MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 23.1 11.8 49 11.3 16.1 10 7 295.0 296.5 288.6 319.7 8.56 1 1000 193 20.2 10.9 55 9.3 14.6 10 8 293.4 294.9 287.8 317.0 8.22 2 950 632 15.7 10.1 69 5.7 12.4 12 9 293.2 294.6 287.6 316.6 8.18 3 900 1089 13.4 6.9 65 6.5 9.7 325 7 295.3 296.5 287.2 315.4 6.93 4 850 1567 9.8 3.4 64 6.5 6.4 318 10 296.5 297.5 286.5 313.3 5.74 5 800 2068 8.2 -7.5 32 15.7 1.5 291 12 299.9 300.4 284.6 308.2 2.71 6 750 2600 7.1 -18.3 14 25.4 -1.6 275 19 304.2 304.5 284.6 308.1 1.20 7 700 3162 3.7 -19.0 17 22.7 -3.8 266 25 306.5 306.8 285.5 310.5 1.21 8 650 3759 0.3 -25.0 13 25.3 -6.9 267 30 309.3 309.4 286.0 311.9 0.77 9 600 4397 -1.6 -34.7 6 33.1 -9.2 272 33 314.2 314.3 287.2 315.4 0.33 10 550 5084 -5.7 -30.5 12 24.8 -11.6 269 38 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.3 0.55 11 500 5823 -10.4 -32.3 15 21.9 -15.2 268 44 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.1 0.51 12 450 6625 -15.5 -41.1 9 25.6 -19.7 269 45 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.23 13 400 7503 -21.3 -49.6 6 28.2 -24.5 269 46 327.2 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.10 14 350 8472 -28.6 -50.1 11 21.4 -30.6 269 47 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.11 15 300 9558 -37.4 -54.2 16 16.8 -38.4 263 52 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 16 250 10787 -48.1 -58.8 28 10.7 -48.5 245 54 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.05 17 200 12221 -57.5 -67.4 27 9.9 -57.7 242 53 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 18 150 14036 -58.2 -80.1 4 21.9 -58.4 255 49 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16560 -61.4 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 260 34 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.34 m Freezing level: 643.28 mb = 3844.55 m = 12613.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.10 mb = 2318.07 m = 7605.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.22 % Est. max temperature: 24.21 C = 75.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.49 mb = 1483.89 m = 4868.34 ft T: 10.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 11.59 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.74 mb = 2756.21 m = 9042.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lifted Index: 7.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.57 C Showalter Index: 9.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.29 C Cross Totals Index: 13.83 C K Index: 0.98 Risk: None Sweat Index: 103.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9818.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.01 mb = 1430.31 m = 4692.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.6 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 305.6 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.8 neg: -8.2 tot: 36.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 86.86 m/s