MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 14Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 65 21.7 11.7 53 9.9 15.5 10 8 293.6 295.1 288.1 318.1 8.55 1 1000 191 19.2 11.0 59 8.2 14.2 11 10 292.3 293.8 287.3 315.8 8.24 2 950 628 15.5 7.9 61 7.6 11.2 39 15 292.9 294.2 286.5 313.2 7.05 3 900 1086 13.5 7.3 66 6.1 10.0 322 7 295.4 296.7 287.5 316.1 7.15 4 850 1564 9.5 5.4 76 4.0 7.3 298 10 296.1 297.3 287.2 315.5 6.65 5 800 2065 7.3 -0.3 58 7.6 3.5 280 11 298.9 299.8 286.4 312.9 4.68 6 750 2596 7.1 -23.4 9 30.5 -2.2 275 20 304.3 304.5 284.1 306.9 0.77 7 700 3158 3.7 -16.4 21 20.1 -3.4 268 25 306.5 306.8 285.8 311.4 1.51 8 650 3755 0.1 -22.8 16 22.9 -6.7 267 31 309.0 309.2 286.1 312.2 0.94 9 600 4392 -2.0 -38.9 4 36.9 -9.6 271 36 313.8 313.8 286.9 314.6 0.22 10 550 5078 -5.6 -37.9 6 32.3 -12.2 269 41 317.4 317.4 288.2 318.4 0.26 11 500 5818 -10.4 -36.3 10 25.8 -15.5 267 46 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.6 0.34 12 450 6619 -15.8 -41.6 9 25.7 -19.9 265 48 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.22 13 400 7497 -21.5 -48.5 7 26.9 -24.6 268 49 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.12 14 350 8466 -28.5 -52.7 8 24.2 -30.5 273 52 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.08 15 300 9553 -36.8 -55.5 13 18.6 -37.9 263 58 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 16 250 10786 -47.3 -62.4 16 15.0 -47.8 253 57 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 17 200 12223 -56.9 -66.1 30 9.2 -57.1 248 53 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14036 -58.1 -80.0 4 21.9 -58.3 255 51 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16561 -61.4 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 255 36 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.43 m Freezing level: 648.80 mb = 3769.99 m = 12368.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.22 mb = 2387.48 m = 7832.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.19 % Est. max temperature: 23.96 C = 75.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.95 mb = 1312.59 m = 4306.33 ft T: 11.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 9.25 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.62 mb = 2977.99 m = 9770.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.97 C = 93.15 F Cap Strength: 8.46 C Lifted Index: 8.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.51 C Showalter Index: 8.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.92 C Cross Totals Index: 15.90 C K Index: 5.29 Risk: None Sweat Index: 130.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10061.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.62 mb = 1479.72 m = 4854.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.8 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 304.8 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 5.9 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.2 neg: -25.2 tot: 46.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 124.19 m/s