MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 5Z 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 23.4 23.1 98 0.3 23.2 40 10 295.7 298.9 296.0 347.2 17.90 1 1000 157 22.7 22.4 98 0.3 22.5 42 16 295.8 298.9 295.7 345.6 17.31 2 950 603 20.6 20.6 100 -0.0 20.6 64 27 298.1 301.0 295.6 345.4 16.30 3 900 1070 18.6 18.6 100 -0.0 18.6 95 27 300.7 303.4 295.6 345.1 15.15 4 850 1561 17.1 16.2 95 0.9 16.5 105 18 304.0 306.6 295.5 345.0 13.76 5 800 2078 14.6 13.8 95 0.8 14.0 77 12 306.7 309.0 295.3 344.2 12.49 6 750 2621 11.0 10.0 94 1.0 10.3 59 9 308.5 310.4 294.3 339.8 10.31 7 700 3195 8.2 5.5 83 2.7 6.6 26 5 311.6 313.2 293.5 336.8 8.14 8 650 3806 5.9 1.7 74 4.2 3.5 33 8 315.7 317.0 293.5 336.7 6.67 9 600 4456 1.1 -0.4 89 1.6 0.3 51 8 317.4 318.6 293.6 337.1 6.19 10 550 5152 -2.0 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.3 337 9 321.7 322.8 294.4 340.5 5.81 11 500 5906 -5.7 -7.1 90 1.4 -6.4 332 19 326.1 327.0 294.6 341.1 4.50 12 450 6725 -10.3 -11.7 90 1.3 -10.9 304 22 330.2 330.9 294.8 342.1 3.48 13 400 7625 -15.2 -16.8 88 1.5 -15.8 297 16 335.2 335.7 295.3 344.3 2.58 14 350 8621 -21.3 -23.4 83 2.1 -21.8 271 25 340.1 340.5 295.8 346.2 1.66 15 300 9741 -29.2 -31.9 78 2.6 -29.7 241 17 344.2 344.3 296.1 347.5 0.88 16 250 11018 -38.9 -42.1 72 3.1 -39.2 215 24 348.2 348.3 296.5 349.7 0.38 17 200 12506 -51.3 -55.2 64 3.8 -51.5 223 34 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.9 0.11 18 150 14308 -66.7 -71.1 53 4.5 -66.7 213 35 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16721 -69.9 -81.9 16 12.0 -70.0 272 14 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.72 m Freezing level: 582.17 mb = 4704.57 m = 15434.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.93 mb = 4537.60 m = 14886.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.68 mb = 99.56 m = 326.63 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 10.47 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.38 mb = 518.00 m = 1699.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.41 C = 77.73 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 231.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 959.15 mb = 520.05 m = 1706.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 954.15 mb = 565.51 m = 1855.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.15 mb = 1222.77 m = 4011.66 ft B at Equ Level: 19.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.15 mb = 11454.87 m = 37581.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.3 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 82.3 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.8 neg: -16.8 tot: 119.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 48.45 Bulk Shear: 4.78 m/s