MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 7Z 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 1010 65 22.1 21.5 96 0.6 21.7 23 10 294.4 297.3 294.5 340.7 16.19 1 1000 152 21.5 20.8 96 0.7 21.0 25 15 294.6 297.4 294.1 339.4 15.65 2 950 596 19.5 19.5 100 -0.0 19.5 55 29 296.9 299.7 294.5 340.7 15.16 3 900 1062 18.2 18.2 100 -0.0 18.2 87 23 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.5 14.77 4 850 1552 16.6 16.0 96 0.6 16.2 112 13 303.6 306.1 295.3 343.8 13.56 5 800 2069 15.5 10.5 72 4.9 12.3 96 9 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.0 10.04 6 750 2614 11.8 7.5 75 4.3 9.2 74 8 309.3 311.0 293.3 335.9 8.70 7 700 3188 8.6 5.2 79 3.4 6.6 36 5 312.0 313.5 293.4 336.5 7.94 8 650 3799 5.6 1.6 76 3.9 3.4 357 9 315.2 316.5 293.3 336.1 6.63 9 600 4449 1.3 -0.1 90 1.4 0.5 39 6 317.7 318.9 293.8 337.9 6.35 10 550 5146 -1.7 -3.4 89 1.6 -2.6 3 7 322.0 323.1 294.3 339.7 5.44 11 500 5901 -4.8 -10.0 67 5.2 -7.1 353 13 327.1 327.8 294.1 339.1 3.57 12 450 6722 -10.1 -20.1 44 10.0 -13.5 339 19 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.5 1.72 13 400 7620 -15.4 -17.6 83 2.2 -16.2 303 17 334.9 335.4 295.1 343.4 2.40 14 350 8617 -21.1 -23.3 83 2.1 -21.7 268 21 340.3 340.6 295.8 346.4 1.68 15 300 9737 -29.2 -31.6 80 2.4 -29.7 253 21 344.2 344.3 296.1 347.6 0.90 16 250 11014 -39.0 -42.0 73 3.0 -39.3 239 28 348.2 348.2 296.5 349.7 0.38 17 200 12500 -52.0 -55.7 65 3.7 -52.2 237 29 350.3 350.4 296.8 350.8 0.10 18 150 14295 -66.7 -71.5 50 4.9 -66.7 229 37 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16726 -68.8 -84.6 8 15.8 -68.9 242 10 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.29 m Freezing level: 578.14 mb = 4753.80 m = 15596.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.19 mb = 4567.54 m = 14985.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.34 mb = 140.39 m = 460.60 ft T: 21.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 7.90 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.42 mb = 528.73 m = 1734.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 34.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.47 mb = 537.37 m = 1763.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 951.47 mb = 582.76 m = 1911.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 941.47 mb = 673.80 m = 2210.60 ft B at Equ Level: 19.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 851.47 mb = 1537.25 m = 5043.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.9 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 80.9 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -32.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 177.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.07 Bulk Shear: 10.69 m/s