MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508271200F054.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508271200F054.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.23,-86.69 Latitude: 34.23 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 155 SFC 987 269 20.4 18.7 90 1.7 19.3 145 3 294.7 297.2 292.9 334.5 13.88 2 950 596 17.2 17.0 99 0.2 17.1 166 5 294.7 297.0 292.2 331.8 12.98 3 900 1057 15.1 14.9 99 0.2 15.0 187 8 297.1 299.3 292.2 331.6 11.93 4 850 1541 13.7 12.5 93 1.1 12.9 209 8 300.4 302.4 292.3 332.2 10.79 5 800 2051 11.2 11.1 99 0.2 11.2 217 13 303.1 305.1 292.8 334.1 10.42 6 750 2589 8.5 8.5 100 0.0 8.5 220 15 305.8 307.6 292.7 333.9 9.32 7 700 3158 6.7 5.3 91 1.4 5.8 232 12 309.8 311.4 292.9 334.4 8.00 8 650 3764 3.0 1.8 92 1.2 2.4 254 16 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.3 6.73 9 600 4410 -0.2 -0.2 100 0.0 -0.2 249 9 315.9 317.1 293.3 335.8 6.30 10 550 5102 -3.7 -4.5 94 0.8 -4.1 297 9 319.7 320.7 293.3 335.9 5.00 11 500 5850 -7.9 -11.1 78 3.1 -9.2 288 15 323.3 324.0 292.9 334.3 3.29 12 450 6663 -12.5 -20.2 52 7.7 -14.9 291 26 327.5 327.9 292.6 333.5 1.70 13 400 7551 -18.6 -28.1 43 9.5 -20.8 288 28 330.9 331.1 292.9 334.3 0.95 14 350 8532 -25.6 -33.4 48 7.8 -27.0 274 37 334.3 334.4 293.5 336.7 0.65 15 300 9631 -34.5 -41.6 48 7.1 -35.3 267 40 336.7 336.8 293.8 338.0 0.33 16 250 10878 -44.2 -55.7 27 11.5 -44.8 278 50 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.08 17 200 12335 -54.7 -64.6 28 9.9 -54.9 286 46 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14140 -63.5 -79.3 10 15.9 -63.6 304 63 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16610 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 312 20 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.90 m Freezing level: 602.97 mb = 4371.42 m = 14341.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4353.95 m = 14284.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.30 mb = 485.37 m = 1592.41 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 2.82 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.47 mb = 773.00 m = 2536.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.33 C = 70.39 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: 2.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: 2.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.47 C K Index: 32.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.52 mb = 781.71 m = 2564.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.52 mb = 827.72 m = 2715.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 894.52 mb = 1108.77 m = 3637.65 ft B at Equ Level: 14.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 814.52 mb = 1899.68 m = 6232.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 46.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 18.26 m/s