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: 37.01,-77.9 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -77.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 84 25.9 16.7 57 9.3 19.7 51 7 298.1 300.3 292.4 332.7 11.88 1 1000 182 23.2 13.7 55 9.5 17.1 48 8 296.3 298.1 290.3 325.0 9.91 2 950 625 18.5 11.9 65 6.6 14.4 46 10 296.0 297.7 289.6 322.8 9.25 3 900 1086 14.0 10.5 79 3.5 11.9 45 10 296.0 297.6 289.3 321.8 8.91 4 850 1564 9.4 8.9 97 0.5 9.1 45 11 296.0 297.5 288.9 320.5 8.45 5 800 2066 9.7 -6.2 32 15.9 2.6 64 10 301.5 302.1 285.6 310.8 3.01 6 750 2603 10.5 -30.1 4 40.5 -1.0 70 5 307.9 308.0 285.1 309.4 0.42 7 700 3173 8.2 -36.7 2 44.9 -3.0 43 2 311.6 311.6 286.2 312.4 0.23 8 650 3780 4.7 -14.5 23 19.2 -2.8 268 6 314.2 314.6 288.9 320.5 1.91 9 600 4426 0.5 -9.8 46 10.3 -4.0 256 12 316.6 317.2 290.7 326.5 3.02 10 550 5119 -3.4 -15.3 39 11.8 -7.8 255 15 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.1 2.12 11 500 5865 -8.5 -20.6 37 12.1 -12.3 254 21 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.7 1.48 12 450 6673 -13.5 -29.4 25 15.9 -17.3 254 29 326.2 326.3 291.4 328.9 0.74 13 400 7560 -18.7 -32.0 30 13.3 -21.5 246 39 330.6 330.8 292.5 333.0 0.65 14 350 8540 -25.4 -34.5 42 9.2 -26.9 242 49 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.8 0.59 15 300 9641 -32.7 -43.6 33 10.9 -33.9 236 62 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.3 0.27 16 250 10898 -43.0 -48.7 54 5.6 -43.4 240 72 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.8 0.18 17 200 12372 -50.8 -70.8 8 20.0 -51.2 243 69 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14194 -62.0 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.1 245 53 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16666 -67.3 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 252 26 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.42 m Freezing level: 594.21 mb = 4506.53 m = 14785.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 764.24 mb = 2446.09 m = 8025.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.22 % Est. max temperature: 23.79 C = 74.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.12 mb = 1244.23 m = 4082.09 ft T: 12.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 23.28 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1400.51 m = 4594.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.79 C = 74.82 F Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lifted Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.20 C Showalter Index: 7.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.94 C Cross Totals Index: 17.45 C K Index: -18.11 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.11 mb = 1426.50 m = 4680.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.11 mb = 1475.11 m = 4839.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 829.11 mb = 1770.24 m = 5807.81 ft B at Equ Level: 10.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 799.11 mb = 2075.15 m = 6808.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -9.6 tot: 16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 33.70 m/s