MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.46,-75.12 Latitude: 38.46 Longitude: -75.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 3 20.6 18.6 88 2.0 19.2 357 13 292.2 294.6 291.7 330.1 13.35 1 1000 160 19.2 18.0 93 1.2 18.4 359 20 292.3 294.7 291.5 329.4 13.07 2 950 601 16.3 16.3 100 -0.0 16.3 24 31 293.7 295.9 291.4 328.9 12.35 3 900 1063 16.4 16.4 100 -0.0 16.4 15 14 298.4 300.8 293.4 336.6 13.15 4 850 1549 15.6 13.9 90 1.7 14.5 349 8 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.5 11.82 5 800 2064 13.8 11.7 87 2.1 12.4 292 6 305.8 307.9 293.9 338.5 10.87 6 750 2606 10.3 10.1 99 0.1 10.2 254 7 307.7 309.7 294.1 339.3 10.43 7 700 3178 7.4 7.2 99 0.2 7.3 253 11 310.7 312.4 294.0 338.8 9.15 8 650 3787 4.5 2.4 86 2.1 3.4 282 13 314.1 315.4 293.3 336.1 7.03 9 600 4436 2.0 -9.3 43 11.3 -3.0 282 18 318.4 319.1 291.3 328.7 3.14 10 550 5132 -3.0 -9.8 59 6.8 -6.0 274 21 320.5 321.2 292.1 331.4 3.30 11 500 5881 -6.1 -29.7 13 23.6 -12.2 268 24 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.65 12 450 6699 -10.5 -32.8 14 22.3 -15.6 261 31 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.1 0.54 13 400 7594 -16.4 -20.7 69 4.3 -17.7 242 30 333.7 334.1 294.4 340.3 1.84 14 350 8588 -22.5 -24.7 83 2.1 -23.1 238 37 338.4 338.7 295.2 343.8 1.48 15 300 9702 -30.1 -33.0 76 2.8 -30.6 231 44 342.9 343.1 295.7 345.9 0.79 16 250 10977 -39.1 -51.7 25 12.6 -40.0 229 52 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.5 0.13 17 200 12464 -51.0 -59.2 37 8.2 -51.3 230 66 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.2 0.06 18 150 14274 -65.7 -73.3 34 7.6 -65.7 225 69 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16704 -67.5 -84.9 7 17.3 -67.7 263 32 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.96 m Freezing level: 579.88 mb = 4715.97 m = 15472.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.70 mb = 4121.70 m = 13522.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.02 mb = 254.94 m = 836.41 ft T: 18.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 10.53 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 962.50 mb = 488.70 m = 1603.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.74 C = 71.14 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 5.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.03 C K Index: 35.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 959.49 mb = 515.60 m = 1691.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 954.49 mb = 560.53 m = 1838.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 934.49 mb = 741.62 m = 2433.10 ft B at Equ Level: 15.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 894.49 mb = 1114.95 m = 3657.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.6 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 330.6 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 6.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -8.8 tot: 68.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 59.69 m/s