MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 32.73,-82.51 Latitude: 32.73 Longitude: -82.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 81 28.0 22.2 71 5.8 23.8 55 9 300.6 303.7 296.7 350.5 17.00 1 1000 141 26.4 21.7 75 4.8 23.0 55 10 299.6 302.6 296.1 347.9 16.53 2 950 591 21.8 20.5 92 1.3 20.9 59 13 299.3 302.3 295.9 346.7 16.21 3 900 1059 18.3 15.4 83 2.9 16.4 73 14 300.4 302.7 293.5 336.6 12.35 4 850 1547 16.2 11.0 71 5.2 13.0 79 9 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.2 9.76 5 800 2060 12.5 10.7 89 1.7 11.4 111 3 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.9 10.19 6 750 2600 9.7 4.5 70 5.2 6.7 213 6 307.1 308.4 291.3 328.6 7.05 7 700 3169 6.5 1.4 70 5.1 3.8 208 9 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.5 6.06 8 650 3774 3.0 -4.6 57 7.6 -0.6 178 6 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.7 4.19 9 600 4417 -1.2 -4.9 75 3.8 -3.0 191 5 314.8 315.6 291.4 328.8 4.42 10 550 5108 -4.3 -9.1 70 4.7 -6.4 223 7 318.9 319.6 291.8 330.4 3.51 11 500 5853 -8.6 -15.6 57 6.9 -11.2 218 11 322.5 322.9 291.7 330.2 2.28 12 450 6662 -13.1 -47.0 4 33.9 -18.2 240 12 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.12 13 400 7547 -19.6 -53.7 3 34.1 -23.4 231 16 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.06 14 350 8525 -25.6 -56.7 4 31.0 -28.3 221 19 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 15 300 9621 -34.4 -59.2 6 24.9 -35.8 205 22 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.04 16 250 10872 -43.2 -58.9 16 15.8 -43.9 182 42 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 17 200 12343 -51.4 -69.0 11 17.6 -51.8 178 44 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14170 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.4 207 27 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16639 -67.8 -86.1 6 18.2 -67.9 301 3 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.42 m Freezing level: 613.83 mb = 4239.44 m = 13908.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.11 mb = 3685.37 m = 12090.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.19 mb = 810.48 m = 2659.01 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.26 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 931.84 m = 3057.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.69 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 30.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1147.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.81 mb = 870.25 m = 2855.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.81 mb = 1012.47 m = 3321.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.81 mb = 11285.33 m = 37024.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1143.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.81 mb = 14820.43 m = 48622.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.1 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 189.1 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -154.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: -7.8 tot: 17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 39.01 Bulk Shear: 29.41 m/s