MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.02,-79.34 Latitude: 35.02 Longitude: -79.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 108 27.3 17.4 55 9.9 20.5 40 8 299.9 302.1 293.4 336.4 12.49 1 1000 167 24.5 15.7 58 8.8 18.7 43 8 297.7 299.7 291.9 330.5 11.29 2 950 613 19.7 14.3 71 5.4 16.3 44 10 297.2 299.2 291.3 328.7 10.87 3 900 1076 15.2 13.1 87 2.2 13.8 42 11 297.2 299.1 291.1 327.8 10.56 4 850 1558 13.8 2.0 45 11.8 7.5 23 12 300.6 301.5 287.5 316.2 5.21 5 800 2070 13.1 11.7 91 1.4 12.2 351 9 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.7 10.86 6 750 2610 10.3 8.0 86 2.2 8.9 333 6 307.7 309.4 293.1 335.2 9.04 7 700 3183 7.0 6.2 94 0.9 6.5 277 4 310.3 311.9 293.4 336.4 8.50 8 650 3789 3.8 1.5 85 2.3 2.6 232 6 313.3 314.6 292.8 333.9 6.59 9 600 4436 0.6 -3.6 74 4.2 -1.5 229 7 316.8 317.7 292.4 332.4 4.89 10 550 5130 -3.2 -7.7 71 4.6 -5.3 239 5 320.3 321.1 292.6 333.1 3.89 11 500 5879 -7.4 -12.7 66 5.2 -9.5 231 10 324.0 324.5 292.7 333.6 2.88 12 450 6692 -11.8 -20.3 49 8.5 -14.5 216 22 328.4 328.7 292.9 334.3 1.70 13 400 7585 -17.2 -19.6 82 2.4 -18.0 223 31 332.6 333.0 294.3 339.7 2.02 14 350 8573 -23.7 -27.2 73 3.5 -24.5 228 38 336.8 337.1 294.6 341.1 1.18 15 300 9684 -30.8 -37.6 52 6.7 -31.9 224 46 341.9 342.0 295.3 343.8 0.50 16 250 10951 -41.2 -52.2 29 11.0 -41.8 235 47 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.4 0.12 17 200 12428 -52.2 -68.4 13 16.2 -52.5 238 50 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14238 -63.2 -79.2 10 15.9 -63.4 248 37 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16682 -68.5 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.7 225 9 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.48 m Freezing level: 592.57 mb = 4539.51 m = 14893.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.46 mb = 4191.39 m = 13751.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.18 mb = 1350.21 m = 4429.76 ft T: 14.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 20.25 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.21 mb = 2431.22 m = 7976.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.32 C = 93.77 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: 11.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.22 C Cross Totals Index: 9.46 C K Index: 22.34 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 58.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6621.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.40 mb = 1299.87 m = 4264.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.4 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 347.4 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -24.1 tot: -24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 17.88 m/s