 8 650 3774 6.2 1.8 74 4.3 3.7 212 8 315.9 317.2 293.6 337.2 6.74 9 600 4425 2.3 -3.4 66 5.8 -0.6 210 9 318.8 319.8 293.0 334.8 4.96 10 550 5123 -1.9 -5.0 79 3.1 -3.4 190 7 321.8 322.7 293.7 337.4 4.79 11 500 5875 -6.4 -9.2 81 2.7 -7.7 204 10 325.2 325.9 293.8 337.9 3.82 12 450 6692 -10.8 -12.3 89 1.5 -11.4 209 11 329.7 330.3 294.6 341.0 3.32 13 400 7589 -15.8 -21.1 64 5.3 -17.5 215 15 334.4 334.8 294.5 340.8 1.77 14 350 8583 -22.2 -28.2 58 6.1 -23.6 210 17 338.9 339.1 295.0 342.9 1.07 15 300 9699 -29.9 -33.7 70 3.7 -30.6 218 25 343.2 343.3 295.7 346.0 0.74 16 250 10974 -39.2 -49.0 35 9.8 -40.0 221 28 347.8 347.8 296.3 348.5 0.18 17 200 12458 -52.0 -59.7 39 7.8 -52.2 212 21 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.8 0.06 18 150 14260 -65.7 -76.0 22 10.4 -65.7 215 24 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16693 -70.3 -84.9 10 14.6 -70.4 70 11 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.30 m Freezing level: 572.67 mb = 4806.77 m = 15770.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.62 mb = 4336.10 m = 14225.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.83 mb = 146.31 m = 480.02 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 10.62 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.58 mb = 1103.19 m = 3619.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 38.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.90 mb = 518.82 m = 1702.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.90 mb = 4292.15 m = 14081.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.90 mb = 7403.06 m = 24287.97 ft B at Equ Level: 92.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 299.90 mb = 9701.23 m = 31827.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.2 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 208.2 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 88.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 5.13 Bulk Shear: 18.22 m/s