MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 1005 65 23.8 21.5 87 2.4 22.2 134 5 296.6 299.5 295.2 343.6 16.27 1 1000 105 22.8 21.3 91 1.5 21.8 137 6 296.0 298.9 294.9 342.5 16.16 2 950 551 21.0 17.8 82 3.3 18.8 149 17 298.5 301.0 293.9 338.0 13.58 3 900 1019 19.8 17.5 87 2.2 18.2 149 15 301.9 304.5 295.2 343.6 14.14 4 850 1510 16.9 12.7 76 4.2 14.1 180 10 303.8 305.8 293.4 336.3 10.91 5 800 2025 13.7 10.9 83 2.8 11.9 187 8 305.7 307.6 293.4 336.6 10.29 6 750 2567 10.8 8.9 88 1.9 9.6 203 11 308.3 310.1 293.7 337.4 9.59 7 700 3139 7.4 0.9 63 6.5 3.9 207 11 310.6 311.7 291.3 328.8 5.83 8 650 3746 2.7 -1.3 74 4.1 0.7 221 13 312.1 313.1 291.4 328.8 5.34 9 600 4388 -0.8 -1.3 97 0.5 -1.0 203 16 315.2 316.3 292.7 333.6 5.82 10 550 5080 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 175 24 318.9 319.8 293.0 334.6 4.88 11 500 5825 -8.5 -9.4 93 1.0 -8.9 179 23 322.7 323.5 293.1 335.1 3.75 12 450 6637 -12.6 -13.9 90 1.3 -13.1 183 24 327.3 327.9 293.6 337.2 2.89 13 400 7527 -17.8 -19.5 87 1.7 -18.3 194 24 331.9 332.3 294.1 339.0 2.05 14 350 8513 -24.5 -26.7 81 2.3 -25.0 179 28 335.8 336.0 294.4 340.2 1.23 15 300 9619 -32.2 -34.9 77 2.7 -32.6 190 33 340.1 340.2 294.9 342.6 0.66 16 250 10880 -41.8 -45.1 70 3.3 -42.1 195 37 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.27 17 200 12349 -54.5 -58.6 61 4.1 -54.6 199 43 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.07 18 150 14148 -62.8 -82.2 6 19.4 -62.9 197 41 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16599 -68.7 -84.8 8 16.0 -68.8 220 26 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.31 m Freezing level: 611.44 mb = 4241.28 m = 13914.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.45 mb = 3990.72 m = 13092.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.98 mb = 360.64 m = 1183.20 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 8.62 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.34 mb = 1486.72 m = 4877.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.15 C K Index: 31.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.89 mb = 839.29 m = 2753.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.89 mb = 2747.16 m = 9012.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.89 mb = 8225.39 m = 26985.85 ft B at Equ Level: 287.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.89 mb = 11906.73 m = 39063.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.7 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 213.7 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.5 neg: -11.3 tot: 30.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 25.51 Bulk Shear: 11.30 m/s