MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508271200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508271200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.93,-77.14 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -77.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 80 24.8 9.1 37 15.7 15.4 297 10 297.1 298.4 288.1 318.1 7.20 1 1000 167 22.2 8.6 42 13.6 14.2 297 11 295.4 296.6 287.3 315.7 7.01 2 950 609 17.5 7.7 53 9.8 11.9 297 12 295.0 296.2 287.2 315.2 6.97 3 900 1067 13.0 6.8 66 6.2 9.5 297 13 294.9 296.2 287.1 315.0 6.91 4 850 1543 8.4 5.8 84 2.6 6.9 297 14 294.9 296.1 286.9 314.6 6.79 5 800 2041 4.4 -1.1 68 5.5 1.8 310 20 295.8 296.6 284.9 308.9 4.41 6 750 2563 0.9 -9.8 45 10.6 -3.2 303 16 297.5 297.9 283.4 304.9 2.43 7 700 3113 -1.3 -19.7 23 18.4 -6.8 293 24 301.1 301.3 283.3 304.7 1.14 8 650 3705 -1.0 -22.6 18 21.6 -7.4 283 25 307.8 308.0 285.7 311.0 0.96 9 600 4338 -4.7 -28.0 14 23.4 -10.5 286 25 310.7 310.9 286.4 312.9 0.63 10 550 5015 -9.9 -34.3 12 24.4 -14.7 290 25 312.3 312.4 286.6 313.6 0.38 11 500 5741 -16.0 -40.7 10 24.7 -19.6 287 29 313.5 313.6 286.9 314.3 0.22 12 450 6525 -21.4 -49.6 6 28.2 -24.3 279 37 316.3 316.3 287.6 316.7 0.09 13 400 7384 -26.6 -55.2 5 28.5 -28.8 277 46 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.6 0.05 14 350 8336 -32.3 -59.1 5 26.8 -33.9 277 57 325.1 325.1 290.3 325.3 0.04 15 300 9405 -40.0 -57.5 14 17.4 -40.8 271 64 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.05 16 250 10625 -49.2 -61.9 21 12.6 -49.6 263 63 332.8 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.04 17 200 12064 -53.5 -70.7 10 17.2 -53.8 248 64 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13920 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 259 48 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16500 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 241 28 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.73 m Freezing level: 730.07 mb = 2782.05 m = 9127.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 782.15 mb = 2223.10 m = 7293.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.68 % Est. max temperature: 22.62 C = 72.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.62 mb = 2024.05 m = 6640.49 ft T: 4.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 13.40 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.16 mb = 1896.75 m = 6222.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.25 C = 73.85 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 2.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 11.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 125.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.55 mb = 1852.62 m = 6078.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.55 mb = 2004.31 m = 6575.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 703.55 mb = 3072.82 m = 10081.32 ft B at Equ Level: 23.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 663.55 mb = 3540.07 m = 11614.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.9 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 321.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: -6.1 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.97 Bulk Shear: 12.22 m/s