MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 22.4 21.4 94 0.9 21.8 69 6 294.8 297.7 294.6 341.1 16.15 1 1000 122 21.6 21.0 97 0.5 21.2 73 7 294.7 297.6 294.3 340.1 15.87 2 950 567 20.7 20.7 100 -0.0 20.8 138 14 298.2 301.2 295.7 345.9 16.43 3 900 1036 19.1 19.0 99 0.1 19.1 176 9 301.2 304.0 296.0 346.9 15.54 4 850 1527 17.2 15.1 88 2.0 15.8 174 10 304.1 306.5 294.9 342.4 12.84 5 800 2044 14.8 11.9 83 2.9 12.9 186 9 306.9 309.0 294.3 340.1 11.00 6 750 2589 12.4 8.1 75 4.2 9.7 212 9 310.0 311.7 293.8 337.9 9.10 7 700 3165 9.1 7.1 88 1.9 7.9 233 8 312.5 314.3 294.5 340.7 9.11 8 650 3777 5.7 2.5 80 3.2 3.9 238 6 315.4 316.8 293.7 337.7 7.08 9 600 4428 1.9 -4.0 65 5.9 -1.0 223 8 318.3 319.3 292.7 333.7 4.75 10 550 5124 -2.1 -8.8 60 6.7 -5.1 201 11 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.4 3.59 11 500 5876 -6.3 -8.8 83 2.5 -7.5 189 13 325.3 326.1 293.9 338.4 3.93 12 450 6694 -10.5 -14.8 71 4.2 -12.2 186 15 330.0 330.5 294.1 339.3 2.70 13 400 7591 -15.4 -22.0 57 6.6 -17.4 197 16 334.9 335.2 294.5 340.8 1.63 14 350 8586 -22.3 -26.5 69 4.1 -23.4 199 21 338.6 338.9 295.1 343.2 1.26 15 300 9702 -29.5 -36.8 49 7.3 -30.7 219 27 343.7 343.8 295.7 345.8 0.54 16 250 10978 -39.4 -52.2 24 12.9 -40.2 221 27 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.1 0.12 17 200 12460 -52.1 -61.3 32 9.3 -52.3 211 31 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.6 0.05 18 150 14260 -66.0 -72.1 42 6.1 -66.0 234 28 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16688 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 94 16 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.39 m Freezing level: 576.02 mb = 4761.71 m = 15622.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.51 mb = 4286.49 m = 14063.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.31 mb = 163.12 m = 535.15 ft T: 21.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 8.98 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 733.03 m = 2404.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.86 C = 80.34 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 36.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.42 mb = 518.12 m = 1699.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.42 mb = 3399.53 m = 11153.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.42 mb = 7395.42 m = 24262.91 ft B at Equ Level: 138.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.42 mb = 10428.79 m = 34214.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -156.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 73.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 6.32 Bulk Shear: 22.06 m/s