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 the city database file for: KMXF ... Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 19Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: KMXF 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 1010 46 22.3 20.5 89 1.8 21.1 32 6 294.6 297.3 293.9 338.0 15.18 1 1000 136 21.0 19.9 93 1.1 20.3 35 7 294.2 296.8 293.4 336.4 14.80 2 950 578 17.4 17.5 100 -0.0 17.5 74 15 294.9 297.3 292.6 333.1 13.33 3 900 1043 18.7 18.8 100 -0.0 18.8 236 8 300.8 303.6 295.7 345.8 15.32 4 850 1533 18.0 15.3 84 2.7 16.2 243 8 305.0 307.4 295.2 343.7 12.97 5 800 2051 14.9 12.8 87 2.2 13.5 231 8 307.1 309.3 294.8 342.2 11.66 6 750 2596 12.3 10.1 87 2.1 10.9 242 8 309.9 311.9 294.7 341.8 10.43 7 700 3173 9.7 6.6 81 3.0 7.8 251 6 313.2 314.9 294.4 340.5 8.80 8 650 3785 5.7 3.2 84 2.5 4.3 224 10 315.4 316.9 294.0 338.8 7.45 9 600 4436 2.0 -0.3 85 2.3 0.8 225 14 318.4 319.6 293.9 338.4 6.26 10 550 5133 -1.9 -4.8 81 2.9 -3.4 207 16 321.8 322.7 293.7 337.6 4.86 11 500 5887 -5.6 -8.9 77 3.4 -7.1 199 16 326.3 327.0 294.1 339.3 3.90 12 450 6706 -10.3 -14.2 74 3.8 -11.8 207 20 330.2 330.8 294.3 340.0 2.84 13 400 7604 -15.5 -21.1 63 5.5 -17.3 202 21 334.8 335.1 294.6 341.1 1.78 14 350 8599 -21.9 -33.4 35 11.5 -24.2 199 27 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.6 0.65 15 300 9717 -29.5 -45.5 20 16.0 -31.3 204 30 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.8 0.22 16 250 10991 -39.5 -49.9 32 10.4 -40.2 208 32 347.4 347.4 296.2 348.1 0.16 17 200 12476 -51.9 -60.6 34 8.7 -52.1 208 37 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.9 0.05 18 150 14274 -66.8 -72.8 43 6.0 -66.9 218 32 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16714 -69.2 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.4 111 9 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.85 m Freezing level: 574.80 mb = 4787.35 m = 15706.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.90 mb = 4558.39 m = 14955.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.13 mb = 273.79 m = 898.24 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 8.18 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 967.77 mb = 418.39 m = 1372.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.36 C = 72.24 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 2.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 35.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.24 mb = 539.91 m = 1771.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 949.24 mb = 585.22 m = 1919.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 929.24 mb = 768.32 m = 2520.69 ft B at Equ Level: 20.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 889.24 mb = 1146.38 m = 3761.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 132.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 57.29 m/s