MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 13Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.08,-81.00 Latitude: 35.08 Longitude: -81.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 997 198 21.7 15.8 69 6.0 17.8 57 8 295.2 297.2 291.1 327.8 11.37 2 950 609 17.0 13.7 81 3.3 15.0 63 16 294.5 296.4 290.1 324.4 10.44 3 900 1068 14.4 10.0 75 4.3 11.7 65 16 296.3 297.9 289.1 321.2 8.60 4 850 1551 14.3 4.2 50 10.2 8.7 24 8 301.2 302.3 288.5 319.3 6.07 5 800 2061 12.5 4.2 57 8.3 7.9 327 3 304.5 305.7 290.0 324.1 6.48 6 750 2601 9.7 9.6 99 0.1 9.7 272 11 307.2 309.0 293.7 337.6 10.07 7 700 3172 7.0 6.1 94 0.9 6.4 270 7 310.2 311.8 293.3 336.1 8.44 8 650 3780 4.5 1.3 80 3.2 2.8 295 5 314.1 315.3 292.9 334.5 6.50 9 600 4428 0.9 -5.5 62 6.4 -2.1 276 7 317.2 318.0 292.0 330.9 4.24 10 550 5123 -2.7 -10.3 56 7.6 -6.0 295 9 320.8 321.5 292.1 331.4 3.18 11 500 5871 -7.8 -16.1 51 8.4 -10.8 275 11 323.6 324.0 292.0 331.0 2.17 12 450 6683 -12.6 -22.0 46 9.3 -15.4 266 18 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.5 1.46 13 400 7573 -17.8 -22.1 69 4.2 -19.1 234 27 331.8 332.1 293.7 337.6 1.63 14 350 8558 -23.5 -44.3 13 20.8 -26.3 243 36 337.0 337.1 293.8 337.9 0.21 15 300 9670 -30.3 -53.1 9 22.8 -32.3 248 47 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.09 16 250 10940 -40.3 -47.5 46 7.2 -40.9 239 54 346.1 346.1 296.0 346.9 0.21 17 200 12423 -51.6 -66.9 14 15.3 -52.0 249 58 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.02 18 150 14240 -62.1 -81.2 6 19.1 -62.3 258 33 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16684 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 297 15 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.34 m Freezing level: 587.10 mb = 4607.04 m = 15114.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.65 mb = 4140.93 m = 13585.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.79 mb = 948.44 m = 3111.65 ft T: 15.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 8.55 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.85 mb = 2624.45 m = 8610.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.82 C = 92.88 F Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lifted Index: 6.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.78 C Showalter Index: 9.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.09 C Cross Totals Index: 11.90 C K Index: 25.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 78.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8245.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.78 mb = 1174.25 m = 3852.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.8 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 345.8 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -28.7 tot: -19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 41.59 m/s