MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 28.1 25.5 86 2.7 26.2 30 10 300.6 304.4 299.1 361.8 20.77 1 1000 137 27.2 25.0 88 2.2 25.6 30 13 300.4 304.1 298.7 360.0 20.29 2 950 589 23.2 23.2 100 -0.0 23.2 38 22 300.7 304.2 298.1 357.1 19.17 3 900 1062 21.4 21.2 99 0.1 21.3 49 13 303.5 306.9 298.1 356.8 17.92 4 850 1558 19.5 15.1 76 4.4 16.5 11 9 306.6 309.0 295.6 345.1 12.81 5 800 2078 15.9 12.8 82 3.1 13.8 346 6 308.1 310.3 295.2 343.6 11.71 6 750 2624 12.6 9.3 80 3.3 10.5 294 7 310.2 312.1 294.4 340.4 9.85 7 700 3200 9.6 3.5 65 6.1 6.1 285 9 313.2 314.5 293.1 335.1 7.04 8 650 3812 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.7 280 10 315.3 316.7 293.6 337.0 6.89 9 600 4462 2.1 -1.8 75 3.9 0.0 288 8 318.5 319.6 293.4 336.4 5.58 10 550 5160 -1.4 -5.3 75 3.8 -3.3 276 9 322.4 323.3 293.7 337.7 4.70 11 500 5915 -5.2 -13.9 50 8.7 -8.7 253 12 326.7 327.3 293.2 335.7 2.62 12 450 6734 -10.4 -13.1 80 2.8 -11.5 229 14 330.2 330.8 294.5 340.8 3.09 13 400 7633 -15.2 -23.0 52 7.7 -17.6 221 22 335.2 335.5 294.5 340.6 1.51 14 350 8630 -20.8 -27.5 55 6.6 -22.5 220 33 340.7 340.9 295.5 344.9 1.15 15 300 9753 -28.0 -46.3 16 18.2 -30.2 218 38 345.8 345.9 295.9 346.7 0.20 16 250 11036 -37.7 -49.0 30 11.3 -38.7 220 43 349.9 350.0 296.8 350.7 0.18 17 200 12532 -50.2 -61.1 27 10.9 -50.5 223 42 353.3 353.4 297.4 353.6 0.05 18 150 14346 -65.0 -75.8 21 10.8 -65.0 218 40 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16749 -71.3 -84.1 13 12.7 -71.4 228 28 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.97 m Freezing level: 570.68 mb = 4871.63 m = 15982.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.70 mb = 4466.22 m = 14652.78 ft Precipitable water: 2.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.66 C = 92.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.60 mb = 400.12 m = 1312.71 ft T: 24.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 26.64 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.93 mb = 562.27 m = 1844.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.04 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1774.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.49 mb = 612.59 m = 2009.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 942.49 mb = 658.83 m = 2161.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.49 mb = 14242.33 m = 46726.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1768.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.1 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 351.1 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.1 neg: -13.7 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 47.96 Bulk Shear: 36.99 m/s