MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F055.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F055.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 55 hour NAM valid 19Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 33.66,-81.5 Latitude: 33.66 Longitude: -81.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 135 29.6 24.1 72 5.5 25.5 267 2 302.4 306.0 298.5 359.2 19.17 1 1000 170 28.2 23.5 76 4.7 24.7 265 2 301.3 304.7 297.8 355.8 18.48 2 950 624 23.5 22.4 94 1.1 22.7 250 2 301.0 304.3 297.6 354.6 18.21 3 900 1094 19.6 18.6 94 1.0 18.9 212 8 301.7 304.5 295.8 346.4 15.16 4 850 1586 17.0 15.5 91 1.5 16.0 221 14 304.0 306.4 295.1 343.2 13.16 5 800 2102 14.2 13.1 93 1.1 13.5 226 17 306.3 308.5 294.8 342.2 11.94 6 750 2646 11.8 8.7 81 3.1 9.9 235 17 309.4 311.2 293.9 338.3 9.47 7 700 3221 8.7 6.4 86 2.2 7.3 235 20 312.1 313.7 294.0 338.8 8.67 8 650 3831 5.3 2.0 79 3.3 3.5 230 21 314.9 316.3 293.4 336.4 6.83 9 600 4481 1.7 -2.4 74 4.2 -0.4 227 23 318.1 319.1 293.1 335.2 5.33 10 550 5179 -2.1 -5.3 78 3.3 -3.7 219 22 321.6 322.6 293.6 336.9 4.67 11 500 5930 -6.8 -11.3 70 4.5 -8.7 215 24 324.7 325.4 293.2 335.6 3.24 12 450 6745 -11.5 -20.9 46 9.4 -14.5 203 22 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.4 1.61 13 400 7637 -17.3 -29.6 33 12.3 -20.2 198 25 332.4 332.6 293.2 335.4 0.82 14 350 8626 -22.8 -38.4 23 15.6 -25.4 192 33 338.0 338.1 294.2 339.6 0.39 15 300 9739 -30.6 -44.4 25 13.7 -32.2 192 38 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.2 0.25 16 250 11005 -41.4 -51.2 34 9.8 -42.1 189 38 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.1 0.14 17 200 12476 -53.2 -64.4 24 11.2 -53.5 176 44 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14279 -64.5 -76.3 18 11.9 -64.6 171 41 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16735 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 142 3 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.55 m Freezing level: 577.26 mb = 4798.55 m = 15743.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.72 mb = 4404.40 m = 14449.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.24 mb = 834.61 m = 2738.19 ft T: 21.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 20.94 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.34 mb = 871.33 m = 2858.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 37.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1718.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.27 mb = 853.12 m = 2798.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.27 mb = 900.29 m = 2953.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.27 mb = 13484.47 m = 44239.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1702.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 56.13 Bulk Shear: 30.61 m/s