MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F052.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F052.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 52 hour NAM valid 22Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 31.03,-78.48 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -78.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 -1 28.4 26.2 88 2.3 26.7 252 2 299.9 303.8 299.2 362.8 21.41 1 1000 174 26.5 25.2 92 1.4 25.6 255 2 299.7 303.5 298.7 360.0 20.56 2 950 629 24.1 19.0 73 5.1 20.6 322 7 301.7 304.4 295.6 345.1 14.75 3 900 1101 21.4 15.8 70 5.6 17.6 310 7 303.6 305.9 294.6 341.1 12.62 4 850 1595 19.0 11.1 60 7.8 14.0 292 9 306.0 307.8 293.2 335.6 9.83 5 800 2113 16.2 8.3 59 7.9 11.3 297 10 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.7 8.62 6 750 2659 13.3 3.4 51 10.0 7.6 286 8 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.3 6.52 7 700 3236 10.4 -4.0 36 14.4 3.2 257 6 313.9 314.7 290.8 326.9 4.05 8 650 3849 6.6 -1.2 57 7.9 2.5 238 9 316.5 317.5 292.7 333.6 5.38 9 600 4501 2.6 -9.2 41 11.8 -2.6 228 8 319.2 319.8 291.6 329.6 3.19 10 550 5199 -1.4 -13.7 39 12.3 -6.3 229 8 322.5 322.9 291.9 330.6 2.42 11 500 5952 -5.8 -18.0 37 12.3 -10.1 222 8 326.0 326.4 292.4 332.4 1.85 12 450 6769 -10.6 -29.3 20 18.6 -15.4 207 8 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.75 13 400 7665 -16.4 -31.1 27 14.7 -19.8 205 12 333.6 333.8 293.4 336.3 0.71 14 350 8655 -22.7 -35.3 31 12.6 -25.1 210 15 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.2 0.54 15 300 9769 -30.2 -59.8 4 29.6 -32.4 194 13 342.7 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 16 250 11038 -40.5 -51.7 29 11.2 -41.3 157 24 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.3 0.13 17 200 12516 -53.2 -62.5 31 9.3 -53.4 145 39 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14306 -67.2 -72.7 45 5.5 -67.2 137 32 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 19 100 16728 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.7 117 16 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.99 m Freezing level: 567.02 mb = 4961.46 m = 16277.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.67 mb = 4159.63 m = 13646.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.74 % Est. max temperature: 33.61 C = 92.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.70 mb = 283.74 m = 930.90 ft T: 25.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 35.96 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1363.38 m = 4472.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.46 C = 92.22 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: 2.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.72 C Cross Totals Index: 16.88 C K Index: 21.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1063.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.24 mb = 878.19 m = 2881.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.24 mb = 2456.08 m = 8057.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.24 mb = 13592.09 m = 44592.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1054.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.24 mb = 16254.69 m = 53328.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.8 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 292.8 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -6.5 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 361.75 Bulk Shear: 2.94 m/s