MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1008 65 28.2 25.8 87 2.4 26.4 15 11 300.7 304.5 299.3 363.1 21.19 1 1000 132 27.0 25.3 90 1.7 25.8 16 14 300.2 304.0 299.0 361.2 20.74 2 950 585 23.8 23.7 99 0.1 23.8 27 20 301.3 305.0 298.7 359.7 19.78 3 900 1058 22.3 19.3 83 3.0 20.1 25 7 304.5 307.4 297.0 351.6 15.80 4 850 1554 19.7 15.6 77 4.1 16.8 321 6 306.8 309.2 295.8 346.4 13.19 5 800 2075 16.2 13.1 81 3.2 14.1 281 6 308.5 310.7 295.4 344.6 11.91 6 750 2622 13.3 6.6 64 6.7 9.2 259 9 311.0 312.5 293.3 336.1 8.17 7 700 3199 10.3 3.0 60 7.4 6.1 263 11 313.9 315.2 293.1 335.2 6.78 8 650 3812 6.1 1.6 72 4.6 3.6 261 12 315.9 317.2 293.5 336.8 6.61 9 600 4463 2.2 -3.6 66 5.8 -0.7 267 10 318.6 319.6 292.9 334.4 4.88 10 550 5161 -1.7 -5.4 76 3.7 -3.5 259 11 322.0 323.0 293.6 337.3 4.66 11 500 5915 -5.3 -11.7 60 6.5 -7.9 245 15 326.6 327.3 293.6 337.2 3.12 12 450 6735 -10.0 -15.6 64 5.5 -12.1 234 18 330.6 331.1 294.1 339.4 2.53 13 400 7635 -14.3 -25.7 37 11.4 -17.4 229 24 336.5 336.7 294.5 340.8 1.18 14 350 8637 -19.8 -36.4 22 16.5 -23.0 223 28 342.0 342.1 295.3 343.9 0.49 15 300 9764 -27.5 -50.7 9 23.2 -29.9 223 34 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.2 0.12 16 250 11048 -37.8 -54.1 17 16.2 -38.9 221 35 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.2 0.10 17 200 12542 -50.7 -59.7 34 9.0 -51.0 219 35 352.6 352.6 297.3 352.8 0.06 18 150 14354 -65.0 -77.0 18 12.0 -65.1 211 33 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16754 -72.9 -84.0 17 11.2 -72.9 218 29 386.9 386.9 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.04 m Freezing level: 572.16 mb = 4851.91 m = 15918.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.56 mb = 4348.14 m = 14265.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.08 % Est. max temperature: 33.91 C = 93.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.19 mb = 362.82 m = 1190.33 ft T: 25.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 27.96 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 900.01 m = 2952.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 33.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1805.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.57 mb = 662.80 m = 2174.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.57 mb = 1487.56 m = 4880.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.57 mb = 14490.69 m = 47541.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1791.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.0 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 312.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: -7.9 tot: 29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 31.15 Bulk Shear: 57.97 m/s