MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 24.1 20.8 82 3.3 21.8 203 6 296.8 299.6 294.7 341.7 15.55 1 1000 102 23.3 20.7 86 2.6 21.5 202 6 296.4 299.2 294.6 341.3 15.56 2 950 549 22.2 16.8 71 5.4 18.6 172 18 299.8 302.1 293.6 337.2 12.79 3 900 1018 20.3 12.4 60 7.9 15.2 166 12 302.5 304.3 292.4 332.4 10.09 4 850 1509 17.2 10.8 66 6.4 13.1 177 9 304.2 306.0 292.5 332.9 9.61 5 800 2024 13.9 8.1 68 5.8 10.4 163 11 306.0 307.6 292.2 331.7 8.52 6 750 2566 10.7 7.5 81 3.2 8.8 145 12 308.2 309.8 293.0 334.7 8.71 7 700 3138 7.1 2.2 71 4.9 4.4 170 7 310.3 311.5 291.7 330.2 6.43 8 650 3743 2.4 0.4 86 2.0 1.3 217 5 311.7 312.8 291.9 330.5 6.05 9 600 4386 -0.4 -0.4 100 0.0 -0.4 162 16 315.7 316.8 293.1 335.3 6.20 10 550 5078 -4.4 -4.4 100 0.0 -4.4 175 14 318.9 319.9 293.1 335.1 5.03 11 500 5824 -7.9 -8.0 100 0.0 -7.9 167 24 323.4 324.2 293.6 337.2 4.21 12 450 6636 -13.0 -13.9 93 0.8 -13.3 178 24 326.9 327.5 293.5 336.8 2.91 13 400 7524 -18.2 -20.0 86 1.8 -18.7 192 24 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.2 1.96 14 350 8510 -24.3 -26.7 81 2.4 -24.9 202 27 336.0 336.2 294.4 340.5 1.23 15 300 9616 -31.9 -35.5 70 3.7 -32.4 200 35 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.8 0.62 16 250 10879 -41.7 -45.4 68 3.6 -42.1 193 46 344.0 344.1 295.5 345.1 0.26 17 200 12349 -53.8 -59.1 53 5.2 -54.0 193 52 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14153 -62.2 -79.6 8 17.4 -62.4 196 41 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16605 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 225 21 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.11 m Freezing level: 607.14 mb = 4294.42 m = 14089.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.49 mb = 4233.85 m = 13890.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.46 mb = 481.22 m = 1578.78 ft T: 22.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 9.36 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1923.01 m = 6309.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.74 C K Index: 31.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.48 mb = 1157.95 m = 3799.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.48 mb = 3249.53 m = 10661.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 460.48 mb = 6458.43 m = 21188.81 ft B at Equ Level: 97.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 340.48 mb = 8707.83 m = 28568.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.3 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 199.3 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -20.3 tot: -18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 113.34 Bulk Shear: 0.86 m/s