MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.49,-82.59 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -82.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 983 309 19.8 15.2 74 4.7 16.8 100 4 294.5 296.4 290.6 326.2 11.09 2 950 599 18.6 13.4 72 5.1 15.3 133 13 296.0 297.9 290.5 325.5 10.23 3 900 1062 16.8 12.2 74 4.7 13.9 156 13 298.9 300.7 291.1 327.9 9.94 4 850 1547 13.8 7.5 66 6.3 10.1 114 7 300.6 302.0 289.8 323.3 7.67 5 800 2056 11.2 9.8 91 1.3 10.3 117 6 303.0 304.8 292.1 331.5 9.56 6 750 2594 9.1 8.9 99 0.1 9.0 175 3 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.4 9.61 7 700 3165 6.7 5.9 95 0.7 6.2 194 6 309.9 311.4 293.2 335.5 8.37 8 650 3770 3.0 1.6 90 1.5 2.2 194 9 312.4 313.7 292.5 333.0 6.62 9 600 4415 0.1 -6.9 59 7.1 -3.1 197 10 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.5 3.79 10 550 5106 -4.9 -11.4 61 6.4 -7.5 218 14 318.2 318.8 291.1 327.8 2.92 11 500 5849 -8.0 -28.2 18 20.1 -13.3 224 32 323.2 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.75 12 450 6659 -13.1 -36.2 13 23.1 -17.7 228 24 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.1 0.38 13 400 7544 -19.8 -32.3 32 12.6 -22.2 235 33 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.63 14 350 8520 -26.4 -48.9 10 22.5 -28.7 236 39 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.13 15 300 9619 -32.7 -51.3 14 18.7 -34.2 242 53 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.8 0.11 16 250 10880 -41.4 -53.9 25 12.4 -42.2 240 65 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 17 200 12361 -50.8 -68.2 11 17.3 -51.2 243 72 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14193 -58.6 -83.4 3 24.9 -58.8 240 29 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16678 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 256 17 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.19 m Freezing level: 598.54 mb = 4435.37 m = 14551.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.94 mb = 4035.63 m = 13240.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.76 C = 80.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.05 mb = 901.63 m = 2958.08 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 4.67 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.08 mb = 2266.44 m = 7435.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lifted Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.58 C Showalter Index: 6.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.80 C Cross Totals Index: 15.54 C K Index: 28.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7689.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.98 mb = 1389.40 m = 4558.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.6 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 227.6 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: -37.3 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 19.72 m/s