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: 35.67,-76.43 Latitude: 35.67 Longitude: -76.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 4 26.1 17.7 60 8.4 20.4 30 9 297.7 300.0 292.9 334.3 12.61 1 1000 166 22.9 15.0 61 7.9 17.7 28 13 296.0 298.0 290.9 327.1 10.77 2 950 612 18.4 13.5 73 4.9 15.3 27 15 295.9 297.7 290.4 325.5 10.27 3 900 1072 13.9 12.3 90 1.6 12.9 27 16 295.8 297.6 290.2 324.8 10.02 4 850 1551 10.0 7.6 85 2.3 8.6 30 17 296.6 298.0 288.5 319.1 7.75 5 800 2058 14.2 -34.6 2 48.9 1.1 49 13 306.3 306.4 284.2 307.2 0.25 6 750 2600 12.5 -35.8 2 48.3 -0.3 42 9 310.2 310.2 285.7 311.1 0.24 7 700 3173 9.1 -19.5 11 28.5 -1.1 11 4 312.5 312.7 287.6 316.4 1.17 8 650 3782 5.4 -11.9 27 17.3 -1.7 323 6 315.1 315.6 289.6 322.9 2.37 9 600 4430 1.4 -8.9 46 10.2 -3.2 285 10 317.7 318.3 291.2 328.3 3.26 10 550 5126 -2.2 -12.2 46 10.1 -6.3 282 12 321.5 322.1 291.9 330.6 2.72 11 500 5876 -6.9 -12.5 64 5.7 -9.1 263 16 324.7 325.3 292.9 334.5 2.92 12 450 6691 -11.8 -20.9 47 9.0 -14.7 257 20 328.3 328.7 292.8 334.0 1.61 13 400 7583 -17.3 -26.0 47 8.6 -19.6 248 29 332.4 332.7 293.4 336.6 1.15 14 350 8570 -24.0 -28.2 68 4.3 -24.9 237 39 336.5 336.7 294.4 340.4 1.07 15 300 9680 -31.0 -46.2 21 15.1 -32.7 240 45 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.20 16 250 10945 -41.3 -48.3 47 7.0 -41.9 233 53 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.4 0.19 17 200 12419 -52.7 -64.0 24 11.2 -53.0 240 54 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.04 18 150 14232 -62.4 -79.8 8 17.4 -62.6 240 35 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16679 -68.3 -84.3 8 16.0 -68.4 233 15 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.16 m Freezing level: 580.78 mb = 4697.64 m = 15412.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.14 mb = 2487.06 m = 8159.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.39 % Est. max temperature: 24.73 C = 76.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.88 mb = 1063.69 m = 3489.74 ft T: 13.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 27.02 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1185.57 m = 3889.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.44 C = 75.99 F Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lifted Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.92 C Showalter Index: 10.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.81 C Cross Totals Index: 14.49 C K Index: -4.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 141.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.18 mb = 1192.30 m = 3911.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.18 mb = 1239.66 m = 4067.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 832.18 mb = 1728.12 m = 5669.62 ft B at Equ Level: 12.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 812.18 mb = 1931.43 m = 6336.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.3 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 23.3 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -1.8 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.21 Bulk Shear: 7.16 m/s