MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.88,-78.92 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -78.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 21.8 21.4 97 0.4 21.6 23 11 294.0 296.9 294.3 340.0 16.09 1 1000 149 21.0 21.0 100 -0.0 21.0 25 14 294.1 296.9 294.1 339.3 15.83 2 950 593 19.2 19.2 100 -0.0 19.2 50 31 296.6 299.3 294.2 339.6 14.89 3 900 1059 18.7 18.7 100 -0.0 18.7 91 18 300.7 303.5 295.6 345.4 15.22 4 850 1549 16.9 16.4 97 0.5 16.6 128 8 303.8 306.4 295.6 345.3 13.96 5 800 2066 15.9 10.0 68 5.9 12.1 97 5 308.1 309.9 293.7 337.4 9.67 6 750 2611 12.5 4.3 57 8.2 7.8 61 4 310.1 311.4 292.2 331.6 6.96 7 700 3187 9.0 2.9 66 6.1 5.6 38 4 312.5 313.7 292.7 333.6 6.77 8 650 3798 5.3 2.3 81 3.0 3.7 4 6 315.0 316.4 293.6 336.9 6.97 9 600 4447 0.9 -0.2 92 1.1 0.3 27 7 317.1 318.3 293.6 337.0 6.28 10 550 5143 -1.6 -3.8 85 2.2 -2.7 3 7 322.2 323.2 294.1 339.3 5.27 11 500 5899 -4.8 -11.0 62 6.2 -7.5 2 10 327.2 327.9 293.9 338.4 3.30 12 450 6719 -10.1 -17.5 55 7.3 -12.8 352 15 330.5 330.9 293.8 338.0 2.15 13 400 7620 -14.6 -17.0 82 2.4 -15.5 289 13 336.0 336.5 295.5 344.9 2.52 14 350 8616 -21.6 -24.4 78 2.8 -22.4 289 23 339.7 340.0 295.6 345.2 1.52 15 300 9735 -29.3 -32.0 78 2.7 -29.9 257 15 344.0 344.2 296.0 347.3 0.87 16 250 11011 -39.4 -42.5 72 3.1 -39.6 266 22 347.6 347.6 296.4 349.0 0.36 17 200 12494 -52.3 -56.1 64 3.8 -52.5 238 28 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.3 0.10 18 150 14295 -64.7 -73.0 31 8.3 -64.7 245 34 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16721 -70.2 -83.3 13 13.1 -70.2 243 11 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.62 m Freezing level: 582.76 mb = 4686.78 m = 15376.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.75 mb = 4503.49 m = 14775.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.48 mb = 101.86 m = 334.18 ft T: 21.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 13.82 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 973.44 mb = 381.88 m = 1252.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.83 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 32.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 960.65 mb = 496.27 m = 1628.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 955.65 mb = 541.41 m = 1776.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 935.65 mb = 724.05 m = 2375.45 ft B at Equ Level: 22.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 865.65 mb = 1392.59 m = 4568.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 45.2 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 75.2 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.12 Bulk Shear: 14.94 m/s