MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F059.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F059.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 59 hour NAM valid 5Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.49,-82.36 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -82.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 153 SFC 971 410 20.5 15.0 70 5.5 16.9 104 4 296.2 298.2 291.2 328.2 11.09 2 950 596 20.0 13.9 68 6.1 16.1 122 13 297.5 299.4 291.2 328.2 10.59 3 900 1060 17.1 9.2 60 7.9 12.3 137 18 299.1 300.6 289.7 323.0 8.13 4 850 1545 14.2 9.3 73 4.8 11.2 126 8 301.0 302.6 290.7 326.7 8.69 5 800 2056 11.8 10.5 92 1.3 11.0 154 5 303.7 305.6 292.7 333.6 10.01 6 750 2595 9.7 7.9 89 1.8 8.6 162 6 307.1 308.8 292.9 334.2 8.96 7 700 3166 6.8 4.9 88 1.9 5.7 166 6 310.0 311.5 292.8 333.9 7.79 8 650 3772 3.5 -1.5 70 5.0 0.9 177 5 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.5 5.27 9 600 4417 -0.9 -3.4 83 2.6 -2.1 184 8 315.1 316.1 291.9 330.8 4.95 10 550 5107 -4.5 -11.1 60 6.6 -7.2 205 8 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.5 2.98 11 500 5850 -9.0 -25.5 25 16.5 -13.5 232 14 322.1 322.3 290.4 325.5 0.96 12 450 6657 -15.0 -28.3 31 13.3 -18.1 245 16 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.3 0.82 13 400 7535 -20.8 -39.8 16 19.1 -23.7 259 28 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.1 0.30 14 350 8513 -25.2 -30.8 60 5.6 -26.3 264 52 334.7 334.9 293.8 337.8 0.84 15 300 9613 -33.3 -40.8 47 7.5 -34.1 250 59 338.5 338.6 294.3 339.9 0.36 16 250 10872 -41.6 -48.4 48 6.8 -42.1 248 71 344.2 344.2 295.5 345.0 0.19 17 200 12353 -50.5 -65.7 15 15.1 -51.0 250 77 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.03 18 150 14187 -59.5 -79.0 6 19.6 -59.6 273 45 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16666 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 274 22 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.66 m Freezing level: 610.04 mb = 4287.12 m = 14065.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.25 mb = 3956.59 m = 12980.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.30 mb = 1113.86 m = 3654.37 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 5.21 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.77 mb = 2958.55 m = 9706.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.18 C = 91.72 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.08 C Showalter Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.29 C K Index: 30.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8140.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.97 mb = 1715.54 m = 5628.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.1 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 208.1 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.1 neg: -23.9 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 13.44 m/s