MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 21.0 95 0.9 21.2 15 10 293.9 296.7 294.0 338.5 15.62 1 1000 170 20.7 20.2 96 0.6 20.4 16 14 293.9 296.6 293.5 336.7 15.02 2 950 613 18.0 18.0 100 -0.0 18.0 40 30 295.4 297.9 293.0 335.0 13.79 3 900 1076 17.0 16.7 98 0.3 16.8 57 24 299.0 301.4 293.9 338.0 13.40 4 850 1563 14.7 14.6 99 0.1 14.6 20 18 301.5 303.8 293.8 337.9 12.35 5 800 2076 12.6 12.3 98 0.3 12.4 360 16 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.3 11.29 6 750 2617 11.4 9.2 86 2.2 10.0 332 9 309.0 310.8 294.0 338.8 9.80 7 700 3191 8.7 1.4 60 7.3 4.7 309 14 312.2 313.3 292.0 331.1 6.07 8 650 3801 5.7 -3.5 51 9.2 1.1 306 15 315.5 316.3 291.7 330.0 4.55 9 600 4452 2.1 -8.3 46 10.5 -2.6 306 15 318.6 319.3 291.6 329.7 3.40 10 550 5149 -1.4 -13.6 39 12.2 -6.2 297 15 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.7 2.44 11 500 5903 -5.2 -18.6 34 13.5 -9.9 280 11 326.8 327.1 292.5 332.9 1.76 12 450 6723 -9.8 -21.8 37 12.0 -13.6 259 10 331.0 331.3 293.4 336.3 1.49 13 400 7622 -15.7 -26.0 41 10.3 -18.4 273 13 334.6 334.9 294.0 338.8 1.15 14 350 8615 -22.0 -31.8 41 9.7 -24.1 253 14 339.0 339.2 294.8 341.9 0.77 15 300 9733 -29.3 -44.3 22 15.0 -31.2 253 20 344.0 344.1 295.5 345.0 0.25 16 250 11007 -39.7 -47.0 46 7.2 -40.4 224 23 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.9 0.22 17 200 12490 -51.8 -61.4 31 9.5 -52.1 231 30 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.9 0.05 18 150 14288 -67.2 -72.7 45 5.6 -67.2 237 38 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 19 100 16704 -70.2 -84.2 11 14.1 -70.2 229 17 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.52 m Freezing level: 569.37 mb = 4878.97 m = 16006.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.17 mb = 3988.80 m = 13086.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.04 mb = 169.94 m = 557.54 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 9.13 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 962.89 mb = 496.46 m = 1628.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.90 C = 73.22 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.71 C K Index: 27.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 958.10 mb = 539.49 m = 1769.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 953.10 mb = 584.62 m = 1918.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 923.10 mb = 858.93 m = 2817.99 ft B at Equ Level: 16.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 823.10 mb = 1834.70 m = 6019.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.3 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 13.3 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 5.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.9 neg: -47.9 tot: 18.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 25.21 m/s