MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 23.8 21.6 87 2.2 22.2 306 2 296.6 299.6 295.3 344.0 16.39 1 1000 97 23.2 21.4 89 1.8 21.9 298 2 296.4 299.3 295.1 343.3 16.26 2 950 544 21.1 21.2 100 -0.0 21.2 209 12 298.6 301.7 296.1 347.8 16.88 3 900 1012 19.3 15.6 79 3.8 16.8 222 16 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.1 12.44 4 850 1502 16.9 11.8 72 5.0 13.6 212 16 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.5 10.29 5 800 2017 14.0 9.4 74 4.6 11.1 201 17 306.0 307.8 292.8 334.0 9.29 6 750 2558 10.5 7.5 82 2.9 8.7 195 20 307.9 309.6 292.9 334.5 8.73 7 700 3130 6.9 3.2 78 3.6 4.8 199 22 310.1 311.4 292.1 331.4 6.92 8 650 3736 3.2 0.8 84 2.4 1.9 200 24 312.6 313.8 292.3 332.1 6.24 9 600 4380 -0.6 -1.2 96 0.5 -0.9 201 26 315.4 316.5 292.8 334.0 5.87 10 550 5073 -3.7 -4.7 93 1.0 -4.2 197 27 319.6 320.6 293.2 335.5 4.91 11 500 5820 -8.0 -10.4 82 2.5 -9.0 193 30 323.3 324.0 293.0 334.8 3.46 12 450 6632 -12.6 -21.5 48 8.8 -15.3 192 34 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.7 1.53 13 400 7519 -18.5 -22.9 69 4.3 -19.8 197 39 330.9 331.2 293.4 336.3 1.52 14 350 8505 -24.8 -27.4 78 2.7 -25.4 211 42 335.4 335.6 294.2 339.6 1.15 15 300 9611 -32.7 -35.6 76 2.8 -33.1 208 41 339.2 339.4 294.7 341.6 0.61 16 250 10867 -42.6 -46.9 63 4.3 -42.9 198 55 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.22 17 200 12334 -54.0 -58.4 58 4.4 -54.2 192 52 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.07 18 150 14132 -64.3 -76.3 18 11.9 -64.4 211 53 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16575 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.5 205 18 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.03 m Freezing level: 608.16 mb = 4275.21 m = 14026.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.32 mb = 4164.35 m = 13662.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.79 C = 87.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.36 mb = 341.39 m = 1120.03 ft T: 22.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 13.76 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1056.37 m = 3465.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 33.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 748.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.60 mb = 676.01 m = 2217.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.60 mb = 1904.95 m = 6249.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.60 mb = 11119.18 m = 36479.80 ft B at Equ Level: 746.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.60 mb = 14521.54 m = 47642.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.7 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 230.7 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: -8.2 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 26.73 Bulk Shear: 27.99 m/s