MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 19Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 34.27,-81.46 Latitude: 34.27 Longitude: -81.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 33.3 25.4 63 7.9 27.3 224 4 306.3 310.2 300.4 369.0 20.80 1 1000 130 32.5 24.9 64 7.7 26.7 224 3 305.7 309.4 299.9 366.2 20.15 2 950 590 27.7 23.6 78 4.1 24.6 223 6 305.2 308.9 299.5 364.1 19.62 3 900 1068 23.1 22.7 98 0.3 22.9 223 6 305.3 308.9 299.5 364.4 19.71 4 850 1565 19.9 15.2 74 4.7 16.7 215 7 307.0 309.4 295.7 345.9 12.92 5 800 2086 16.8 10.9 68 5.9 13.0 212 9 309.0 311.0 294.4 340.3 10.26 6 750 2633 13.6 6.2 61 7.5 9.1 226 10 311.4 312.9 293.3 335.9 7.93 7 700 3211 10.3 1.6 55 8.7 5.5 249 9 313.9 315.1 292.6 333.2 6.14 8 650 3824 6.7 -1.8 54 8.6 2.2 274 11 316.6 317.6 292.5 333.0 5.15 9 600 4477 3.0 -7.5 46 10.4 -1.9 269 14 319.5 320.2 292.1 331.4 3.64 10 550 5175 -1.3 -7.0 65 5.7 -4.0 256 16 322.5 323.3 293.3 336.0 4.11 11 500 5929 -5.8 -10.4 70 4.5 -7.8 251 17 325.9 326.6 293.7 337.5 3.47 12 450 6748 -9.9 -18.9 48 8.9 -13.0 253 19 330.7 331.1 293.7 337.4 1.91 13 400 7648 -14.5 -23.9 45 9.3 -17.3 251 20 336.1 336.4 294.6 341.1 1.39 14 350 8647 -20.6 -33.1 32 12.4 -23.2 253 19 340.9 341.1 295.1 343.5 0.67 15 300 9769 -28.5 -49.4 12 20.9 -30.7 246 22 345.1 345.2 295.7 345.7 0.14 16 250 11048 -38.8 -54.0 19 15.2 -39.8 238 24 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.9 0.10 17 200 12537 -51.4 -61.9 27 10.6 -51.7 224 26 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.7 0.05 18 150 14342 -65.6 -74.9 26 9.3 -65.7 212 21 357.0 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16751 -72.7 -83.8 17 11.2 -72.7 202 17 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.97 m Freezing level: 565.70 mb = 4956.10 m = 16259.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.00 mb = 4170.01 m = 13680.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.95 C = 93.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.64 mb = 1119.84 m = 3673.96 ft T: 22.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 32.93 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.92 mb = 1117.06 m = 3664.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.45 C = 90.40 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.94 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 32.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3260.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.33 mb = 1103.42 m = 3620.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.33 mb = 1152.09 m = 3779.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 131.33 mb = 15131.86 m = 49644.60 ft B at Equ Level: 3235.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 543.92 Bulk Shear: 5.99 m/s