MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 8Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 34.97,-79.24 Latitude: 34.97 Longitude: -79.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 74 23.9 23.8 100 0.1 23.9 225 2 296.5 299.9 296.8 350.8 18.77 1 1000 123 23.8 23.8 100 -0.0 23.8 226 3 296.9 300.3 297.0 351.5 18.88 2 950 574 26.0 19.1 66 6.8 21.1 260 13 303.5 306.3 296.1 347.6 14.85 3 900 1050 23.0 19.0 78 4.1 20.1 282 15 305.2 308.1 297.0 351.6 15.51 4 850 1546 19.7 16.1 80 3.6 17.2 275 11 306.7 309.3 296.1 347.7 13.63 5 800 2066 16.3 12.3 77 3.9 13.7 262 7 308.5 310.6 295.0 342.8 11.32 6 750 2613 13.2 8.4 73 4.8 10.2 256 6 310.9 312.6 294.1 339.3 9.27 7 700 3191 10.2 6.6 78 3.6 7.9 266 9 313.7 315.4 294.6 340.9 8.74 8 650 3805 7.0 1.4 67 5.6 3.8 261 12 316.8 318.1 293.7 337.5 6.51 9 600 4458 3.1 -5.5 53 8.7 -1.1 263 13 319.7 320.6 292.6 333.5 4.22 10 550 5158 -1.1 -5.5 72 4.3 -3.3 266 12 322.7 323.6 293.8 337.9 4.63 11 500 5913 -5.2 -11.2 63 6.0 -7.8 267 15 326.7 327.3 293.7 337.6 3.25 12 450 6733 -9.6 -20.7 40 11.1 -13.2 254 20 331.2 331.5 293.6 337.0 1.64 13 400 7634 -14.6 -32.2 21 17.5 -18.7 252 19 335.9 336.1 293.9 338.4 0.64 14 350 8631 -21.2 -37.1 23 15.9 -24.1 261 18 340.2 340.3 294.8 341.9 0.45 15 300 9752 -28.5 -47.9 14 19.4 -30.7 251 21 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.9 0.17 16 250 11033 -38.3 -49.0 32 10.7 -39.2 254 22 349.0 349.1 296.6 349.8 0.18 17 200 12524 -50.6 -61.4 27 10.9 -50.9 230 25 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.9 0.05 18 150 14333 -66.1 -70.0 59 3.8 -66.2 211 21 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16736 -71.9 -82.5 19 10.7 -71.9 203 8 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.82 m Freezing level: 563.44 mb = 4970.18 m = 16306.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.11 mb = 4308.62 m = 14135.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.81 % Est. max temperature: 33.91 C = 93.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.06 mb = 78.96 m = 259.05 ft T: 23.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 12.29 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1743.61 m = 5720.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.74 C = 94.54 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 37.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 365.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.65 mb = 1062.61 m = 3486.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.65 mb = 2797.67 m = 9178.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.65 mb = 9902.78 m = 32489.04 ft B at Equ Level: 364.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.65 mb = 14181.71 m = 46527.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.6 neg: -10.9 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 163.43 Bulk Shear: 2.23 m/s