MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 21.8 21.3 97 0.5 21.5 17 10 294.1 297.0 294.3 339.8 16.02 1 1000 154 21.1 20.6 97 0.5 20.8 19 14 294.2 297.0 293.9 338.3 15.45 2 950 597 18.9 18.9 100 -0.0 18.9 47 30 296.3 299.0 293.9 338.5 14.62 3 900 1063 18.5 18.5 100 -0.0 18.5 89 22 300.5 303.3 295.4 344.6 15.04 4 850 1553 16.6 16.1 97 0.5 16.3 109 8 303.5 306.0 295.3 344.1 13.66 5 800 2070 16.0 7.7 58 8.2 10.9 128 5 308.2 309.7 292.6 333.4 8.29 6 750 2615 12.2 6.4 68 5.8 8.8 74 5 309.8 311.4 293.0 334.7 8.09 7 700 3190 8.9 4.7 75 4.2 6.4 32 3 312.3 313.7 293.3 336.0 7.65 8 650 3801 5.6 1.4 75 4.1 3.2 348 8 315.2 316.5 293.3 335.9 6.55 9 600 4451 1.1 -0.6 88 1.7 0.3 21 5 317.4 318.6 293.6 337.0 6.14 10 550 5147 -2.1 -3.3 92 1.1 -2.7 24 6 321.6 322.6 294.1 339.3 5.47 11 500 5901 -5.0 -10.5 65 5.5 -7.4 354 10 326.9 327.6 293.9 338.4 3.43 12 450 6721 -10.3 -19.0 49 8.7 -13.3 341 16 330.2 330.6 293.5 336.8 1.89 13 400 7618 -15.8 -19.2 75 3.4 -17.0 306 16 334.4 334.8 294.7 341.8 2.09 14 350 8614 -21.7 -24.0 82 2.2 -22.4 279 18 339.5 339.8 295.6 345.2 1.57 15 300 9733 -29.3 -31.8 79 2.5 -29.8 256 21 344.0 344.2 296.1 347.4 0.89 16 250 11009 -39.2 -42.2 73 3.0 -39.5 256 26 347.9 347.9 296.5 349.4 0.37 17 200 12493 -52.5 -56.3 64 3.8 -52.7 245 28 349.6 349.6 296.6 350.0 0.09 18 150 14291 -65.3 -71.8 41 6.4 -65.4 235 37 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16718 -68.8 -85.9 7 17.0 -68.9 226 7 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.42 m Freezing level: 582.53 mb = 4694.16 m = 15400.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.75 mb = 4507.74 m = 14789.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.81 mb = 120.98 m = 396.92 ft T: 21.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 11.23 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 966.02 mb = 452.75 m = 1485.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.38 C = 74.08 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 33.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 957.57 mb = 528.67 m = 1734.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 952.57 mb = 573.94 m = 1882.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 932.57 mb = 756.77 m = 2482.83 ft B at Equ Level: 21.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 872.57 mb = 1328.23 m = 4357.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.7 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 76.7 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -54.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 198.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.45 Bulk Shear: 15.16 m/s