MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 26.7 23.8 84 2.9 24.6 56 1 299.1 302.6 297.5 353.9 18.73 1 1000 136 25.5 23.5 89 2.0 24.0 42 1 298.6 302.0 297.2 352.6 18.51 2 950 587 24.1 23.4 96 0.7 23.6 310 6 301.6 305.2 298.5 358.8 19.38 3 900 1061 21.9 21.2 96 0.7 21.3 296 8 304.0 307.4 298.1 357.2 17.83 4 850 1556 19.0 16.9 88 2.0 17.5 288 7 306.0 308.7 296.5 349.3 14.43 5 800 2076 15.9 12.8 82 3.1 13.8 268 10 308.1 310.3 295.1 343.5 11.69 6 750 2622 13.0 9.1 77 4.0 10.6 264 13 310.7 312.6 294.4 340.5 9.72 7 700 3199 9.7 3.3 65 6.3 6.0 271 12 313.2 314.5 293.0 334.9 6.96 8 650 3811 6.5 1.2 69 5.3 3.5 264 12 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.6 6.42 9 600 4464 2.5 -1.8 74 4.2 0.3 271 13 319.0 320.0 293.6 337.0 5.61 10 550 5162 -1.8 -6.5 70 4.7 -4.1 267 16 321.9 322.7 293.3 335.9 4.27 11 500 5915 -5.9 -11.8 63 5.8 -8.4 269 15 325.8 326.4 293.4 336.3 3.11 12 450 6733 -10.0 -13.3 77 3.2 -11.3 263 18 330.6 331.2 294.6 341.1 3.05 13 400 7633 -14.9 -19.1 71 4.1 -16.3 253 20 335.6 336.0 295.1 343.1 2.12 14 350 8630 -21.0 -24.6 73 3.5 -22.0 241 18 340.4 340.7 295.7 345.9 1.49 15 300 9752 -28.6 -32.0 73 3.4 -29.3 251 20 345.0 345.2 296.3 348.3 0.87 16 250 11032 -38.7 -41.9 72 3.1 -39.1 238 22 348.5 348.5 296.6 350.0 0.39 17 200 12520 -51.2 -56.3 55 5.1 -51.4 223 24 351.6 351.6 297.1 352.0 0.09 18 150 14325 -65.7 -71.3 45 5.6 -65.7 216 25 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16730 -72.2 -82.7 19 10.6 -72.2 228 15 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.96 m Freezing level: 571.49 mb = 4862.00 m = 15951.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.07 mb = 4503.00 m = 14773.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.43 % Est. max temperature: 33.23 C = 91.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.26 mb = 428.73 m = 1406.58 ft T: 24.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 23.96 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 998.16 m = 3274.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 35.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1648.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.64 mb = 664.67 m = 2180.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.64 mb = 1388.08 m = 4554.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.64 mb = 14459.03 m = 47437.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1620.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: -7.1 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 136.30 Bulk Shear: 12.10 m/s