MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 31.64,-81.36 Latitude: 31.64 Longitude: -81.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1021 3 24.6 23.1 91 1.5 23.6 288 4 296.0 299.2 296.0 347.0 17.73 1 1000 187 22.9 21.6 92 1.3 22.0 292 12 296.1 299.0 295.1 343.5 16.46 2 950 639 22.8 18.9 79 3.9 20.1 283 12 300.4 303.0 295.1 343.3 14.64 3 900 1109 20.5 16.9 80 3.6 18.0 235 9 302.6 305.1 295.0 342.7 13.57 4 850 1602 18.0 14.7 81 3.2 15.8 224 11 305.0 307.3 294.9 342.3 12.51 5 800 2119 16.0 6.0 51 10.1 10.0 227 10 308.3 309.6 291.9 330.6 7.32 6 750 2665 13.0 4.1 55 8.8 7.9 232 9 310.6 311.9 292.2 331.9 6.88 7 700 3241 9.7 -1.2 47 10.8 3.9 243 8 313.2 314.1 291.5 329.0 5.02 8 650 3852 5.7 -3.6 51 9.4 1.0 241 8 315.5 316.3 291.7 329.8 4.50 9 600 4502 2.0 -12.3 34 14.3 -3.9 229 10 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.6 2.48 10 550 5198 -2.1 -15.3 36 13.2 -7.1 229 10 321.5 322.0 291.3 328.7 2.11 11 500 5949 -6.4 -19.3 35 12.9 -10.8 222 10 325.2 325.5 292.0 330.9 1.65 12 450 6764 -11.0 -24.9 31 13.8 -15.0 209 11 329.3 329.6 292.6 333.4 1.13 13 400 7659 -16.5 -29.4 32 12.8 -19.6 191 13 333.5 333.7 293.4 336.6 0.84 14 350 8649 -23.4 -38.2 24 14.8 -25.8 206 14 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.8 0.40 15 300 9759 -31.1 -38.0 51 6.8 -32.1 193 19 341.5 341.6 295.1 343.4 0.48 16 250 11025 -41.4 -44.8 70 3.3 -41.7 183 19 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.28 17 200 12496 -53.5 -60.4 43 6.8 -53.7 154 20 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.06 18 150 14286 -67.5 -73.3 43 5.8 -67.5 146 20 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 19 100 16709 -69.0 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 93 14 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.63 m Freezing level: 576.19 mb = 4833.20 m = 15856.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.68 mb = 3981.73 m = 13063.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.41 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.88 mb = 188.05 m = 616.96 ft T: 22.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 16.40 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.93 mb = 1572.03 m = 5157.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.52 C = 92.34 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 28.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.14 mb = 794.49 m = 2606.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.14 mb = 3874.99 m = 12713.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 328.14 mb = 9113.25 m = 29898.76 ft B at Equ Level: 158.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.14 mb = 12232.68 m = 40132.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -17.6 tot: -17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.99 Bulk Shear: 9.35 m/s