MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 23.7 21.6 88 2.2 22.2 351 1 296.5 299.5 295.2 343.7 16.34 1 1000 100 23.2 21.4 89 1.8 21.9 338 1 296.4 299.3 295.1 343.2 16.25 2 950 547 20.1 19.7 98 0.4 19.9 228 11 297.6 300.4 294.8 342.3 15.42 3 900 1014 18.6 18.5 100 0.1 18.5 234 13 300.6 303.4 295.4 344.8 15.05 4 850 1504 16.3 13.9 86 2.4 14.7 221 13 303.2 305.4 293.9 338.3 11.85 5 800 2018 13.7 9.7 77 4.0 11.2 198 15 305.7 307.5 292.9 334.2 9.49 6 750 2560 10.5 6.2 75 4.3 7.9 200 18 307.9 309.4 292.3 332.1 7.93 7 700 3131 6.9 4.1 82 2.9 5.3 198 20 310.2 311.6 292.4 332.8 7.34 8 650 3738 3.6 0.2 79 3.3 1.8 209 22 313.0 314.1 292.2 331.7 5.99 9 600 4383 -0.7 -1.4 95 0.7 -1.0 207 24 315.4 316.5 292.7 333.7 5.78 10 550 5075 -4.2 -4.6 97 0.4 -4.4 201 27 319.1 320.0 293.0 335.0 4.94 11 500 5820 -8.4 -11.6 77 3.2 -9.7 190 31 322.8 323.4 292.6 333.3 3.14 12 450 6631 -12.7 -23.2 41 10.4 -15.7 192 38 327.2 327.5 292.2 331.9 1.31 13 400 7520 -18.1 -20.4 82 2.3 -18.8 204 35 331.4 331.8 293.8 338.0 1.88 14 350 8504 -25.2 -27.4 82 2.2 -25.7 205 43 334.8 335.0 294.1 339.0 1.16 15 300 9607 -32.8 -35.9 74 3.1 -33.3 201 44 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.4 0.59 16 250 10864 -42.7 -47.0 63 4.3 -43.0 196 58 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.4 0.22 17 200 12329 -54.3 -59.5 53 5.1 -54.5 196 58 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.06 18 150 14128 -63.7 -76.0 17 12.4 -63.7 210 52 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16577 -68.3 -85.5 7 17.2 -68.4 218 17 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.61 m Freezing level: 607.77 mb = 4282.32 m = 14049.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.40 mb = 4139.19 m = 13579.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.87 mb = 339.94 m = 1115.27 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.55 mb = 679.53 m = 2229.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.66 C = 78.18 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 593.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.39 mb = 607.38 m = 1992.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.39 mb = 1929.95 m = 6331.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.39 mb = 10636.65 m = 34896.71 ft B at Equ Level: 591.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.39 mb = 14193.25 m = 46565.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.4 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 234.4 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: -17.8 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 19.71 Bulk Shear: 30.13 m/s