MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F003.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 25.8 16.6 57 9.2 19.6 38 9 298.1 300.3 292.4 332.4 11.81 1 1000 149 24.5 14.6 54 9.9 18.0 38 11 297.6 299.5 291.2 328.1 10.51 2 950 595 20.0 13.4 66 6.5 15.8 38 13 297.5 299.3 290.9 327.2 10.25 3 900 1058 15.5 12.6 83 2.9 13.7 38 13 297.4 299.3 290.9 327.2 10.24 4 850 1540 13.0 5.0 58 8.0 8.5 57 11 299.8 301.0 288.4 318.9 6.44 5 800 2050 14.5 -6.8 22 21.2 4.6 1 6 306.6 307.1 287.3 315.6 2.87 6 750 2593 11.1 7.4 78 3.7 8.9 322 5 308.7 310.3 293.1 335.1 8.68 7 700 3166 7.7 3.9 77 3.7 5.5 273 5 311.0 312.3 292.6 333.4 7.25 8 650 3774 4.6 0.9 77 3.7 2.5 254 6 314.1 315.3 292.7 333.8 6.28 9 600 4423 1.2 -4.3 67 5.5 -1.5 243 7 317.5 318.4 292.4 332.4 4.64 10 550 5118 -2.4 -8.5 63 6.1 -5.2 226 7 321.2 321.9 292.6 333.2 3.66 11 500 5869 -6.5 -12.8 61 6.3 -9.1 219 14 325.1 325.6 293.0 334.7 2.85 12 450 6685 -10.9 -15.0 72 4.1 -12.5 216 28 329.5 330.0 294.0 338.6 2.64 13 400 7580 -16.6 -19.2 81 2.5 -17.5 228 36 333.3 333.8 294.5 340.7 2.10 14 350 8571 -22.8 -26.8 70 4.0 -23.8 230 47 338.0 338.2 294.9 342.5 1.22 15 300 9685 -30.6 -43.2 28 12.6 -32.1 236 47 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.3 0.28 16 250 10951 -41.0 -55.3 20 14.3 -41.8 231 50 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.08 17 200 12431 -52.0 -67.7 14 15.7 -52.4 239 52 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14242 -63.3 -77.2 14 13.9 -63.5 231 38 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16688 -68.6 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.7 241 10 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.11 m Freezing level: 583.85 mb = 4647.21 m = 15246.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.60 mb = 4175.25 m = 13698.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.22 mb = 1225.87 m = 4021.84 ft T: 14.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 16.83 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.93 mb = 2840.83 m = 9320.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.36 C = 99.26 F Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lifted Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.17 C Showalter Index: 10.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.58 C Cross Totals Index: 11.55 C K Index: 20.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7545.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.38 mb = 1398.16 m = 4587.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.5 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 341.5 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -8.9 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 25.61 m/s