MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 36.85,-76.09 Latitude: 36.85 Longitude: -76.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 2 23.7 21.1 85 2.6 21.9 23 11 295.2 298.0 294.3 340.0 15.60 1 1000 172 21.7 20.7 94 1.0 21.0 24 19 294.8 297.6 294.1 339.3 15.54 2 950 619 19.0 19.0 100 -0.0 19.0 28 26 296.4 299.1 294.0 338.8 14.70 3 900 1082 16.3 16.1 99 0.2 16.3 32 27 298.4 300.7 293.3 336.0 12.93 4 850 1566 12.9 9.5 80 3.4 10.8 32 21 299.6 301.2 290.4 325.5 8.79 5 800 2076 11.9 10.3 90 1.6 10.9 348 11 303.8 305.7 292.6 333.3 9.88 6 750 2616 9.6 8.8 95 0.7 9.1 281 10 306.9 308.7 293.3 335.8 9.53 7 700 3186 7.0 6.2 95 0.8 6.5 264 11 310.2 311.8 293.4 336.3 8.50 8 650 3794 4.2 1.5 83 2.6 2.7 276 11 313.7 314.9 292.9 334.3 6.60 9 600 4441 0.1 -1.5 89 1.6 -0.8 255 12 316.2 317.3 292.9 334.3 5.71 10 550 5134 -2.6 -4.5 87 1.9 -3.5 242 16 321.0 322.0 293.6 337.3 5.00 11 500 5886 -6.4 -11.1 69 4.7 -8.4 235 16 325.2 325.9 293.4 336.2 3.27 12 450 6702 -10.4 -32.1 15 21.6 -15.6 247 18 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.2 0.58 13 400 7598 -16.5 -35.4 18 18.9 -20.3 255 21 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.3 0.47 14 350 8586 -23.7 -40.0 21 16.2 -26.2 257 29 336.8 336.8 293.9 338.1 0.34 15 300 9699 -30.8 -52.6 10 21.8 -32.7 249 41 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.4 0.10 16 250 10968 -40.0 -47.4 45 7.4 -40.6 247 48 346.5 346.6 296.1 347.4 0.21 17 200 12452 -51.0 -56.3 53 5.3 -51.2 228 60 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.3 0.09 18 150 14262 -64.8 -73.3 30 8.6 -64.8 226 60 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16688 -70.5 -85.0 10 14.6 -70.5 243 26 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.40 m Freezing level: 599.04 mb = 4454.28 m = 14613.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.06 mb = 4293.29 m = 14085.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.73 mb = 332.74 m = 1091.64 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 14.51 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.64 mb = 557.97 m = 1830.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.74 C = 76.53 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: 7.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.29 C Cross Totals Index: 15.89 C K Index: 27.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 960.90 mb = 519.33 m = 1703.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.90 mb = 655.69 m = 2151.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 555.90 mb = 5048.93 m = 16564.53 ft B at Equ Level: 107.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 405.90 mb = 7487.10 m = 24563.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.8 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 349.8 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.9 neg: -37.3 tot: -19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.20 Bulk Shear: 49.01 m/s