MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 27.3 24.1 83 3.1 25.0 35 9 299.6 303.1 297.8 355.6 19.10 1 1000 148 26.5 23.5 83 3.1 24.3 37 13 299.7 303.1 297.5 353.9 18.52 2 950 599 22.2 22.3 100 -0.0 22.3 43 21 299.8 303.1 297.2 352.7 18.10 3 900 1070 20.6 20.2 98 0.4 20.4 73 16 302.7 305.8 297.1 352.4 16.78 4 850 1564 18.6 17.3 92 1.3 17.7 66 9 305.6 308.3 296.6 349.8 14.75 5 800 2083 15.4 11.5 77 4.0 12.9 5 6 307.6 309.6 294.3 340.0 10.70 6 750 2627 12.4 3.0 53 9.3 7.1 330 7 310.0 311.2 291.6 329.6 6.35 7 700 3203 9.3 1.5 58 7.9 5.0 335 12 312.8 314.0 292.2 331.9 6.09 8 650 3815 6.2 3.2 82 2.9 4.5 326 11 315.9 317.4 294.1 339.4 7.46 9 600 4465 0.7 -0.9 89 1.6 -0.1 315 8 317.0 318.1 293.3 336.0 5.99 10 550 5161 -3.2 -4.0 94 0.9 -3.6 282 4 320.3 321.3 293.6 337.1 5.17 11 500 5910 -6.2 -7.1 93 1.0 -6.6 213 13 325.5 326.4 294.4 340.4 4.49 12 450 6733 -9.2 -10.3 92 1.1 -9.7 253 22 331.6 332.4 295.4 344.8 3.87 13 400 7633 -15.1 -16.8 87 1.7 -15.7 241 22 335.3 335.8 295.4 344.3 2.56 14 350 8631 -21.2 -23.3 83 2.1 -21.8 234 27 340.2 340.6 295.8 346.3 1.67 15 300 9752 -28.8 -31.5 78 2.6 -29.4 250 31 344.7 344.9 296.3 348.2 0.92 16 250 11032 -38.1 -41.3 72 3.2 -38.5 236 42 349.4 349.5 296.8 351.1 0.41 17 200 12529 -49.8 -53.5 65 3.7 -50.0 214 39 354.0 354.0 297.6 354.5 0.13 18 150 14343 -65.3 -69.4 56 4.1 -65.3 204 44 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16740 -70.5 -77.8 33 7.3 -70.5 277 27 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.58 m Freezing level: 590.47 mb = 4597.92 m = 15084.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.07 mb = 4450.89 m = 14602.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.03 mb = 460.89 m = 1512.10 ft T: 23.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 25.94 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.10 mb = 598.13 m = 1962.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.42 C = 81.36 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 34.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1018.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.00 mb = 654.19 m = 2146.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 939.00 mb = 700.44 m = 2298.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 909.00 mb = 983.20 m = 3225.68 ft B at Equ Level: 9.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.00 mb = 16230.52 m = 53249.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.1 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 30.1 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -132.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 51.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 69.14 Bulk Shear: 14.73 m/s