MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1008 65 25.6 23.8 90 1.8 24.3 294 2 298.1 301.5 297.2 352.5 18.71 1 1000 131 24.6 23.4 93 1.2 23.8 294 2 297.7 301.1 296.9 351.2 18.42 2 950 583 24.5 22.5 89 2.0 23.0 299 9 302.0 305.4 298.0 356.3 18.36 3 900 1057 21.9 20.5 92 1.4 20.9 292 10 304.1 307.2 297.7 355.1 17.11 4 850 1552 19.2 16.1 82 3.1 17.1 291 9 306.3 308.9 296.1 347.4 13.70 5 800 2072 16.2 12.5 79 3.7 13.7 266 11 308.4 310.5 295.0 343.0 11.44 6 750 2619 13.5 7.2 65 6.3 9.6 260 14 311.3 312.9 293.7 337.5 8.53 7 700 3197 10.1 2.4 59 7.7 5.8 265 12 313.7 315.0 292.9 334.2 6.53 8 650 3810 6.6 1.3 69 5.3 3.7 265 10 316.5 317.7 293.6 337.1 6.50 9 600 4462 2.6 -3.4 65 5.9 -0.4 268 12 319.1 320.0 293.1 335.2 4.98 10 550 5161 -1.9 -6.0 74 4.1 -3.9 269 15 321.8 322.6 293.4 336.3 4.43 11 500 5913 -6.3 -9.0 81 2.7 -7.5 270 14 325.4 326.2 293.9 338.4 3.88 12 450 6731 -10.0 -13.1 78 3.0 -11.3 265 18 330.6 331.2 294.6 341.3 3.10 13 400 7632 -14.6 -18.3 74 3.7 -15.9 264 21 335.9 336.4 295.3 344.0 2.26 14 350 8630 -21.0 -24.2 76 3.2 -21.9 247 15 340.4 340.7 295.7 346.0 1.54 15 300 9752 -28.8 -32.1 73 3.4 -29.4 257 19 344.9 345.0 296.2 348.1 0.86 16 250 11031 -38.8 -41.9 72 3.1 -39.2 250 19 348.3 348.4 296.6 349.9 0.38 17 200 12520 -51.2 -55.0 64 3.8 -51.4 234 27 351.6 351.6 297.1 352.1 0.11 18 150 14322 -66.0 -71.7 45 5.7 -66.0 220 21 356.4 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16733 -72.7 -85.3 13 12.6 -72.7 221 17 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.38 m Freezing level: 571.64 mb = 4858.49 m = 15939.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.47 mb = 4388.39 m = 14397.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.95 % Est. max temperature: 33.47 C = 92.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.34 mb = 288.07 m = 945.11 ft T: 24.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 22.15 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.30 mb = 1179.79 m = 3870.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 33.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1221.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.34 mb = 728.46 m = 2389.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.34 mb = 1867.34 m = 6126.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.34 mb = 13562.44 m = 44495.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1218.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.7 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 301.7 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -1.6 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 168.73 Bulk Shear: 7.24 m/s