MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 20Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 24.83,-85.42 Latitude: 24.83 Longitude: -85.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -1 28.2 25.0 82 3.3 25.8 69 9 300.0 303.6 298.4 358.5 19.94 1 1000 146 26.5 24.0 86 2.5 24.7 68 9 299.7 303.1 297.8 355.6 19.09 2 950 600 22.4 22.4 100 -0.0 22.4 70 10 299.9 303.2 297.4 353.3 18.25 3 900 1072 22.6 10.1 45 12.5 14.7 75 7 304.8 306.4 291.9 330.6 8.62 4 850 1567 20.1 5.7 39 14.4 11.6 67 4 307.2 308.5 291.1 327.9 6.79 5 800 2086 17.2 1.0 34 16.1 8.3 114 2 309.4 310.4 290.4 325.4 5.15 6 750 2633 13.5 0.2 40 13.3 6.3 34 0 311.2 312.2 291.0 327.4 5.16 7 700 3209 9.7 -0.9 47 10.6 4.1 332 1 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.3 5.11 8 650 3820 6.1 -6.7 39 12.8 0.1 230 2 315.9 316.5 291.0 327.4 3.56 9 600 4470 1.6 -1.1 82 2.8 0.1 259 2 318.0 319.2 293.5 336.8 5.87 10 550 5167 -1.7 -12.7 43 11.0 -6.2 227 2 322.1 322.6 291.9 330.8 2.61 11 500 5920 -5.7 -19.0 34 13.3 -10.2 192 3 326.2 326.5 292.3 332.1 1.71 12 450 6738 -10.4 -23.0 35 12.7 -14.2 188 2 330.2 330.5 293.0 335.0 1.33 13 400 7635 -16.1 -21.2 65 5.1 -17.7 304 3 334.1 334.4 294.4 340.3 1.76 14 350 8627 -23.0 -28.4 61 5.4 -24.2 327 4 337.7 338.0 294.7 341.6 1.05 15 300 9738 -31.5 -42.2 34 10.7 -32.8 273 4 341.0 341.0 294.8 342.2 0.31 16 250 11001 -41.7 -44.7 73 3.0 -41.9 319 5 344.1 344.1 295.6 345.2 0.29 17 200 12470 -53.8 -58.6 56 4.7 -54.0 260 9 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14254 -67.3 -72.9 45 5.5 -67.4 266 7 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 19 100 16668 -70.8 -87.1 7 16.3 -70.8 5 11 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.79 m Freezing level: 575.47 mb = 4812.42 m = 15788.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.92 mb = 4484.96 m = 14714.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.45 % Est. max temperature: 34.68 C = 94.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.21 mb = 413.58 m = 1356.87 ft T: 24.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 33.05 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.12 mb = 1616.04 m = 5301.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.74 C = 96.33 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: 6.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 11.39 C K Index: 20.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 78.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1278.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.96 mb = 739.09 m = 2424.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.96 mb = 2633.13 m = 8638.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.96 mb = 13855.23 m = 45456.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1265.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 83.5 at 3.4 knts Storm direction: 113.5 at 2.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -2.9 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 238.87 Bulk Shear: 5.35 m/s