MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 22.2 21.1 93 1.1 21.4 14 10 294.3 297.1 294.1 339.2 15.71 1 1000 172 20.9 20.2 95 0.8 20.4 15 14 294.1 296.8 293.6 337.0 15.03 2 950 615 17.9 17.9 100 -0.0 17.9 40 29 295.3 297.8 292.9 334.5 13.68 3 900 1077 16.2 15.5 96 0.6 15.8 60 28 298.2 300.4 292.9 334.3 12.43 4 850 1564 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.3 26 18 301.2 303.4 293.6 336.9 12.11 5 800 2077 12.9 12.0 94 0.9 12.3 4 13 304.9 306.9 293.8 338.0 11.07 6 750 2618 11.0 9.5 90 1.5 10.0 326 9 308.5 310.4 294.0 338.9 9.98 7 700 3192 8.9 1.3 59 7.6 4.7 318 14 312.3 313.4 292.0 331.0 5.99 8 650 3803 5.8 -3.6 51 9.4 1.1 319 15 315.6 316.5 291.7 330.0 4.53 9 600 4453 2.1 -7.0 51 9.0 -2.1 313 16 318.5 319.2 291.9 330.8 3.78 10 550 5150 -1.6 -11.5 47 9.9 -5.7 297 18 322.2 322.8 292.2 331.9 2.89 11 500 5903 -5.7 -14.6 50 8.9 -9.2 276 13 326.1 326.5 292.9 334.5 2.47 12 450 6722 -10.0 -22.3 36 12.3 -13.9 255 12 330.6 330.9 293.2 335.6 1.42 13 400 7619 -15.9 -30.2 28 14.3 -19.3 280 15 334.3 334.4 293.6 337.1 0.77 14 350 8612 -22.1 -33.3 36 11.1 -24.4 251 14 338.9 339.0 294.7 341.4 0.66 15 300 9731 -29.0 -44.5 21 15.5 -30.9 248 22 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.4 0.24 16 250 11005 -39.6 -47.3 44 7.6 -40.3 222 26 347.1 347.2 296.2 348.0 0.21 17 200 12488 -52.0 -59.6 40 7.6 -52.3 220 30 350.3 350.4 296.8 350.6 0.06 18 150 14286 -67.2 -71.9 52 4.6 -67.3 240 38 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16700 -70.0 -84.1 11 14.1 -70.0 234 17 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.70 m Freezing level: 571.52 mb = 4850.20 m = 15912.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.73 mb = 4021.28 m = 13193.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.53 mb = 202.32 m = 663.77 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 8.85 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.38 mb = 530.09 m = 1739.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.97 C = 73.34 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: 2.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: 2.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 26.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.67 mb = 554.41 m = 1818.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 951.67 mb = 599.61 m = 1967.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 901.67 mb = 1061.50 m = 3482.56 ft B at Equ Level: 14.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 811.67 mb = 1953.94 m = 6410.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.9 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 15.9 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 5.7 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.8 neg: -41.0 tot: 29.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 21.26 m/s