MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-79.21 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -79.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 112 24.0 23.3 96 0.7 23.5 258 2 297.0 300.3 296.6 349.8 18.26 1 1000 132 23.9 23.3 96 0.6 23.5 266 2 297.1 300.4 296.7 350.1 18.30 2 950 584 25.4 22.9 86 2.5 23.5 261 13 302.9 306.4 298.4 358.6 18.76 3 900 1060 23.6 20.2 81 3.4 21.2 285 10 305.9 309.0 298.0 356.3 16.84 4 850 1558 20.3 15.8 75 4.6 17.2 304 16 307.5 310.0 296.1 347.8 13.37 5 800 2079 17.4 8.8 57 8.5 12.0 305 15 309.6 311.3 293.6 337.0 8.94 6 750 2627 14.0 5.0 55 8.9 8.7 295 12 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.4 7.33 7 700 3205 10.1 0.8 53 9.2 5.0 266 13 313.6 314.7 292.2 331.9 5.81 8 650 3817 6.1 2.9 80 3.1 4.2 258 11 315.8 317.2 294.0 338.8 7.30 9 600 4469 2.8 -7.7 46 10.6 -2.0 265 12 319.4 320.1 292.0 331.0 3.56 10 550 5169 -0.6 -8.5 55 7.8 -4.2 259 13 323.3 324.1 293.2 335.5 3.67 11 500 5925 -5.0 -8.1 79 3.1 -6.4 264 17 327.0 327.8 294.6 341.0 4.17 12 450 6746 -9.9 -12.9 78 3.1 -11.1 258 24 330.8 331.5 294.7 341.6 3.14 13 400 7645 -15.3 -18.8 75 3.4 -16.5 254 23 335.0 335.5 295.0 342.7 2.17 14 350 8641 -21.2 -27.4 58 6.2 -22.8 248 19 340.1 340.4 295.4 344.4 1.15 15 300 9763 -28.8 -38.2 40 9.3 -30.3 238 21 344.7 344.8 295.8 346.6 0.47 16 250 11042 -38.4 -47.0 40 8.6 -39.2 234 21 348.9 348.9 296.6 349.8 0.22 17 200 12532 -50.8 -55.6 57 4.7 -51.0 238 20 352.2 352.3 297.2 352.7 0.10 18 150 14339 -66.5 -72.0 46 5.5 -66.6 230 20 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16740 -70.6 -84.7 11 14.1 -70.7 207 2 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.53 m Freezing level: 559.13 mb = 5041.03 m = 16538.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.20 mb = 4251.93 m = 13949.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.12 % Est. max temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.32 mb = 199.93 m = 655.93 ft T: 24.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 26.72 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1510.01 m = 4954.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.35 C = 93.82 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 31.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1404.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.26 mb = 854.23 m = 2802.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.26 mb = 2335.01 m = 7660.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.26 mb = 14488.21 m = 47532.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1380.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.7 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 304.7 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: -8.0 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 384.75 Bulk Shear: 3.65 m/s