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: 36.66,-85.85 Latitude: 36.66 Longitude: -85.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 173 SFC 993 232 23.9 20.5 82 3.3 21.5 28 8 297.6 300.4 294.9 342.5 15.49 2 950 618 19.0 18.8 99 0.2 18.9 32 9 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.3 14.51 3 900 1083 18.5 16.7 89 1.8 17.3 6 6 300.6 303.0 294.3 340.0 13.42 4 850 1572 16.0 13.4 85 2.6 14.4 324 4 303.0 305.1 293.6 337.0 11.48 5 800 2087 15.6 5.1 49 10.5 9.5 310 9 307.8 309.1 291.4 328.9 6.89 6 750 2632 13.5 -0.4 38 13.9 6.1 297 11 311.2 312.1 290.7 326.7 4.95 7 700 3209 10.4 -5.2 33 15.5 2.8 292 11 313.9 314.7 290.5 325.8 3.71 8 650 3821 5.8 -1.0 62 6.8 2.2 285 8 315.6 316.6 292.5 333.0 5.49 9 600 4471 1.3 -5.6 60 7.0 -2.0 262 11 317.7 318.5 292.0 331.2 4.18 10 550 5166 -2.7 -7.7 68 5.0 -5.0 263 16 320.9 321.7 292.7 333.7 3.90 11 500 5916 -6.8 -11.0 72 4.1 -8.6 253 16 324.7 325.3 293.3 335.8 3.31 12 450 6732 -11.1 -19.4 51 8.2 -13.9 239 14 329.2 329.6 293.2 335.6 1.84 13 400 7626 -16.8 -19.4 80 2.6 -17.6 258 14 333.2 333.6 294.4 340.5 2.06 14 350 8616 -23.5 -30.3 53 6.9 -24.9 291 18 337.1 337.3 294.4 340.4 0.88 15 300 9727 -31.1 -35.6 65 4.4 -31.8 261 28 341.5 341.6 295.3 343.9 0.62 16 250 10994 -40.5 -48.2 43 7.8 -41.1 246 31 345.9 346.0 295.9 346.7 0.19 17 200 12473 -52.2 -62.9 26 10.7 -52.5 245 36 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14277 -64.5 -74.0 26 9.5 -64.6 249 37 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16722 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 260 15 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.12 m Freezing level: 583.32 mb = 4702.96 m = 15429.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.74 mb = 4155.96 m = 13634.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.16 mb = 652.72 m = 2141.43 ft T: 18.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.16 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1316.14 m = 4317.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: 0.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.77 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 20.79 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 230.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.86 mb = 857.81 m = 2814.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.86 mb = 4757.67 m = 15608.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 498.86 mb = 5933.92 m = 19468.00 ft B at Equ Level: 19.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 438.86 mb = 6922.25 m = 22710.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.7 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 314.7 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 32.08 m/s