MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 35.70,-78.24 Latitude: 35.70 Longitude: -78.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 70 25.6 19.1 68 6.4 21.1 23 5 297.5 300.1 293.7 337.8 13.89 1 1000 190 25.4 17.8 63 7.6 20.2 35 10 298.6 300.9 293.4 336.2 12.92 2 950 639 21.9 16.0 69 5.9 17.9 79 11 299.4 301.6 293.0 334.9 12.15 3 900 1106 17.4 15.2 87 2.2 16.0 86 12 299.5 301.7 293.1 335.1 12.19 4 850 1593 16.9 -5.7 21 22.7 6.3 148 5 303.9 304.4 286.4 313.0 2.93 5 800 2109 14.3 11.2 82 3.1 12.3 230 9 306.4 308.3 293.8 337.9 10.49 6 750 2652 10.9 8.3 84 2.5 9.3 218 13 308.4 310.1 293.4 336.5 9.23 7 700 3225 7.9 6.2 89 1.7 6.8 233 13 311.2 312.8 293.7 337.4 8.51 8 650 3834 5.0 3.3 89 1.7 4.1 229 16 314.6 316.1 293.9 338.1 7.50 9 600 4485 1.9 -0.2 86 2.1 0.8 241 23 318.4 319.6 293.9 338.5 6.30 10 550 5182 -2.0 -3.7 89 1.6 -2.9 232 27 321.7 322.7 294.0 338.9 5.31 11 500 5934 -6.4 -8.6 84 2.2 -7.4 229 26 325.2 326.0 294.0 338.6 4.01 12 450 6751 -11.3 -16.3 67 4.9 -13.1 222 24 329.0 329.4 293.6 337.2 2.39 13 400 7644 -17.2 -27.6 40 10.4 -19.7 214 24 332.7 332.9 293.4 336.3 0.99 14 350 8632 -22.9 -25.3 81 2.4 -23.5 211 29 337.9 338.2 295.0 343.0 1.40 15 300 9746 -30.9 -33.4 79 2.5 -31.3 223 30 341.8 342.0 295.4 344.7 0.76 16 250 11012 -40.4 -47.7 45 7.3 -41.0 208 44 345.9 346.0 295.9 346.8 0.20 17 200 12492 -52.6 -58.4 49 5.8 -52.8 199 53 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.07 18 150 14290 -65.4 -71.6 42 6.2 -65.5 197 41 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16742 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 142 11 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.32 m Freezing level: 575.63 mb = 4824.66 m = 15828.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.24 mb = 4629.73 m = 15189.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.26 mb = 885.38 m = 2904.76 ft T: 19.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 22.10 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.23 mb = 2212.39 m = 7258.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.81 C = 94.66 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: 14.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 0.67 C K Index: 15.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 36.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5113.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.05 mb = 1277.43 m = 4191.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.5 neg: -4.7 tot: 104.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 86.86 m/s