MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 1009 65 29.3 25.2 79 4.1 26.3 57 6 301.7 305.5 299.1 362.2 20.45 1 1000 146 27.4 24.7 85 2.7 25.4 57 7 300.5 304.2 298.5 359.2 19.93 2 950 599 23.0 23.0 100 -0.0 23.0 57 9 300.5 304.0 297.9 356.1 18.94 3 900 1070 21.3 19.3 88 2.0 19.9 46 4 303.5 306.4 296.8 350.6 15.86 4 850 1565 18.2 17.7 97 0.4 17.9 313 4 305.2 308.0 296.8 350.6 15.19 5 800 2085 16.4 13.3 82 3.1 14.3 255 11 308.6 310.9 295.6 345.2 12.07 6 750 2632 13.3 8.2 71 5.1 10.2 263 14 311.0 312.8 294.1 339.2 9.17 7 700 3209 9.4 3.8 68 5.6 6.2 269 17 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.3 7.21 8 650 3821 5.5 1.9 77 3.6 3.5 259 14 315.2 316.5 293.4 336.4 6.75 9 600 4471 1.8 -1.5 78 3.4 0.1 245 16 318.2 319.4 293.4 336.5 5.71 10 550 5168 -2.1 -7.1 69 5.0 -4.4 238 15 321.6 322.4 293.0 334.9 4.08 11 500 5920 -5.9 -12.5 60 6.6 -8.6 235 16 325.9 326.5 293.3 335.8 2.94 12 450 6739 -10.4 -12.3 86 1.9 -11.2 246 17 330.1 330.8 294.7 341.4 3.31 13 400 7637 -15.6 -23.6 50 8.0 -18.0 248 21 334.6 334.9 294.3 339.8 1.42 14 350 8631 -21.8 -33.6 34 11.8 -24.2 242 22 339.3 339.5 294.7 341.8 0.64 15 300 9751 -28.5 -45.4 18 16.8 -30.6 241 24 345.1 345.2 295.7 346.0 0.22 16 250 11030 -38.8 -48.7 35 9.8 -39.6 230 24 348.3 348.4 296.4 349.1 0.18 17 200 12520 -50.8 -57.3 46 6.5 -51.0 219 27 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.7 0.08 18 150 14328 -65.5 -74.3 28 8.9 -65.5 213 24 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16732 -72.0 -83.5 16 11.5 -72.1 215 19 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.76 m Freezing level: 576.86 mb = 4793.71 m = 15727.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.13 mb = 4482.40 m = 14705.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.65 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.68 mb = 583.34 m = 1913.82 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 26.86 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.75 mb = 656.47 m = 2153.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.31 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.87 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 36.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1666.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.41 mb = 678.10 m = 2224.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 936.41 mb = 724.55 m = 2377.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 916.41 mb = 912.84 m = 2994.86 ft B at Equ Level: 9.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -9.1 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 32.42 Bulk Shear: 51.39 m/s