MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.70,-72.34 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -72.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 -0 28.6 27.9 96 0.6 28.1 203 15 301.6 306.0 301.2 373.8 24.30 1 1000 14 28.4 27.7 96 0.7 27.9 204 16 301.5 305.9 301.0 372.6 23.96 2 950 470 24.9 25.0 100 -0.0 25.0 213 14 302.5 306.4 299.8 366.1 21.41 3 900 945 23.8 22.0 89 1.8 22.5 212 14 306.1 309.6 299.2 362.5 18.78 4 850 1446 22.9 18.2 75 4.7 19.5 216 14 310.1 313.1 298.2 357.7 15.61 5 800 1974 21.1 15.3 69 5.9 17.1 226 14 313.7 316.3 298.0 356.3 13.79 6 750 2532 18.4 13.4 73 5.0 15.0 234 13 316.6 319.1 298.2 357.3 13.02 7 700 3121 15.6 6.8 55 8.9 10.0 245 12 319.8 321.5 296.2 348.0 8.87 8 650 3746 11.0 3.3 59 7.7 6.4 253 10 321.4 322.9 295.6 345.5 7.51 9 600 4408 6.2 1.0 69 5.2 3.2 202 9 323.3 324.6 295.6 345.5 6.87 10 550 5117 1.9 -5.2 59 7.1 -1.7 175 9 326.3 327.3 294.8 342.0 4.72 11 500 5879 -2.7 -10.1 56 7.5 -6.1 277 7 329.7 330.5 294.7 341.8 3.54 12 450 6704 -9.3 -18.8 46 9.5 -12.6 289 11 331.6 332.0 293.9 338.4 1.93 13 400 7604 -14.9 -22.6 52 7.7 -17.2 271 19 335.6 335.9 294.6 341.2 1.56 14 350 8600 -21.9 -26.6 66 4.7 -23.1 254 17 339.3 339.5 295.3 343.8 1.24 15 300 9717 -29.9 -34.6 63 4.7 -30.7 253 24 343.3 343.4 295.7 345.9 0.68 16 250 10989 -39.9 -43.3 70 3.4 -40.2 246 26 346.8 346.9 296.2 348.2 0.33 17 200 12471 -52.6 -57.9 52 5.3 -52.8 229 24 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.08 18 150 14267 -66.6 -71.8 48 5.2 -66.6 243 22 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16694 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.8 72 2 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5865.34 m Freezing level: 529.30 mb = 5432.38 m = 17822.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 567.27 mb = 4865.11 m = 15961.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.30 % Est. max temperature: 36.99 C = 98.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.20 mb = 74.39 m = 244.07 ft T: 27.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 17.45 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.76 mb = 453.24 m = 1487.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 21.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 34.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3488.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.74 mb = 527.75 m = 1731.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 938.74 mb = 574.44 m = 1884.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 928.74 mb = 668.58 m = 2193.47 ft B at Equ Level: 17.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 848.74 mb = 1458.89 m = 4786.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 1316.12 Bulk Shear: 2.65 m/s