MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 65 25.0 24.3 96 0.7 24.5 250 3 297.5 301.0 297.4 353.6 19.31 1 1000 128 24.2 24.0 98 0.3 24.0 254 4 297.4 300.8 297.2 352.7 19.06 2 950 578 24.6 19.4 73 5.2 20.9 282 12 302.1 304.9 295.9 346.7 15.09 3 900 1052 22.5 18.7 79 3.9 19.8 293 13 304.7 307.6 296.7 350.1 15.21 4 850 1548 19.5 14.2 71 5.3 16.0 279 8 306.6 308.9 295.0 343.0 12.08 5 800 2067 15.7 13.0 84 2.7 13.8 261 8 307.8 310.0 295.2 343.6 11.82 6 750 2613 12.7 8.5 75 4.3 10.1 250 8 310.4 312.2 294.1 339.0 9.32 7 700 3191 9.9 6.0 77 3.9 7.5 259 10 313.4 315.0 294.2 339.5 8.38 8 650 3804 6.4 3.3 81 3.1 4.6 265 13 316.2 317.6 294.3 339.7 7.48 9 600 4456 2.3 -2.8 69 5.2 -0.3 262 13 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.5 5.18 10 550 5154 -1.6 -7.3 65 5.7 -4.3 259 14 322.2 323.0 293.2 335.5 4.03 11 500 5908 -5.5 -10.7 67 5.1 -7.8 255 14 326.3 326.9 293.7 337.7 3.39 12 450 6727 -9.8 -17.9 52 8.1 -12.6 250 19 331.0 331.4 293.9 338.3 2.09 13 400 7628 -14.7 -30.1 26 15.3 -18.5 249 18 335.8 336.0 294.0 338.7 0.79 14 350 8625 -21.1 -30.8 41 9.7 -23.3 264 17 340.2 340.4 295.1 343.4 0.83 15 300 9747 -28.5 -44.6 20 16.0 -30.5 256 18 345.1 345.2 295.8 346.1 0.24 16 250 11027 -38.5 -42.9 63 4.4 -39.0 255 21 348.8 348.8 296.7 350.2 0.35 17 200 12517 -50.5 -63.1 21 12.5 -50.9 237 26 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.9 0.04 18 150 14325 -66.2 -70.6 54 4.4 -66.3 222 24 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16728 -72.7 -79.6 34 6.9 -72.7 191 10 387.3 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.86 m Freezing level: 569.91 mb = 4876.19 m = 15997.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.37 mb = 4410.18 m = 14468.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.90 % Est. max temperature: 33.82 C = 92.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.18 mb = 152.50 m = 500.33 ft T: 24.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 7.15 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.77 mb = 1661.95 m = 5452.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.37 C = 93.87 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 395.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.67 mb = 948.68 m = 3112.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.67 mb = 2438.28 m = 7999.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.67 mb = 9610.27 m = 31529.37 ft B at Equ Level: 395.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.67 mb = 14091.69 m = 46232.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -3.3 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 180.29 Bulk Shear: 2.19 m/s