MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.22,-80.96 Latitude: 38.22 Longitude: -80.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 967 459 26.2 15.1 51 11.1 18.8 125 3 302.2 304.3 293.2 335.4 11.22 2 950 610 23.7 12.9 51 10.8 16.7 124 4 301.2 303.0 291.8 330.4 9.87 3 900 1078 19.0 11.5 62 7.5 14.3 118 5 301.1 302.8 291.5 329.1 9.50 4 850 1566 14.3 10.5 78 3.8 11.9 113 6 301.1 302.8 291.4 328.8 9.39 5 800 2074 11.2 0.3 47 10.9 5.5 118 9 303.1 304.0 288.1 317.9 4.88 6 750 2612 10.0 2.0 57 8.0 5.6 155 6 307.4 308.6 290.5 325.6 5.90 7 700 3183 7.4 -0.1 59 7.5 3.5 157 6 310.7 311.8 291.0 327.7 5.44 8 650 3790 4.2 -2.5 62 6.7 0.8 182 7 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.3 4.91 9 600 4436 -0.1 -7.4 57 7.4 -3.4 216 10 316.1 316.8 291.1 327.8 3.64 10 550 5127 -4.3 -15.7 41 11.3 -8.5 222 12 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.8 2.05 11 500 5871 -8.2 -21.7 33 13.4 -12.4 221 14 323.0 323.2 291.0 327.7 1.35 12 450 6682 -12.1 -34.3 14 22.1 -16.9 244 24 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.7 0.47 13 400 7573 -17.6 -31.4 29 13.8 -20.5 235 33 332.2 332.3 293.0 334.7 0.69 14 350 8558 -24.3 -37.6 28 13.4 -26.4 240 39 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.7 0.43 15 300 9664 -32.2 -43.6 32 11.3 -33.5 235 52 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.27 16 250 10926 -41.5 -51.5 33 10.0 -42.1 233 61 344.4 344.5 295.5 345.0 0.13 17 200 12401 -52.5 -64.2 23 11.7 -52.8 237 71 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14221 -60.5 -80.8 5 20.2 -60.7 243 33 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16696 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 260 17 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.79 m Freezing level: 600.68 mb = 4427.10 m = 14524.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3914.27 m = 12841.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.74 % Est. max temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.99 mb = 1846.58 m = 6058.26 ft T: 12.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.09 mb = 2937.18 m = 9636.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.17 C = 91.70 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: 2.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.54 C Cross Totals Index: 18.70 C K Index: 25.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6327.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.87 mb = 1991.94 m = 6535.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.8 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 224.8 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 15.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 9.92 m/s