MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 23.4 21.7 90 1.7 22.2 81 6 295.8 298.7 295.0 343.0 16.43 1 1000 125 22.3 21.2 93 1.2 21.5 84 7 295.5 298.4 294.7 341.6 16.04 2 950 570 21.0 21.0 100 -0.0 21.1 150 12 298.5 301.6 296.0 347.2 16.75 3 900 1039 19.5 19.2 98 0.3 19.3 155 8 301.6 304.5 296.2 347.9 15.73 4 850 1530 16.9 16.0 94 0.9 16.3 183 9 303.8 306.3 295.3 344.1 13.56 5 800 2047 15.4 10.6 73 4.8 12.3 204 10 307.5 309.4 293.9 338.0 10.07 6 750 2592 12.5 9.4 81 3.1 10.5 220 8 310.1 312.0 294.4 340.4 9.91 7 700 3169 9.5 6.3 81 3.1 7.6 253 7 312.9 314.6 294.3 339.7 8.62 8 650 3781 5.9 -0.6 63 6.5 2.4 252 6 315.6 316.7 292.7 333.5 5.64 9 600 4431 1.9 -4.2 64 6.1 -1.2 224 8 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.3 4.66 10 550 5127 -2.4 -7.1 70 4.7 -4.6 207 12 321.2 322.0 293.0 334.6 4.09 11 500 5879 -6.3 -11.2 68 5.0 -8.4 191 15 325.4 326.0 293.4 336.3 3.24 12 450 6696 -10.6 -15.2 69 4.6 -12.4 181 17 329.8 330.4 294.0 338.8 2.60 13 400 7594 -15.4 -22.3 55 7.0 -17.5 190 18 335.0 335.3 294.5 340.7 1.59 14 350 8588 -22.2 -24.4 83 2.1 -22.8 200 23 338.8 339.1 295.3 344.3 1.52 15 300 9706 -29.5 -35.6 55 6.1 -30.4 217 28 343.9 344.0 295.8 346.3 0.62 16 250 10981 -39.5 -48.8 37 9.3 -40.3 213 26 347.3 347.3 296.2 348.0 0.18 17 200 12464 -52.1 -63.4 24 11.3 -52.4 211 31 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.04 18 150 14263 -66.2 -74.4 31 8.2 -66.3 228 29 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16692 -70.0 -85.2 9 15.2 -70.1 112 16 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.11 m Freezing level: 578.32 mb = 4732.91 m = 15527.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.12 mb = 4215.58 m = 13830.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.54 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.10 mb = 255.03 m = 836.70 ft T: 21.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 9.91 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 801.49 m = 2629.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 36.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.19 mb = 550.37 m = 1805.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.19 mb = 3321.18 m = 10896.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.19 mb = 8858.66 m = 29063.49 ft B at Equ Level: 221.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.19 mb = 11915.93 m = 39093.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.3 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 231.3 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.4 neg: -5.0 tot: 51.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 11.80 Bulk Shear: 18.93 m/s