MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.31,-82.12 Latitude: 37.31 Longitude: -82.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 196 SFC 966 488 16.6 12.4 76 4.2 14.0 127 5 292.6 294.3 288.6 319.5 9.42 2 950 633 15.8 12.3 79 3.5 13.6 130 10 293.2 294.9 288.8 320.4 9.49 3 900 1098 18.4 13.7 74 4.7 15.3 165 11 300.4 302.5 292.4 332.7 11.00 4 850 1587 16.3 12.7 79 3.6 14.0 170 7 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.6 10.91 5 800 2101 13.0 11.6 91 1.4 12.1 158 9 305.1 307.1 293.7 337.4 10.79 6 750 2641 10.7 8.4 86 2.3 9.3 133 8 308.2 309.9 293.4 336.4 9.28 7 700 3214 7.5 4.0 79 3.5 5.5 142 6 310.8 312.2 292.6 333.4 7.32 8 650 3821 3.9 1.8 86 2.1 2.8 210 9 313.4 314.7 292.9 334.5 6.75 9 600 4467 -0.8 -2.6 88 1.7 -1.7 206 15 315.1 316.2 292.2 331.9 5.28 10 550 5156 -5.2 -13.8 51 8.7 -8.4 205 17 317.9 318.4 290.5 325.8 2.39 11 500 5899 -8.1 -9.6 89 1.5 -8.7 204 18 323.2 323.9 293.2 335.5 3.70 12 450 6710 -13.4 -20.0 57 6.6 -15.4 220 26 326.4 326.8 292.4 332.4 1.73 13 400 7596 -18.5 -20.3 86 1.8 -19.1 213 32 330.9 331.3 293.7 337.6 1.90 14 350 8580 -24.6 -28.4 70 3.8 -25.4 216 40 335.6 335.8 294.2 339.5 1.05 15 300 9686 -32.0 -35.6 71 3.5 -32.6 214 48 340.2 340.3 294.9 342.6 0.62 16 250 10947 -41.8 -45.2 70 3.4 -42.1 211 50 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.27 17 200 12423 -51.3 -65.3 17 14.0 -51.7 210 45 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.03 18 150 14248 -60.0 -74.2 14 14.2 -60.2 224 26 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16748 -66.4 -85.5 5 19.1 -66.5 94 2 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.28 m Freezing level: 608.85 mb = 4352.44 m = 14279.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.26 mb = 4211.76 m = 13817.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.81 mb = 1023.83 m = 3358.98 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 4.00 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.77 mb = 2811.68 m = 9224.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.80 C = 91.04 F Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lifted Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7876.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.51 mb = 1481.82 m = 4861.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.3 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 219.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -17.4 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.39 Bulk Shear: 11.48 m/s