MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1012 65 21.8 20.5 92 1.3 20.9 22 10 293.9 296.7 293.6 337.2 15.16 1 1000 169 20.7 20.0 96 0.6 20.2 24 15 293.8 296.5 293.4 336.2 14.89 2 950 611 17.9 17.9 100 -0.0 17.9 45 33 295.3 297.8 292.9 334.6 13.69 3 900 1075 17.2 17.1 99 0.1 17.2 56 19 299.3 301.8 294.2 339.5 13.77 4 850 1563 15.2 14.8 98 0.4 15.0 47 15 302.1 304.4 294.1 339.3 12.59 5 800 2077 13.3 12.9 97 0.4 13.0 61 10 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.6 11.78 6 750 2619 11.4 7.9 79 3.5 9.2 1 6 308.9 310.6 293.3 336.2 8.94 7 700 3193 8.6 4.2 74 4.3 6.1 333 6 312.0 313.4 293.0 335.0 7.43 8 650 3803 5.5 0.8 72 4.6 2.9 326 9 315.2 316.4 293.0 334.9 6.27 9 600 4454 1.9 -4.3 63 6.2 -1.2 313 8 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.4 4.64 10 550 5151 -1.4 -10.8 49 9.3 -5.4 309 8 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.5 3.06 11 500 5904 -5.8 -13.6 54 7.8 -8.9 312 9 326.0 326.6 293.1 335.1 2.68 12 450 6723 -10.2 -20.5 43 10.3 -13.6 302 7 330.4 330.8 293.4 336.3 1.67 13 400 7620 -16.0 -18.0 85 2.0 -16.7 291 13 334.1 334.6 294.8 342.3 2.32 14 350 8613 -22.2 -25.4 76 3.1 -23.1 251 11 338.8 339.0 295.3 343.8 1.39 15 300 9732 -29.7 -36.4 52 6.7 -30.8 268 21 343.5 343.6 295.7 345.6 0.57 16 250 11003 -40.2 -43.9 68 3.7 -40.6 246 20 346.3 346.3 296.1 347.5 0.31 17 200 12484 -52.0 -56.6 58 4.6 -52.2 229 31 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.7 0.09 18 150 14283 -66.5 -72.6 42 6.1 -66.5 255 40 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16700 -71.0 -81.4 20 10.3 -71.1 242 17 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.30 m Freezing level: 571.36 mb = 4853.34 m = 15922.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.04 mb = 4265.80 m = 13995.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.18 mb = 228.04 m = 748.14 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 8.05 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 963.87 mb = 486.22 m = 1595.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.75 C = 72.95 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: 2.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 31.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 957.56 mb = 542.82 m = 1780.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 952.56 mb = 587.94 m = 1928.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 932.56 mb = 770.15 m = 2526.71 ft B at Equ Level: 17.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 862.56 mb = 1438.04 m = 4717.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 13.9 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 43.9 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -58.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.6 neg: -7.9 tot: 73.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 15.80 m/s