MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F057.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F057.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.94,-85.78 Latitude: 36.94 Longitude: -85.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 133 SFC 986 253 23.8 21.3 86 2.5 22.0 101 5 298.1 301.1 295.6 345.6 16.33 2 950 579 20.2 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 107 6 297.7 300.5 295.0 343.0 15.64 3 900 1044 17.4 16.9 97 0.5 17.1 177 12 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.1 13.60 4 850 1532 15.3 15.3 100 -0.0 15.3 152 7 302.2 304.6 294.4 340.5 12.99 5 800 2046 13.5 11.8 89 1.7 12.4 157 7 305.5 307.5 293.9 338.2 10.91 6 750 2587 11.4 0.3 46 11.1 5.5 197 5 309.0 310.0 290.3 325.1 5.22 7 700 3160 7.7 -0.4 56 8.1 3.4 204 4 311.0 312.0 291.0 327.6 5.30 8 650 3766 3.7 -7.8 43 11.5 -1.4 220 5 313.1 313.7 289.9 323.6 3.27 9 600 4411 -0.2 -14.9 32 14.7 -5.7 247 7 315.9 316.3 289.5 322.6 2.01 10 550 5102 -4.7 -9.4 69 4.8 -6.7 230 10 318.6 319.2 291.6 329.7 3.40 11 500 5844 -9.3 -25.7 25 16.3 -13.7 224 15 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.0 0.95 12 450 6650 -14.4 -28.5 29 14.1 -17.8 239 16 325.1 325.2 291.2 328.0 0.81 13 400 7530 -21.5 -28.9 51 7.4 -23.1 252 16 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.1 0.88 14 350 8499 -28.8 -34.2 60 5.4 -29.6 252 9 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.2 0.60 15 300 9583 -36.7 -49.9 24 13.2 -37.7 266 28 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.13 16 250 10827 -43.4 -61.5 12 18.1 -44.1 256 47 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 17 200 12309 -48.7 -59.7 27 11.0 -49.1 258 51 355.7 355.7 297.9 356.0 0.06 18 150 14170 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 268 46 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16666 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 279 27 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.89 m Freezing level: 602.15 mb = 4382.84 m = 14379.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.86 mb = 3581.29 m = 11749.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.82 mb = 571.53 m = 1875.09 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 15.38 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.98 mb = 799.42 m = 2622.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.18 C = 75.52 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 24.67 C K Index: 31.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 949.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.41 mb = 795.38 m = 2609.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.41 mb = 841.95 m = 2762.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 801.41 mb = 2030.70 m = 6662.33 ft B at Equ Level: 21.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.41 mb = 13695.28 m = 44931.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.6 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 235.6 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: -17.0 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 66.09 Bulk Shear: 14.36 m/s