MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.39,-83.26 Latitude: 38.39 Longitude: -83.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 986 286 19.3 17.9 92 1.4 18.4 84 2 293.7 296.0 292.0 331.3 13.20 2 950 603 20.2 15.1 72 5.2 16.8 127 17 297.7 299.8 291.9 330.8 11.40 3 900 1068 17.3 11.6 69 5.7 13.8 101 15 299.4 301.1 291.0 327.5 9.60 4 850 1553 13.5 11.6 89 1.8 12.3 78 13 300.2 302.1 291.7 330.1 10.18 5 800 2062 10.6 9.5 93 1.1 9.9 106 13 302.4 304.2 291.8 330.3 9.37 6 750 2597 6.5 6.2 98 0.3 6.3 126 10 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.4 7.95 7 700 3164 7.2 -6.7 37 13.9 0.8 168 7 310.4 311.0 289.0 320.9 3.30 8 650 3769 3.6 -20.6 15 24.2 -4.4 148 4 313.1 313.3 287.7 316.9 1.14 9 600 4413 0.1 -44.1 2 44.1 -8.5 111 3 316.2 316.2 287.6 316.7 0.13 10 550 5105 -3.7 -33.2 8 29.6 -10.6 176 1 319.8 319.8 289.1 321.3 0.42 11 500 5849 -9.3 -20.4 40 11.1 -12.8 294 1 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.0 1.51 12 450 6654 -14.7 -29.2 28 14.5 -18.0 296 11 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.5 0.76 13 400 7539 -18.3 -45.8 7 27.5 -22.2 278 20 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 14 350 8520 -25.6 -41.6 21 15.9 -27.8 280 35 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.3 0.28 15 300 9619 -34.1 -43.5 38 9.4 -35.0 274 50 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.5 0.27 16 250 10869 -43.9 -51.1 45 7.2 -44.3 266 51 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.14 17 200 12330 -53.2 -64.8 23 11.5 -53.5 259 64 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14165 -56.0 -81.7 3 25.7 -56.3 291 37 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16661 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.2 279 25 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.51 m Freezing level: 598.96 mb = 4427.60 m = 14526.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.51 mb = 3252.06 m = 10669.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.81 mb = 460.80 m = 1511.81 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 13.57 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.01 mb = 1722.61 m = 5651.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.82 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: 2.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 20.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.02 mb = 1326.37 m = 4351.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.02 mb = 2399.90 m = 7873.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.02 mb = 2729.21 m = 8953.99 ft B at Equ Level: 23.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 698.02 mb = 3187.31 m = 10456.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.8 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 146.8 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -136.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.3 neg: -38.2 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.82 Bulk Shear: 3.59 m/s