MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 35.03,-78.86 Latitude: 35.03 Longitude: -78.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 25 22.1 21.9 98 0.3 22.0 61 3 294.0 297.0 294.6 341.1 16.49 1 1000 151 21.4 20.7 95 0.8 20.9 76 7 294.6 297.4 294.1 339.0 15.51 2 950 597 19.3 18.6 96 0.6 18.8 106 8 296.7 299.3 293.9 338.2 14.35 3 900 1062 17.9 14.2 78 3.8 15.5 126 8 300.0 302.1 292.6 333.3 11.35 4 850 1550 15.6 11.3 76 4.2 12.9 79 7 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.0 9.97 5 800 2063 12.4 10.6 89 1.7 11.3 123 6 304.3 306.2 292.9 334.5 10.10 6 750 2602 9.2 7.2 87 2.1 8.0 187 6 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.4 8.53 7 700 3171 6.2 5.0 92 1.2 5.5 204 13 309.4 310.9 292.6 333.4 7.83 8 650 3776 2.5 1.1 91 1.3 1.7 206 15 311.8 313.0 292.2 331.7 6.40 9 600 4418 -2.1 -3.4 91 1.3 -2.7 202 16 313.7 314.7 291.5 329.4 4.96 10 550 5105 -5.0 -5.5 96 0.5 -5.3 182 13 318.1 319.0 292.5 333.0 4.62 11 500 5850 -9.0 -9.1 99 0.1 -9.1 216 21 322.0 322.8 293.0 334.7 3.83 12 450 6656 -14.0 -15.2 91 1.2 -14.5 218 35 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.4 2.60 13 400 7543 -19.1 -21.0 85 1.9 -19.7 202 41 330.1 330.5 293.4 336.4 1.79 14 350 8523 -25.7 -28.2 79 2.6 -26.2 195 37 334.2 334.4 293.9 338.1 1.07 15 300 9622 -33.9 -36.9 74 3.0 -34.3 191 37 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.7 0.54 16 250 10876 -43.0 -46.4 69 3.4 -43.2 186 40 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.2 0.24 17 200 12342 -52.8 -62.4 30 9.6 -53.0 206 71 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.04 18 150 14164 -61.7 -79.8 7 18.2 -61.8 232 30 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16621 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 245 10 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.99 m Freezing level: 622.85 mb = 4124.54 m = 13531.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.70 mb = 4017.75 m = 13181.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1011.32 mb = 54.09 m = 177.47 ft T: 21.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 9.09 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 1076.97 m = 3533.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 283.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.61 mb = 600.40 m = 1969.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.61 mb = 2119.11 m = 6952.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.61 mb = 8024.15 m = 26325.63 ft B at Equ Level: 282.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.61 mb = 11579.29 m = 37989.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.7 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 215.7 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: -16.3 tot: 30.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 10.53 Bulk Shear: 26.89 m/s