MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 36.87,-76.46 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -76.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1021 3 24.4 20.3 78 4.1 21.5 37 13 295.8 298.4 293.9 338.3 14.81 1 1000 181 21.8 19.0 85 2.7 19.9 39 19 294.9 297.4 293.0 335.0 14.00 2 950 626 17.7 17.7 100 -0.0 17.7 39 22 295.2 297.6 292.8 334.0 13.56 3 900 1087 14.8 11.8 83 2.9 12.9 53 27 296.7 298.5 290.2 324.9 9.71 4 850 1570 13.2 9.6 79 3.6 11.0 27 16 300.0 301.6 290.6 326.1 8.87 5 800 2078 10.7 9.6 93 1.2 10.0 357 8 302.6 304.3 291.9 330.5 9.39 6 750 2616 9.1 7.6 90 1.5 8.2 306 12 306.5 308.1 292.5 333.0 8.78 7 700 3186 6.9 3.9 81 3.0 5.2 302 17 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.5 7.27 8 650 3793 3.9 0.2 77 3.6 1.9 289 13 313.3 314.5 292.3 332.2 6.00 9 600 4439 0.5 -5.7 63 6.3 -2.4 283 15 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.1 4.15 10 550 5134 -2.2 -20.3 24 18.1 -8.2 279 16 321.5 321.7 290.6 326.2 1.38 11 500 5885 -5.6 -29.9 13 24.2 -11.9 259 19 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.5 0.64 12 450 6703 -10.3 -40.7 6 30.4 -16.1 248 20 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.24 13 400 7598 -17.1 -33.8 22 16.7 -20.5 251 22 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.8 0.55 14 350 8583 -23.7 -56.5 3 32.8 -26.8 249 25 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.05 15 300 9693 -31.2 -54.5 8 23.3 -33.1 251 32 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.08 16 250 10958 -41.1 -53.8 24 12.7 -41.8 246 43 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 17 200 12438 -51.8 -58.6 44 6.7 -52.1 233 59 350.7 350.7 296.8 351.0 0.07 18 150 14245 -65.2 -71.3 42 6.2 -65.2 225 65 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.02 19 100 16674 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 251 26 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.23 m Freezing level: 590.37 mb = 4572.95 m = 15002.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.15 mb = 4068.77 m = 13348.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.59 mb = 520.86 m = 1708.85 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km ThetaE index: 13.47 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.63 mb = 638.38 m = 2094.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.78 C = 74.81 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: 3.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 7.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.83 C Cross Totals Index: 15.24 C K Index: 25.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.96 mb = 644.48 m = 2114.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 942.96 mb = 689.55 m = 2262.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 772.96 mb = 2364.86 m = 7758.62 ft B at Equ Level: 27.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 682.96 mb = 3387.60 m = 11114.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.4 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 356.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 5.9 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.6 neg: -27.1 tot: 5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 56.74 m/s