MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.43,-77.74 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -77.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 89 19.7 16.2 80 3.5 17.4 360 4 291.8 293.9 290.1 324.4 11.50 1 1000 191 19.3 16.0 81 3.3 17.1 8 10 292.4 294.5 290.3 325.0 11.48 2 950 631 16.8 13.7 82 3.1 14.8 40 20 294.2 296.1 290.0 324.1 10.42 3 900 1090 13.1 12.2 94 0.9 12.6 41 14 295.0 296.8 289.9 323.6 9.97 4 850 1569 10.3 8.6 89 1.7 9.3 52 10 297.0 298.5 289.0 321.0 8.27 5 800 2074 9.0 7.4 90 1.6 8.0 358 6 300.7 302.2 290.2 324.6 8.09 6 750 2607 8.4 1.3 61 7.1 4.6 286 8 305.6 306.7 289.6 322.8 5.61 7 700 3178 8.4 -26.4 6 34.8 -2.2 292 10 311.8 312.0 286.8 314.0 0.63 8 650 3785 4.3 -24.6 10 28.8 -4.6 289 11 313.8 313.9 287.6 316.5 0.80 9 600 4429 -0.2 -26.1 12 25.9 -7.6 288 13 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.6 0.76 10 550 5122 -2.8 -37.6 5 34.8 -10.5 262 19 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.7 0.27 11 500 5869 -7.8 -30.8 14 23.0 -13.4 254 25 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.6 0.58 12 450 6678 -13.1 -31.1 21 18.0 -17.2 257 27 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.0 0.63 13 400 7565 -18.7 -39.8 14 21.0 -22.2 262 36 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.30 14 350 8548 -25.1 -41.1 21 15.9 -27.4 269 42 334.8 334.9 293.3 336.0 0.30 15 300 9647 -34.0 -48.4 22 14.4 -35.3 266 56 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.16 16 250 10903 -41.6 -61.7 10 20.0 -42.5 263 71 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.04 17 200 12379 -52.7 -60.5 38 7.8 -52.9 255 76 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14188 -60.2 -81.6 4 21.5 -60.3 258 64 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16665 -66.4 -84.8 6 18.4 -66.5 259 26 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.21 m Freezing level: 601.70 mb = 4407.06 m = 14458.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.23 mb = 2988.51 m = 9804.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.85 % Est. max temperature: 24.34 C = 75.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.91 mb = 532.94 m = 1748.48 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.49 mb = 1047.38 m = 3436.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.76 C = 72.96 F Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lifted Index: 6.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.26 C Showalter Index: 7.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.18 C Cross Totals Index: 16.45 C K Index: -8.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 147.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.53 mb = 889.04 m = 2916.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.53 mb = 1504.64 m = 4936.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.53 mb = 1701.86 m = 5583.47 ft B at Equ Level: 9.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 796.53 mb = 2109.74 m = 6921.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.8 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 329.8 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.8 neg: -14.5 tot: 36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 42.52 m/s