MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.05,-83.07 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -83.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 988 278 21.1 10.1 49 11.0 14.4 296 5 295.2 296.6 288.1 318.0 7.87 2 950 617 17.3 8.0 54 9.3 12.0 296 7 294.8 296.0 287.2 315.4 7.12 3 900 1075 12.8 7.2 69 5.6 9.6 296 8 294.7 296.0 287.1 315.2 7.07 4 850 1551 8.2 6.3 88 1.9 7.1 296 8 294.7 296.0 287.1 315.2 7.06 5 800 2048 4.3 4.1 99 0.2 4.1 296 9 295.7 296.8 286.9 314.4 6.40 6 750 2570 1.3 -8.4 48 9.8 -2.6 315 12 298.0 298.5 283.9 306.2 2.69 7 700 3123 0.3 -24.5 13 24.9 -6.5 289 16 302.9 303.0 283.5 305.3 0.75 8 650 3715 -2.1 -26.0 14 24.0 -8.4 278 22 306.6 306.7 284.9 309.0 0.70 9 600 4345 -6.1 -21.5 28 15.4 -10.5 276 25 309.1 309.3 286.4 312.9 1.14 10 550 5020 -10.8 -20.1 46 9.4 -13.5 273 29 311.3 311.6 287.4 316.0 1.41 11 500 5745 -15.7 -28.2 33 12.6 -18.4 264 37 313.9 314.1 287.6 316.5 0.75 12 450 6531 -20.9 -30.8 41 9.9 -22.7 262 43 317.0 317.1 288.5 319.2 0.65 13 400 7390 -27.1 -34.4 50 7.3 -28.2 257 55 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.6 0.52 14 350 8337 -34.3 -45.6 31 11.3 -35.3 254 64 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.2 0.19 15 300 9397 -42.4 -55.4 23 13.0 -43.0 252 67 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.9 0.07 16 250 10609 -48.0 -61.8 19 13.9 -48.4 250 72 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.04 17 200 12075 -48.3 -75.7 3 27.3 -48.9 252 73 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 18 150 13950 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 255 66 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16534 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 260 33 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.38 m Freezing level: 692.78 mb = 3208.62 m = 10526.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.15 mb = 2366.07 m = 7762.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.08 % Est. max temperature: 20.80 C = 69.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.76 mb = 1650.26 m = 5414.17 ft T: 7.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 12.66 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.71 mb = 1798.73 m = 5901.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.06 C = 69.91 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: 3.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 5.25 Risk: None Sweat Index: 127.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.38 mb = 1752.40 m = 5749.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.38 mb = 1902.19 m = 6240.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.38 mb = 2738.67 m = 8985.04 ft B at Equ Level: 13.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 694.38 mb = 3187.65 m = 10458.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: -3.2 tot: 3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 25.08 m/s