MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F053.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F053.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 53 hour NAM valid 17Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.08,-77.35 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -77.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 20.9 18.4 86 2.5 19.2 251 6 292.1 294.5 291.5 329.4 13.15 1 1000 230 19.6 16.4 82 3.2 17.5 266 10 292.7 294.8 290.6 326.3 11.81 2 950 673 17.9 15.4 86 2.4 16.3 30 6 295.3 297.4 291.4 328.9 11.69 3 900 1134 15.1 10.1 72 4.9 12.1 75 9 297.0 298.6 289.5 322.3 8.67 4 850 1616 12.8 9.7 81 3.1 10.9 115 9 299.6 301.2 290.5 325.7 8.90 5 800 2127 12.6 12.6 100 -0.0 12.6 165 6 304.6 306.7 294.1 339.1 11.55 6 750 2667 9.5 9.5 100 -0.0 9.5 182 5 306.9 308.8 293.6 337.0 9.99 7 700 3238 6.3 6.3 100 0.0 6.3 225 6 309.5 311.1 293.3 335.8 8.59 8 650 3844 3.2 3.2 100 0.0 3.2 196 7 312.6 314.0 293.3 335.8 7.45 9 600 4490 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 211 14 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.2 6.30 10 550 5182 -4.3 -5.0 95 0.7 -4.6 219 25 319.0 319.9 292.9 334.5 4.80 11 500 5928 -8.3 -10.2 87 1.8 -9.1 212 22 322.9 323.6 293.0 334.6 3.53 12 450 6739 -12.8 -15.4 81 2.6 -13.7 212 22 327.2 327.7 293.3 335.9 2.57 13 400 7629 -18.1 -20.2 84 2.1 -18.7 210 27 331.5 331.8 293.9 338.2 1.92 14 350 8613 -24.7 -27.8 76 3.1 -25.4 226 30 335.4 335.7 294.2 339.5 1.11 15 300 9717 -33.0 -36.3 73 3.3 -33.5 232 45 338.8 338.9 294.6 341.0 0.57 16 250 10974 -41.6 -47.6 52 5.9 -42.1 224 52 344.2 344.2 295.5 345.0 0.21 17 200 12450 -52.7 -59.0 46 6.3 -52.9 217 49 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.07 18 150 14261 -63.0 -73.7 22 10.7 -63.1 213 30 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16736 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 230 3 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.67 m Freezing level: 599.10 mb = 4502.89 m = 14773.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.46 mb = 4470.84 m = 14667.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.15 mb = 341.40 m = 1120.06 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 6.65 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1300.31 m = 4266.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.14 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Showalter Index: 5.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.12 C Cross Totals Index: 17.99 C K Index: 30.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7346.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.22 mb = 834.36 m = 2737.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.8 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 234.8 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.7 neg: -5.7 tot: 98.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 21.25 m/s