MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 1Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.81,-79.71 Latitude: 34.81 Longitude: -79.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 87 26.4 22.8 80 3.6 23.8 253 6 299.5 302.7 296.9 351.3 17.71 1 1000 93 26.4 22.8 81 3.6 23.8 244 6 299.5 302.7 296.9 351.3 17.71 2 950 544 23.1 21.2 89 1.9 21.7 218 5 300.6 303.7 296.7 350.2 16.88 3 900 1015 19.8 19.7 99 0.1 19.8 165 5 301.9 304.9 296.6 350.0 16.28 4 850 1508 17.2 17.3 100 -0.0 17.2 170 6 304.2 306.9 296.2 348.1 14.75 5 800 2024 13.7 13.0 96 0.7 13.2 216 15 305.7 307.9 294.6 341.2 11.84 6 750 2565 10.0 8.2 88 1.8 8.9 214 17 307.5 309.2 293.1 335.2 9.14 7 700 3136 6.7 3.1 78 3.6 4.6 202 10 309.8 311.1 292.0 330.9 6.84 8 650 3741 2.9 -0.0 81 2.9 1.3 201 7 312.2 313.3 291.9 330.6 5.89 9 600 4386 -0.2 -1.8 89 1.6 -1.0 228 10 315.9 316.9 292.7 333.7 5.61 10 550 5078 -4.1 -6.0 87 1.9 -5.0 235 13 319.2 320.0 292.7 333.5 4.43 11 500 5824 -8.1 -9.9 87 1.8 -8.9 233 17 323.2 323.9 293.1 335.1 3.60 12 450 6638 -11.6 -12.9 91 1.2 -12.2 226 22 328.6 329.2 294.1 339.3 3.15 13 400 7532 -16.6 -17.7 91 1.1 -17.0 216 27 333.4 333.9 294.7 341.7 2.38 14 350 8522 -23.3 -25.0 86 1.7 -23.7 213 30 337.3 337.6 294.9 342.6 1.44 15 300 9633 -31.5 -33.9 79 2.4 -31.9 206 35 341.0 341.2 295.2 343.8 0.73 16 250 10896 -41.6 -44.9 70 3.3 -41.9 205 39 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.28 17 200 12367 -53.6 -57.5 63 3.9 -53.7 201 44 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.2 0.08 18 150 14161 -64.5 -69.3 52 4.8 -64.6 204 43 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.02 19 100 16609 -68.5 -84.9 8 16.4 -68.7 219 21 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.70 m Freezing level: 603.54 mb = 4339.99 m = 14238.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.08 mb = 4094.65 m = 13433.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.54 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.39 mb = 550.09 m = 1804.73 ft T: 23.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 20.69 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 909.94 m = 2985.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.09 C Showalter Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 25.37 C K Index: 39.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1524.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.27 mb = 783.44 m = 2570.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.27 mb = 1022.05 m = 3353.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.27 mb = 12710.89 m = 41701.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1524.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.27 mb = 16073.17 m = 52732.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.5 neg: -14.6 tot: 21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 364.44 Bulk Shear: 4.18 m/s