MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 19Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.77,-86.69 Latitude: 32.77 Longitude: -86.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 995 182 20.5 19.3 93 1.2 19.7 39 8 294.0 296.6 293.0 334.8 14.30 2 950 582 16.8 16.8 100 -0.0 16.8 56 17 294.2 296.5 291.9 330.6 12.74 3 900 1044 17.0 17.1 100 -0.0 17.1 162 9 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.1 13.73 4 850 1533 16.3 15.9 97 0.5 16.0 359 8 303.3 305.7 295.1 343.2 13.45 5 800 2049 15.0 13.0 88 2.0 13.7 279 3 307.2 309.4 295.0 342.9 11.86 6 750 2595 12.9 10.4 85 2.5 11.3 335 7 310.6 312.6 295.1 343.1 10.64 7 700 3172 9.3 6.6 83 2.7 7.7 298 6 312.8 314.5 294.3 340.0 8.79 8 650 3783 5.5 3.6 88 1.8 4.4 222 8 315.1 316.6 294.1 339.1 7.66 9 600 4434 1.8 -1.0 82 2.8 0.3 218 12 318.2 319.4 293.6 337.2 5.94 10 550 5131 -2.6 -3.2 96 0.6 -2.9 210 13 321.0 322.1 294.0 338.9 5.51 11 500 5883 -5.8 -7.8 86 2.0 -6.8 199 17 325.9 326.8 294.3 340.1 4.24 12 450 6702 -10.3 -13.4 78 3.1 -11.6 205 18 330.3 330.9 294.4 340.6 3.02 13 400 7600 -15.6 -21.3 62 5.6 -17.4 203 20 334.6 335.0 294.6 340.9 1.75 14 350 8594 -22.1 -28.1 59 5.9 -23.5 206 27 338.9 339.1 295.0 342.9 1.09 15 300 9711 -29.9 -43.5 25 13.7 -31.5 211 34 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.4 0.27 16 250 10984 -39.6 -47.4 43 7.8 -40.2 215 38 347.2 347.3 296.2 348.1 0.21 17 200 12468 -51.7 -58.5 44 6.8 -52.0 213 41 350.8 350.8 296.9 351.1 0.07 18 150 14268 -65.5 -75.5 24 10.0 -65.6 215 28 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16715 -68.9 -84.8 8 15.9 -69.0 114 10 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.89 m Freezing level: 579.26 mb = 4723.25 m = 15496.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.10 mb = 4499.60 m = 14762.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.53 mb = 327.47 m = 1074.37 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 5.89 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 961.85 mb = 475.19 m = 1559.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.60 C = 69.07 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 35.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.14 mb = 661.83 m = 2171.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 936.14 mb = 707.33 m = 2320.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 926.14 mb = 799.08 m = 2621.62 ft B at Equ Level: 24.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 866.14 mb = 1372.01 m = 4501.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.8 neg: -86.9 tot: 31.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 71.66 m/s