MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 1Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 65 24.5 21.9 86 2.5 22.6 125 9 297.3 300.3 295.7 345.8 16.74 1 1000 96 23.5 21.8 90 1.7 22.3 125 10 296.6 299.7 295.5 344.9 16.71 2 950 543 21.7 21.8 100 -0.0 21.8 140 20 299.3 302.4 296.7 350.4 17.54 3 900 1013 20.4 18.5 89 1.9 19.1 140 13 302.5 305.3 296.0 346.9 15.02 4 850 1505 16.8 16.5 98 0.3 16.7 140 10 303.8 306.4 295.6 345.6 14.06 5 800 2020 13.8 12.6 93 1.2 13.0 139 7 305.9 308.0 294.4 340.6 11.57 6 750 2563 10.9 7.9 82 2.9 9.1 183 7 308.4 310.1 293.2 335.7 8.98 7 700 3136 8.1 2.5 68 5.6 5.0 206 10 311.4 312.7 292.2 331.9 6.57 8 650 3743 3.0 -0.1 80 3.1 1.4 222 15 312.3 313.5 291.9 330.6 5.85 9 600 4387 -0.7 -1.8 92 1.1 -1.3 229 20 315.3 316.4 292.6 333.1 5.60 10 550 5079 -3.8 -4.3 96 0.5 -4.1 222 15 319.6 320.6 293.3 335.9 5.06 11 500 5827 -7.6 -8.1 96 0.5 -7.8 190 12 323.8 324.6 293.7 337.6 4.16 12 450 6641 -12.2 -13.1 93 0.9 -12.6 180 18 327.9 328.5 293.9 338.4 3.10 13 400 7532 -17.6 -18.8 90 1.2 -18.0 177 28 332.1 332.6 294.3 339.7 2.17 14 350 8519 -24.4 -26.2 85 1.8 -24.9 190 35 335.8 336.1 294.4 340.5 1.29 15 300 9626 -31.8 -34.3 78 2.5 -32.2 198 37 340.5 340.7 295.1 343.2 0.70 16 250 10889 -41.6 -44.6 73 3.0 -41.9 201 41 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.29 17 200 12358 -54.3 -58.0 64 3.6 -54.5 202 42 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.08 18 150 14149 -63.8 -73.1 27 9.3 -63.8 205 39 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16584 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -69.0 219 30 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.11 m Freezing level: 609.35 mb = 4266.46 m = 13997.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.07 mb = 4070.53 m = 13354.58 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.57 mb = 383.09 m = 1256.84 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 19.81 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.68 mb = 1044.40 m = 3426.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.52 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 35.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1200.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.95 mb = 625.93 m = 2053.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.95 mb = 1344.54 m = 4411.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.95 mb = 12485.02 m = 40960.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1200.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.95 mb = 15695.40 m = 51493.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.7 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 220.7 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.1 neg: -31.7 tot: 14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 54.21 Bulk Shear: 22.14 m/s