MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F002.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F002.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 2 hour NAM valid 20Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 65 26.2 16.2 54 10.0 19.5 37 10 298.5 300.6 292.3 332.1 11.53 1 1000 151 24.7 14.2 52 10.5 17.9 37 11 297.9 299.7 291.0 327.7 10.25 2 950 597 20.2 12.9 63 7.3 15.5 36 13 297.6 299.4 290.7 326.4 9.88 3 900 1060 15.7 11.8 78 3.8 13.3 36 14 297.6 299.4 290.5 325.9 9.72 4 850 1543 13.6 -13.1 14 26.7 3.1 60 15 300.4 300.7 283.6 305.6 1.64 5 800 2053 14.4 -4.6 27 18.9 5.2 4 7 306.4 307.1 287.8 317.0 3.40 6 750 2595 10.9 7.3 79 3.5 8.7 334 5 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.5 8.60 7 700 3168 7.6 3.8 77 3.8 5.4 266 5 310.9 312.2 292.6 333.1 7.20 8 650 3776 4.5 1.3 80 3.2 2.7 249 6 314.0 315.2 292.9 334.3 6.48 9 600 4424 1.0 -4.1 69 5.1 -1.6 244 7 317.2 318.1 292.3 332.3 4.70 10 550 5119 -2.5 -8.6 63 6.1 -5.3 235 7 321.1 321.8 292.5 333.0 3.62 11 500 5869 -6.6 -14.0 56 7.3 -9.5 224 12 324.9 325.5 292.7 333.7 2.59 12 450 6685 -11.0 -17.3 60 6.2 -13.2 216 27 329.3 329.8 293.6 337.0 2.19 13 400 7580 -16.9 -19.8 79 2.8 -17.9 224 34 333.0 333.4 294.3 340.0 1.99 14 350 8569 -23.1 -25.9 78 2.8 -23.8 228 46 337.6 337.9 294.9 342.4 1.32 15 300 9682 -30.6 -39.6 41 9.0 -31.9 230 51 342.2 342.3 295.2 343.8 0.41 16 250 10949 -41.1 -53.2 26 12.1 -41.8 233 49 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.11 17 200 12429 -52.0 -67.7 14 15.7 -52.3 239 54 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14241 -63.0 -77.9 12 14.8 -63.2 235 37 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16687 -68.5 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.5 241 10 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.13 m Freezing level: 586.23 mb = 4615.35 m = 15142.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.26 mb = 4181.19 m = 13717.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.19 mb = 1325.14 m = 4347.52 ft T: 14.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 26.55 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.29 mb = 2919.25 m = 9577.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.50 C = 99.50 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: 6.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.37 C Showalter Index: 18.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.26 C Cross Totals Index: -6.45 C K Index: 3.42 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7732.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.98 mb = 1493.21 m = 4898.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.1 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 357.1 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -16.3 tot: -2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 19.76 m/s