MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 25.4 16.9 59 8.5 19.6 51 8 297.7 299.9 292.4 332.7 12.06 1 1000 152 24.4 15.1 56 9.2 18.3 50 10 297.5 299.5 291.5 329.1 10.88 2 950 598 20.0 13.8 67 6.2 16.0 45 13 297.5 299.4 291.1 327.8 10.46 3 900 1061 15.5 12.9 84 2.6 13.8 43 14 297.5 299.3 291.0 327.7 10.42 4 850 1543 12.7 11.2 91 1.5 11.7 51 11 299.4 301.2 291.2 328.3 9.86 5 800 2054 14.7 -7.8 20 22.5 4.5 357 3 306.8 307.3 287.1 315.2 2.66 6 750 2597 11.2 7.5 78 3.7 9.0 310 5 308.8 310.4 293.2 335.4 8.72 7 700 3170 7.7 3.8 76 4.0 5.5 285 6 311.1 312.4 292.6 333.3 7.20 8 650 3779 4.7 1.0 77 3.7 2.6 266 5 314.2 315.4 292.8 334.1 6.32 9 600 4427 1.2 -3.9 69 5.1 -1.4 248 6 317.4 318.4 292.4 332.8 4.77 10 550 5122 -2.7 -7.9 67 5.3 -5.0 227 6 320.9 321.7 292.7 333.5 3.83 11 500 5872 -6.9 -10.1 78 3.2 -8.3 224 13 324.6 325.3 293.4 336.4 3.54 12 450 6687 -11.2 -15.0 74 3.8 -12.7 223 25 329.1 329.6 293.9 338.2 2.64 13 400 7582 -16.6 -18.6 85 1.9 -17.3 230 35 333.4 333.8 294.6 341.1 2.21 14 350 8574 -22.5 -29.8 51 7.3 -24.1 236 42 338.4 338.6 294.7 341.8 0.92 15 300 9689 -30.7 -44.9 24 14.1 -32.3 237 45 342.0 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.23 16 250 10954 -40.8 -60.6 10 19.8 -41.8 234 52 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 17 200 12434 -52.0 -68.8 12 16.7 -52.4 240 52 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14246 -63.5 -77.8 13 14.3 -63.7 232 41 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16694 -68.1 -85.3 7 17.2 -68.2 236 12 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.70 m Freezing level: 584.87 mb = 4637.50 m = 15214.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.27 mb = 4197.17 m = 13770.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.41 mb = 1141.42 m = 3744.76 ft T: 15.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 13.15 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2784.96 m = 9136.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.27 C = 99.09 F Cap Strength: 5.34 C Lifted Index: 5.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.98 C Showalter Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.63 C Cross Totals Index: 18.12 C K Index: 26.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6833.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.73 mb = 1349.14 m = 4426.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.6 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 348.6 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -11.9 tot: -0.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 24.46 m/s