MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 31.05,-78.44 Latitude: 31.05 Longitude: -78.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 -0 26.7 24.2 86 2.5 24.9 153 10 298.8 302.3 297.6 354.7 19.15 1 1000 107 25.4 23.4 88 2.0 24.0 153 11 298.6 301.9 297.1 352.2 18.40 2 950 559 22.9 20.6 87 2.4 21.2 145 12 300.4 303.4 296.2 348.1 16.25 3 900 1030 20.5 17.4 82 3.1 18.3 157 9 302.6 305.2 295.3 344.0 13.99 4 850 1522 18.0 12.2 69 5.7 14.2 182 10 305.0 306.9 293.4 336.6 10.57 5 800 2039 15.3 8.9 65 6.5 11.3 202 5 307.5 309.2 293.0 334.7 8.97 6 750 2583 12.2 5.3 62 7.0 8.2 222 4 309.9 311.3 292.4 332.8 7.45 7 700 3158 8.4 3.2 70 5.2 5.4 253 4 311.7 313.1 292.6 333.2 6.90 8 650 3767 4.6 -1.4 65 6.0 1.5 222 8 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.1 5.33 9 600 4414 0.5 -1.8 84 2.3 -0.7 212 13 316.7 317.8 292.9 334.6 5.60 10 550 5108 -2.7 -8.0 67 5.3 -5.1 207 20 320.9 321.7 292.6 333.5 3.82 11 500 5859 -6.3 -17.9 39 11.7 -10.4 202 25 325.4 325.8 292.2 331.8 1.87 12 450 6675 -11.5 -17.7 60 6.2 -13.6 202 26 328.8 329.3 293.4 336.2 2.12 13 400 7568 -17.1 -21.7 68 4.5 -18.5 205 26 332.7 333.0 294.0 338.7 1.69 14 350 8555 -24.0 -26.7 78 2.7 -24.6 201 30 336.4 336.7 294.6 340.9 1.23 15 300 9662 -32.2 -35.0 76 2.8 -32.7 197 33 339.9 340.1 294.9 342.4 0.65 16 250 10923 -42.4 -45.5 71 3.2 -42.6 195 38 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.2 0.26 17 200 12389 -54.5 -57.8 66 3.4 -54.5 188 46 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.9 0.08 18 150 14184 -65.5 -74.7 27 9.2 -65.6 207 35 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16602 -70.6 -85.7 9 15.1 -70.7 180 17 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.48 m Freezing level: 591.65 mb = 4530.12 m = 14862.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.55 mb = 4207.15 m = 13802.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.64 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.96 mb = 312.30 m = 1024.61 ft T: 24.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 21.94 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1123.72 m = 3686.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.77 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.03 C Showalter Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.45 C K Index: 31.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.48 mb = 749.19 m = 2457.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.48 mb = 2097.20 m = 6880.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.48 mb = 12893.29 m = 42300.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1180.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.48 mb = 15795.58 m = 51822.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.3 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 228.3 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: -13.0 tot: -4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 106.95 Bulk Shear: 11.10 m/s