MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1009 46 22.0 21.2 95 0.8 21.5 53 6 294.4 297.2 294.3 339.8 15.90 1 1000 122 21.4 20.9 97 0.5 21.1 57 7 294.5 297.4 294.2 339.4 15.70 2 950 566 20.1 20.1 100 -0.0 20.1 123 17 297.6 300.5 295.1 343.4 15.82 3 900 1035 19.4 19.4 100 -0.0 19.4 178 10 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.5 15.96 4 850 1527 17.1 17.1 100 -0.0 17.1 172 10 304.0 306.7 296.1 347.4 14.59 5 800 2044 14.7 14.6 100 0.0 14.7 160 10 306.8 309.3 295.8 346.6 13.22 6 750 2588 12.2 8.6 79 3.6 10.0 188 8 309.8 311.6 294.0 338.7 9.43 7 700 3164 9.3 5.9 79 3.5 7.2 211 8 312.8 314.4 294.0 338.6 8.32 8 650 3776 5.8 2.5 79 3.3 3.9 216 7 315.6 316.9 293.8 337.9 7.09 9 600 4427 2.1 -3.2 68 5.3 -0.6 215 8 318.6 319.5 293.0 334.8 5.04 10 550 5125 -1.9 -7.4 66 5.5 -4.5 205 9 321.8 322.6 293.0 334.9 3.98 11 500 5876 -6.6 -9.2 82 2.6 -7.7 198 10 325.1 325.8 293.8 337.8 3.82 12 450 6693 -10.9 -12.5 88 1.6 -11.6 199 13 329.5 330.1 294.4 340.5 3.25 13 400 7591 -15.6 -22.0 58 6.3 -17.6 208 14 334.6 335.0 294.4 340.5 1.65 14 350 8584 -22.2 -28.3 58 6.0 -23.7 199 18 338.8 339.0 295.0 342.7 1.07 15 300 9701 -29.5 -37.2 47 7.7 -30.6 217 26 343.9 344.0 295.7 345.9 0.52 16 250 10978 -39.4 -50.7 29 11.4 -40.2 221 29 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.2 0.15 17 200 12460 -52.2 -59.4 42 7.1 -52.5 209 29 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.06 18 150 14260 -65.8 -72.8 37 7.1 -65.8 216 29 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16691 -69.5 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.6 78 14 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.36 m Freezing level: 573.72 mb = 4793.96 m = 15728.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.27 mb = 4342.84 m = 14247.98 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.69 mb = 141.84 m = 465.35 ft T: 21.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 13.65 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.69 mb = 523.73 m = 1718.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 37.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.68 mb = 514.69 m = 1688.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.68 mb = 4021.70 m = 13194.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.68 mb = 7206.46 m = 23642.97 ft B at Equ Level: 86.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 320.68 mb = 9218.08 m = 30242.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.2 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 214.2 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.8 neg: -3.3 tot: 96.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.33 Bulk Shear: 26.13 m/s