MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 33.48,-84.93 Latitude: 33.48 Longitude: -84.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 162 SFC 992 232 18.3 17.8 97 0.5 17.9 56 4 292.1 294.4 291.4 329.0 13.01 2 950 601 18.7 18.7 100 -0.0 18.7 117 13 296.2 298.8 293.7 337.7 14.44 3 900 1068 17.9 17.9 100 -0.0 17.9 198 9 300.0 302.6 294.9 342.4 14.52 4 850 1558 16.8 16.2 96 0.7 16.4 222 9 303.8 306.3 295.4 344.6 13.74 5 800 2075 14.6 13.5 93 1.1 13.9 217 11 306.8 309.1 295.2 343.7 12.25 6 750 2619 12.0 9.2 83 2.8 10.2 213 11 309.6 311.4 294.1 339.4 9.76 7 700 3195 8.7 5.4 79 3.3 6.8 215 12 312.2 313.7 293.6 337.2 8.07 8 650 3805 5.0 2.5 83 2.6 3.6 210 17 314.7 316.0 293.5 336.8 7.05 9 600 4454 0.6 0.1 96 0.5 0.3 212 21 316.8 318.0 293.6 337.2 6.42 10 550 5149 -3.2 -3.8 96 0.6 -3.5 214 24 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.3 5.26 11 500 5897 -7.3 -8.1 94 0.8 -7.7 208 29 324.1 325.0 293.8 337.9 4.16 12 450 6713 -11.4 -12.4 92 1.0 -11.8 215 27 328.9 329.5 294.3 340.0 3.28 13 400 7606 -17.2 -18.8 88 1.5 -17.7 217 25 332.6 333.0 294.4 340.2 2.17 14 350 8596 -23.3 -25.2 84 1.9 -23.8 210 24 337.4 337.7 294.9 342.5 1.41 15 300 9707 -31.0 -33.7 78 2.6 -31.5 212 28 341.6 341.8 295.4 344.4 0.74 16 250 10975 -40.9 -44.0 72 3.1 -41.1 194 29 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.6 0.31 17 200 12449 -52.2 -60.3 37 8.1 -52.4 216 14 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.4 0.06 18 150 14258 -64.7 -75.9 20 11.2 -64.8 172 13 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16712 -67.0 -83.4 8 16.3 -67.2 102 6 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.72 m Freezing level: 592.17 mb = 4562.38 m = 14968.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.89 mb = 4508.42 m = 14791.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.78 mb = 293.75 m = 963.75 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 7.83 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 991.96 mb = 231.55 m = 759.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.13 C = 66.43 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 36.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3897.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.92 mb = 693.52 m = 2275.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 238.5 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.1 neg: -2.0 tot: 89.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 53.93 m/s