MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.86,-79.45 Latitude: 34.86 Longitude: -79.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 76 23.8 23.1 96 0.6 23.3 45 8 296.2 299.4 296.2 348.0 17.96 1 1000 149 23.1 22.8 98 0.3 22.9 46 11 296.3 299.5 296.1 347.6 17.79 2 950 596 20.4 20.4 100 -0.0 20.4 66 27 297.9 300.8 295.4 344.5 16.09 3 900 1063 18.1 18.1 100 -0.0 18.1 88 25 300.1 302.8 295.0 343.1 14.67 4 850 1553 17.8 14.3 80 3.5 15.4 99 16 304.8 307.0 294.6 341.0 12.13 5 800 2071 15.0 11.3 79 3.7 12.6 95 11 307.1 309.1 294.1 339.0 10.56 6 750 2615 12.0 8.9 81 3.1 10.0 53 9 309.6 311.4 294.0 338.8 9.58 7 700 3190 8.5 6.5 87 2.1 7.3 44 10 311.9 313.6 294.0 338.8 8.69 8 650 3801 5.2 2.8 84 2.4 3.8 45 15 314.9 316.3 293.7 337.6 7.23 9 600 4451 1.4 0.7 95 0.7 1.0 355 14 317.8 319.1 294.1 339.2 6.73 10 550 5149 -1.2 -6.5 67 5.3 -3.7 328 19 322.7 323.5 293.5 336.8 4.28 11 500 5904 -4.8 -19.6 30 14.8 -9.9 331 22 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.8 1.61 12 450 6723 -10.2 -13.2 79 2.9 -11.4 326 23 330.4 331.0 294.6 340.9 3.08 13 400 7623 -15.0 -17.1 84 2.0 -15.8 313 12 335.4 335.9 295.3 344.3 2.51 14 350 8621 -20.7 -22.4 86 1.7 -21.2 279 17 340.8 341.2 296.1 347.4 1.80 15 300 9744 -28.9 -31.1 81 2.2 -29.3 249 17 344.7 344.9 296.3 348.3 0.95 16 250 11021 -39.1 -42.2 72 3.1 -39.4 233 25 348.0 348.1 296.5 349.5 0.37 17 200 12508 -51.7 -55.4 64 3.8 -51.8 231 26 351.0 351.0 297.0 351.4 0.10 18 150 14306 -66.9 -71.1 55 4.2 -66.9 221 33 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16729 -69.1 -83.6 10 14.5 -69.1 277 13 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.10 m Freezing level: 572.48 mb = 4834.95 m = 15862.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.30 mb = 4595.02 m = 15075.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.58 mb = 152.53 m = 500.41 ft T: 23.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 10.42 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 958.79 mb = 515.51 m = 1691.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.15 C = 77.28 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 34.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.87 mb = 532.97 m = 1748.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 951.87 mb = 578.62 m = 1898.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 881.87 mb = 1237.63 m = 4060.40 ft B at Equ Level: 21.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 801.87 mb = 2050.82 m = 6728.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 35.7 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 65.7 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 25.68 Bulk Shear: 5.88 m/s