MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1011 65 24.4 23.9 97 0.6 24.0 46 9 296.7 300.1 296.8 350.9 18.75 1 1000 158 23.8 23.1 96 0.7 23.3 47 15 296.9 300.2 296.4 349.2 18.07 2 950 605 20.9 20.9 100 -0.0 20.9 57 28 298.4 301.4 295.9 346.6 16.60 3 900 1074 19.6 19.6 100 -0.0 19.6 79 27 301.7 304.6 296.4 349.2 16.13 4 850 1566 17.6 16.8 95 0.8 17.0 71 20 304.5 307.2 296.0 347.1 14.26 5 800 2083 14.8 14.4 97 0.4 14.6 56 9 307.0 309.4 295.8 346.2 13.01 6 750 2627 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 12 5 309.4 311.3 294.4 340.6 10.24 7 700 3203 9.4 4.0 69 5.4 6.2 320 8 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.6 7.28 8 650 3815 6.0 3.5 84 2.6 4.6 1 9 315.8 317.3 294.3 339.7 7.59 9 600 4466 1.7 -0.7 84 2.4 0.4 28 10 318.0 319.2 293.7 337.3 6.05 10 550 5163 -2.9 -4.2 91 1.3 -3.6 350 8 320.6 321.6 293.6 337.2 5.10 11 500 5915 -5.3 -6.1 94 0.8 -5.7 273 20 326.6 327.5 295.0 342.6 4.84 12 450 6736 -9.4 -10.6 91 1.2 -9.9 268 26 331.4 332.1 295.3 344.3 3.79 13 400 7638 -14.8 -16.3 88 1.5 -15.3 257 28 335.8 336.3 295.6 345.2 2.68 14 350 8636 -20.8 -23.0 82 2.3 -21.4 241 30 340.7 341.1 296.0 347.0 1.71 15 300 9759 -28.6 -31.2 78 2.6 -29.2 227 31 345.0 345.2 296.3 348.6 0.94 16 250 11039 -38.5 -41.5 73 3.0 -38.8 214 33 348.9 349.0 296.7 350.5 0.40 17 200 12529 -51.1 -54.9 64 3.8 -51.2 215 35 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.4 0.11 18 150 14332 -66.5 -70.9 53 4.5 -66.5 212 37 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.02 19 100 16735 -70.7 -79.3 27 8.6 -70.8 322 12 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.51 m Freezing level: 581.94 mb = 4717.97 m = 15478.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.27 mb = 4529.76 m = 14861.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.77 mb = 133.46 m = 437.85 ft T: 23.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 13.61 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 961.72 mb = 498.21 m = 1634.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.79 C = 78.41 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 335.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 957.26 mb = 538.72 m = 1767.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 952.26 mb = 584.43 m = 1917.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 912.26 mb = 956.70 m = 3138.73 ft B at Equ Level: 17.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.26 mb = 13110.75 m = 43013.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 32.9 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 62.9 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 5.1 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.7 neg: -15.2 tot: 56.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 44.40 Bulk Shear: 7.57 m/s