MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 35.4,-80.42 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -80.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 987 193 26.7 21.7 74 4.9 23.1 175 3 300.9 304.0 296.7 350.4 16.83 2 950 532 22.6 20.4 87 2.2 21.1 180 3 300.2 303.1 296.0 347.3 16.09 3 900 1001 19.4 16.5 83 2.9 17.5 233 8 301.5 304.0 294.5 340.6 13.27 4 850 1492 17.6 9.8 60 7.8 12.8 237 15 304.6 306.3 292.2 331.6 8.99 5 800 2008 14.2 10.8 80 3.4 12.0 230 16 306.2 308.1 293.6 336.9 10.19 6 750 2550 10.9 7.6 80 3.3 8.9 214 19 308.4 310.0 293.0 335.0 8.74 7 700 3123 7.0 4.6 85 2.4 5.6 210 21 310.2 311.6 292.7 333.6 7.61 8 650 3728 2.8 0.6 85 2.2 1.7 214 27 312.2 313.4 292.1 331.4 6.17 9 600 4372 -0.7 -3.7 80 3.0 -2.2 208 31 315.3 316.2 291.9 330.7 4.84 10 550 5063 -4.3 -9.1 69 4.8 -6.4 211 29 319.0 319.7 291.8 330.4 3.49 11 500 5807 -9.0 -10.4 89 1.5 -9.6 208 25 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.6 3.46 12 450 6619 -13.2 -13.8 96 0.5 -13.5 201 31 326.6 327.2 293.4 336.5 2.93 13 400 7506 -18.6 -20.0 89 1.4 -19.1 207 38 330.8 331.1 293.7 337.6 1.95 14 350 8488 -25.3 -29.5 68 4.2 -26.2 214 41 334.6 334.8 293.9 338.1 0.94 15 300 9591 -32.9 -35.7 76 2.8 -33.3 204 48 338.9 339.1 294.6 341.2 0.60 16 250 10850 -42.0 -49.5 44 7.5 -42.5 208 60 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.4 0.17 17 200 12322 -52.6 -69.3 12 16.7 -52.9 206 51 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14128 -63.7 -80.9 8 17.2 -63.8 212 48 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16574 -67.5 -86.6 5 19.2 -67.6 218 25 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.46 m Freezing level: 610.21 mb = 4240.42 m = 13911.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.53 mb = 3998.22 m = 13117.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.35 mb = 816.44 m = 2678.59 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 18.77 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1500.00 m = 4921.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.26 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 18.77 C K Index: 34.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 914.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.60 mb = 1033.54 m = 3390.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.60 mb = 1990.93 m = 6531.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.60 mb = 11075.03 m = 36334.96 ft B at Equ Level: 909.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.60 mb = 14917.77 m = 48942.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.2 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 243.2 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: -2.4 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 21.77 Bulk Shear: 42.03 m/s