MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F001.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F001.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 1 hour NAM valid 13Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 32.17,-89.53 Latitude: 32.17 Longitude: -89.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 999 141 23.3 21.6 90 1.7 22.1 60 3 296.5 299.5 295.3 344.1 16.50 2 950 581 20.5 20.2 98 0.3 20.3 76 6 298.0 300.9 295.3 344.1 15.87 3 900 1048 19.7 15.7 77 4.1 17.0 347 0 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.8 12.53 4 850 1540 16.5 15.8 96 0.7 16.0 265 2 303.4 305.9 295.1 343.2 13.41 5 800 2054 13.9 10.2 78 3.7 11.6 213 2 306.0 307.8 293.2 335.4 9.79 6 750 2598 12.2 2.6 52 9.7 6.8 110 2 309.8 311.0 291.4 328.8 6.14 7 700 3172 8.8 -0.3 53 9.1 3.9 156 2 312.2 313.2 291.4 329.0 5.35 8 650 3781 4.9 0.4 73 4.5 2.5 216 5 314.5 315.7 292.7 333.6 6.07 9 600 4430 0.5 -2.1 83 2.6 -0.8 215 8 316.7 317.8 292.9 334.2 5.48 10 550 5123 -2.6 -17.3 31 14.6 -7.9 208 8 320.9 321.3 290.9 327.0 1.79 11 500 5875 -5.1 -31.1 11 25.9 -11.8 212 12 326.8 326.9 291.4 328.9 0.57 12 450 6694 -10.4 -37.3 9 26.9 -16.0 232 18 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.34 13 400 7588 -16.6 -36.3 17 19.6 -20.4 235 21 333.3 333.4 293.0 335.0 0.43 14 350 8579 -22.2 -49.5 6 27.3 -25.5 227 28 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.12 15 300 9695 -30.0 -46.3 19 16.3 -31.8 230 33 343.1 343.2 295.3 343.9 0.20 16 250 10966 -40.0 -50.5 32 10.4 -40.8 223 38 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.1 0.15 17 200 12448 -52.0 -69.1 11 17.1 -52.3 233 35 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14252 -64.7 -77.1 16 12.5 -64.7 249 15 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16689 -69.7 -84.4 10 14.7 -69.8 119 15 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.75 m Freezing level: 592.05 mb = 4539.82 m = 14894.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.20 mb = 4266.59 m = 13997.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.53 mb = 350.20 m = 1148.94 ft T: 21.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 14.40 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.59 mb = 1284.76 m = 4215.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 28.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 104.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.02 mb = 792.54 m = 2600.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.02 mb = 3386.00 m = 11108.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 512.02 mb = 5687.26 m = 18658.77 ft B at Equ Level: 102.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 302.02 mb = 9646.33 m = 31647.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.3 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 234.3 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -10.6 tot: -4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.43 Bulk Shear: 11.11 m/s