MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 33.93,-91.43 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -91.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 47 23.9 23.0 95 0.9 23.3 5 2 295.9 299.1 296.0 346.9 17.72 1 1000 171 24.9 22.3 85 2.7 23.0 54 4 298.1 301.2 296.2 348.0 17.16 2 950 621 22.0 19.5 86 2.5 20.3 134 7 299.5 302.3 295.3 343.9 15.21 3 900 1088 17.8 17.8 100 -0.0 17.8 144 7 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.8 14.37 4 850 1577 16.3 13.0 81 3.3 14.2 167 8 303.3 305.3 293.4 336.4 11.14 5 800 2093 15.3 8.8 65 6.6 11.3 167 6 307.5 309.1 292.9 334.4 8.89 6 750 2638 12.4 4.2 57 8.2 7.6 195 4 310.0 311.3 292.0 331.3 6.89 7 700 3212 9.1 -2.7 43 11.8 3.1 202 2 312.6 313.4 290.8 326.8 4.50 8 650 3822 5.6 -7.8 38 13.3 -0.6 177 3 315.2 315.9 290.5 325.8 3.27 9 600 4471 1.8 -12.3 34 14.1 -4.0 44 2 318.3 318.7 290.7 326.5 2.48 10 550 5167 -1.9 -18.5 27 16.6 -7.8 7 7 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.3 1.61 11 500 5918 -6.7 -24.4 23 17.7 -11.9 356 12 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.7 1.06 12 450 6731 -12.2 -30.5 20 18.4 -16.5 354 19 327.9 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.67 13 400 7621 -17.8 -39.7 13 21.9 -21.5 359 26 331.8 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 14 350 8607 -23.8 -44.3 13 20.5 -26.5 358 30 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.21 15 300 9715 -32.0 -50.3 15 18.3 -33.7 351 32 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.7 0.13 16 250 10974 -42.3 -56.9 19 14.6 -43.0 355 37 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.07 17 200 12445 -52.3 -69.2 11 16.9 -52.7 351 37 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14262 -62.2 -78.3 10 16.1 -62.4 289 28 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16732 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 109 6 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.98 m Freezing level: 575.35 mb = 4814.36 m = 15794.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.67 mb = 3725.20 m = 12221.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.39 mb = 158.72 m = 520.73 ft T: 24.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 22.13 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.44 mb = 866.08 m = 2841.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.99 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 24.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 456.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.79 mb = 760.45 m = 2494.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.79 mb = 994.86 m = 3263.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.79 mb = 1679.60 m = 5510.45 ft B at Equ Level: 19.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.79 mb = 2639.94 m = 8661.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.2 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 144.2 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 551.95 Bulk Shear: 0.83 m/s