MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 19Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.16,-76.53 Latitude: 39.16 Longitude: -76.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1024 2 27.5 18.1 57 9.3 21.1 112 3 298.6 300.9 293.3 336.1 12.90 1 1000 208 25.9 15.1 51 10.8 18.7 114 4 299.0 301.0 291.9 330.7 10.84 2 950 658 21.9 12.6 55 9.3 16.0 104 4 299.4 301.2 291.1 327.9 9.70 3 900 1125 18.4 5.6 43 12.8 11.1 95 5 300.5 301.7 288.6 319.4 6.36 4 850 1611 15.4 -6.9 21 22.4 5.3 97 4 302.3 302.8 285.5 310.6 2.67 5 800 2120 11.7 -13.9 15 25.6 1.7 96 5 303.6 303.9 284.8 308.8 1.63 6 750 2656 9.6 -21.8 9 31.4 -0.8 128 5 306.9 307.1 285.3 309.9 0.89 7 700 3225 6.7 -1.7 55 8.4 2.4 214 5 309.9 310.8 290.3 325.0 4.83 8 650 3830 2.6 0.7 87 1.9 1.5 215 8 311.9 313.0 292.0 331.2 6.20 9 600 4474 -0.3 -6.6 62 6.3 -3.3 225 6 315.7 316.5 291.2 328.2 3.88 10 550 5164 -4.7 -9.6 69 4.8 -6.8 239 11 318.5 319.1 291.6 329.5 3.37 11 500 5910 -8.2 -10.6 82 2.4 -9.2 239 21 323.1 323.7 292.9 334.4 3.41 12 450 6721 -12.6 -15.0 83 2.3 -13.5 232 26 327.3 327.9 293.4 336.4 2.66 13 400 7611 -18.1 -28.6 39 10.5 -20.6 243 42 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.7 0.90 14 350 8595 -24.0 -27.4 74 3.4 -24.8 229 52 336.4 336.6 294.4 340.6 1.15 15 300 9704 -30.9 -38.1 49 7.2 -32.0 235 65 341.8 341.9 295.2 343.6 0.48 16 250 10972 -40.8 -48.8 42 7.9 -41.4 234 64 345.3 345.4 295.7 346.1 0.18 17 200 12448 -52.9 -59.2 47 6.3 -53.1 227 57 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.2 0.07 18 150 14258 -61.2 -82.3 5 21.0 -61.4 236 47 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16742 -67.2 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 246 17 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.60 m Freezing level: 606.02 mb = 4396.47 m = 14423.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 765.89 mb = 2482.11 m = 8143.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.83 mb = 1183.30 m = 3882.18 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 27.37 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.11 mb = 2523.17 m = 8278.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.03 C = 95.05 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: 3.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Showalter Index: 13.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 1.26 C K Index: 8.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 29.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7297.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.08 mb = 1709.86 m = 5609.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.2 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 234.2 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.0 neg: -3.1 tot: 9.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 9.64 m/s