MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508271200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508271200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 34.55,-83.15 Latitude: 34.55 Longitude: -83.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 989 233 24.1 16.8 63 7.4 19.2 181 3 298.3 300.5 292.7 333.9 12.25 2 950 579 22.0 15.1 65 6.8 17.5 211 6 299.5 301.6 292.5 333.0 11.46 3 900 1046 17.6 14.1 80 3.5 15.3 232 5 299.6 301.7 292.4 332.8 11.33 4 850 1532 13.2 12.7 97 0.5 12.9 273 4 300.0 302.0 292.3 332.1 10.93 5 800 2040 11.2 5.9 70 5.3 8.2 3 8 303.1 304.4 290.3 325.0 7.31 6 750 2576 8.3 -1.4 50 9.7 3.4 345 3 305.5 306.4 288.6 319.6 4.59 7 700 3143 6.5 -17.6 16 24.1 -2.1 273 9 309.6 309.9 286.8 314.1 1.36 8 650 3747 2.7 -2.1 70 4.8 0.3 263 11 312.1 313.0 291.1 327.9 5.05 9 600 4391 0.0 -19.2 22 19.3 -6.5 245 12 316.2 316.4 289.0 320.8 1.39 10 550 5084 -3.2 -19.1 28 15.9 -8.6 250 14 320.3 320.6 290.5 325.6 1.54 11 500 5832 -6.4 -48.4 2 42.1 -13.4 240 11 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.09 12 450 6644 -12.9 -41.7 7 28.8 -17.9 269 13 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.22 13 400 7529 -19.9 -45.8 8 26.0 -23.3 274 16 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.16 14 350 8506 -26.0 -34.8 44 8.7 -27.5 281 27 333.7 333.8 293.3 335.8 0.57 15 300 9601 -35.1 -38.9 68 3.8 -35.5 280 31 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.6 0.44 16 250 10842 -46.0 -49.9 65 3.8 -46.3 271 25 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 17 200 12289 -55.8 -65.6 28 9.8 -56.0 274 34 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 14096 -61.5 -79.3 8 17.8 -61.7 290 42 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16574 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -66.0 288 29 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.16 m Freezing level: 599.41 mb = 4398.97 m = 14432.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.50 mb = 2917.41 m = 9571.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.44 mb = 1165.26 m = 3822.99 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.78 C/km ThetaE index: 19.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.59 mb = 1485.77 m = 4874.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.62 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 8.23 Risk: None Sweat Index: 171.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4937.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.85 mb = 1404.07 m = 4606.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: -8.2 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 6.21 m/s