MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 4Z 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 1003 65 23.9 20.9 83 3.1 21.8 235 3 296.8 299.6 294.8 342.0 15.66 1 1000 93 23.3 20.7 85 2.6 21.5 235 3 296.5 299.3 294.7 341.4 15.58 2 950 540 22.5 19.9 85 2.6 20.7 170 11 300.1 302.9 295.7 345.6 15.56 3 900 1011 20.9 14.2 65 6.8 16.4 170 13 303.1 305.2 293.5 336.8 11.35 4 850 1503 18.1 8.5 53 9.6 12.2 176 14 305.1 306.6 291.6 329.7 8.20 5 800 2019 15.1 6.7 57 8.4 10.0 176 14 307.2 308.6 291.9 330.6 7.70 6 750 2563 11.6 3.3 57 8.3 6.9 180 10 309.1 310.3 291.5 329.0 6.47 7 700 3135 7.2 2.0 69 5.2 4.4 181 6 310.5 311.7 291.7 330.1 6.32 8 650 3740 2.6 0.6 87 2.0 1.5 166 11 311.9 313.0 292.0 331.1 6.16 9 600 4384 -0.8 -2.5 88 1.7 -1.7 188 28 315.2 316.2 292.3 332.1 5.31 10 550 5074 -4.2 -6.0 87 1.8 -5.1 188 27 319.1 319.9 292.6 333.4 4.43 11 500 5821 -8.2 -11.4 78 3.1 -9.5 192 30 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.7 3.21 12 450 6632 -12.9 -15.8 79 2.9 -13.9 194 35 327.1 327.6 293.2 335.6 2.48 13 400 7521 -18.3 -19.9 88 1.6 -18.8 197 30 331.1 331.5 293.9 338.1 1.97 14 350 8506 -24.4 -26.5 83 2.1 -24.9 198 28 335.8 336.1 294.4 340.4 1.25 15 300 9611 -32.2 -35.0 76 2.8 -32.7 197 37 339.9 340.1 294.9 342.4 0.65 16 250 10873 -41.7 -45.1 69 3.4 -41.9 197 53 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.27 17 200 12344 -53.7 -59.8 47 6.2 -53.8 192 55 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.06 18 150 14150 -62.3 -75.0 17 12.6 -62.5 202 46 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16596 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 218 17 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.04 m Freezing level: 611.73 mb = 4232.67 m = 13886.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.06 mb = 4041.82 m = 13260.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.34 mb = 455.05 m = 1492.93 ft T: 22.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1733.06 m = 5685.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.15 C = 91.66 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 16.69 C K Index: 29.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 485.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.02 mb = 962.39 m = 3157.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.02 mb = 2786.59 m = 9142.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.02 mb = 9375.67 m = 30759.70 ft B at Equ Level: 484.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.02 mb = 13363.13 m = 43841.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.3 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 213.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -14.0 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 40.66 Bulk Shear: 11.94 m/s