MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 34.86,-82.34 Latitude: 34.86 Longitude: -82.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 174 SFC 985 301 22.8 19.7 82 3.2 20.6 50 9 297.2 299.9 294.3 339.9 14.77 2 950 618 18.9 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 50 13 296.4 299.0 293.7 337.4 14.23 3 900 1081 16.8 16.8 100 -0.0 16.8 88 16 298.8 301.3 293.9 338.3 13.53 4 850 1568 16.0 13.9 87 2.1 14.6 61 7 302.9 305.1 293.8 338.0 11.83 5 800 2083 13.8 12.6 93 1.2 13.0 219 3 305.8 308.0 294.4 340.5 11.56 6 750 2626 11.4 8.6 83 2.8 9.6 250 8 308.9 310.7 293.7 337.5 9.37 7 700 3200 8.2 4.6 78 3.6 6.1 267 5 311.6 313.1 293.1 335.2 7.64 8 650 3809 4.7 -0.0 71 4.8 2.2 272 6 314.3 315.5 292.5 332.9 5.88 9 600 4457 1.1 -3.6 71 4.6 -1.3 270 11 317.3 318.3 292.5 333.0 4.89 10 550 5153 -2.0 -11.0 50 9.0 -5.8 269 13 321.8 322.3 292.2 331.7 3.00 11 500 5906 -5.3 -13.9 51 8.5 -8.7 280 17 326.5 327.0 293.2 335.4 2.62 12 450 6725 -10.5 -23.0 35 12.5 -14.3 269 18 330.1 330.4 293.0 334.8 1.34 13 400 7621 -16.0 -32.9 22 16.8 -19.7 257 19 334.1 334.3 293.4 336.4 0.60 14 350 8613 -22.5 -41.5 16 19.0 -25.4 249 23 338.5 338.5 294.2 339.6 0.29 15 300 9726 -30.7 -40.5 38 9.7 -32.0 244 27 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.5 0.37 16 250 10994 -40.8 -45.9 57 5.2 -41.2 241 27 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.5 0.25 17 200 12472 -52.1 -65.8 18 13.7 -52.5 240 39 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14275 -65.3 -74.2 28 8.9 -65.3 242 35 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16716 -69.5 -84.7 9 15.2 -69.5 285 7 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.40 m Freezing level: 582.56 mb = 4700.19 m = 15420.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.36 mb = 4213.31 m = 13823.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.81 mb = 701.04 m = 2299.97 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 7.67 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 871.57 m = 2859.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.34 C = 74.02 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: 2.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: 2.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.35 C Cross Totals Index: 19.25 C K Index: 31.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4122.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.14 mb = 854.14 m = 2802.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.9 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 309.9 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.9 neg: -17.8 tot: 72.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 55.29 m/s