MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 30.3 26.7 81 3.6 27.6 29 7 302.7 306.8 300.5 369.4 22.39 1 1000 141 28.9 26.2 85 2.7 26.9 30 8 302.1 306.1 300.0 366.9 21.84 2 950 596 24.7 24.7 100 -0.0 24.7 36 10 302.2 306.1 299.6 364.6 21.05 3 900 1071 21.6 20.2 92 1.4 20.6 32 5 303.7 306.8 297.4 353.5 16.75 4 850 1566 19.1 16.1 83 2.9 17.1 261 2 306.1 308.7 296.0 347.2 13.71 5 800 2085 15.7 13.4 86 2.3 14.1 235 5 307.8 310.1 295.4 344.6 12.15 6 750 2631 12.4 8.8 79 3.5 10.2 232 10 310.0 311.8 294.1 339.2 9.54 7 700 3207 9.4 3.9 69 5.5 6.2 237 12 312.8 314.2 293.2 335.4 7.23 8 650 3818 5.7 1.1 72 4.6 3.2 243 14 315.4 316.7 293.2 335.6 6.39 9 600 4468 1.4 -3.9 67 5.4 -1.2 249 14 317.8 318.7 292.6 333.1 4.77 10 550 5164 -2.4 -5.4 80 3.0 -3.8 255 12 321.2 322.1 293.4 336.4 4.66 11 500 5916 -6.1 -7.4 90 1.4 -6.7 252 14 325.6 326.5 294.4 340.2 4.39 12 450 6735 -10.4 -13.9 76 3.4 -11.8 251 19 330.1 330.7 294.3 340.1 2.91 13 400 7633 -15.2 -25.8 40 10.5 -18.1 245 23 335.2 335.4 294.2 339.5 1.17 14 350 8630 -20.6 -37.4 21 16.7 -23.7 238 26 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.6 0.44 15 300 9754 -28.1 -47.5 14 19.3 -30.4 237 31 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.4 0.18 16 250 11034 -38.7 -51.4 25 12.7 -39.6 230 32 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.2 0.14 17 200 12524 -51.3 -58.1 44 6.7 -51.6 218 30 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.8 0.08 18 150 14331 -65.2 -77.0 18 11.7 -65.3 216 28 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16740 -70.9 -84.9 11 14.0 -70.9 230 23 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.24 m Freezing level: 581.41 mb = 4726.87 m = 15507.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.78 mb = 4283.81 m = 14054.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.60 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.41 mb = 518.06 m = 1699.66 ft T: 25.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 34.04 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.77 mb = 663.31 m = 2176.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.02 C = 86.04 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -7.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.64 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3168.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.91 mb = 662.05 m = 2172.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 937.91 mb = 708.68 m = 2325.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.91 mb = 14830.05 m = 48654.42 ft B at Equ Level: 3158.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.9 neg: -4.0 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 76.60 Bulk Shear: 41.37 m/s