MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 33.82,-80.60 Latitude: 33.82 Longitude: -80.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 34.5 25.6 60 8.9 27.7 230 5 306.6 310.5 300.5 369.8 20.90 1 1000 132 32.3 24.5 64 7.7 26.4 229 5 305.4 309.1 299.6 364.8 19.76 2 950 594 27.6 23.4 78 4.2 24.5 226 6 305.2 308.8 299.4 363.4 19.42 3 900 1072 23.0 22.5 97 0.5 22.6 224 7 305.2 308.8 299.3 363.2 19.35 4 850 1569 19.9 15.4 75 4.5 16.8 230 9 307.0 309.4 295.8 346.2 13.03 5 800 2089 16.7 10.5 67 6.2 12.7 223 7 308.9 310.8 294.1 339.4 10.01 6 750 2637 13.6 6.7 63 6.9 9.4 234 10 311.3 312.8 293.5 336.7 8.23 7 700 3214 9.7 4.4 70 5.3 6.6 242 11 313.2 314.7 293.5 336.7 7.52 8 650 3826 6.2 1.7 73 4.5 3.7 255 14 315.9 317.2 293.6 337.0 6.67 9 600 4478 2.6 -0.5 80 3.2 0.9 255 16 319.2 320.4 294.0 338.9 6.15 10 550 5178 -1.5 -3.3 88 1.8 -2.4 260 15 322.3 323.3 294.3 340.0 5.45 11 500 5932 -5.4 -12.7 56 7.3 -8.4 259 18 326.5 327.1 293.4 336.3 2.88 12 450 6751 -10.1 -19.3 47 9.2 -13.2 257 20 330.5 330.8 293.6 336.9 1.84 13 400 7650 -15.0 -23.9 47 8.8 -17.6 249 21 335.4 335.7 294.4 340.5 1.39 14 350 8648 -20.6 -35.2 26 14.6 -23.4 245 18 341.0 341.1 295.1 343.1 0.55 15 300 9771 -28.6 -47.3 15 18.6 -30.7 242 20 345.0 345.0 295.7 345.7 0.18 16 250 11049 -38.7 -49.8 30 11.0 -39.6 220 18 348.5 348.5 296.4 349.1 0.16 17 200 12537 -51.7 -57.1 52 5.5 -51.8 218 16 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.3 0.08 18 150 14340 -65.8 -74.8 27 9.0 -65.9 186 15 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16749 -72.0 -84.3 14 12.2 -72.1 193 14 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.75 m Freezing level: 568.31 mb = 4922.08 m = 16148.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.55 mb = 4660.92 m = 15291.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.63 % Est. max temperature: 34.40 C = 93.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.26 mb = 1156.74 m = 3795.02 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 33.10 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1140.10 m = 3740.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.29 C = 91.92 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -7.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.44 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3222.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.40 mb = 1126.15 m = 3694.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.40 mb = 1174.90 m = 3854.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 129.40 mb = 15217.89 m = 49926.86 ft B at Equ Level: 3174.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 560.46 Bulk Shear: 5.75 m/s