MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F003.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KPOB ... Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: KPOB Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -79.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 26.4 21.3 74 5.0 22.8 229 6 299.3 302.2 295.8 346.3 16.13 1 1000 100 25.6 21.3 77 4.3 22.5 230 5 298.7 301.7 295.7 345.7 16.12 2 950 549 21.4 19.3 88 2.1 20.0 225 9 298.9 301.7 295.0 342.8 15.04 3 900 1018 19.6 17.8 90 1.8 18.4 245 17 301.7 304.3 295.3 344.2 14.42 4 850 1508 16.4 14.0 86 2.4 14.8 234 19 303.3 305.5 294.0 338.6 11.90 5 800 2023 13.5 11.4 87 2.2 12.1 223 20 305.6 307.5 293.7 337.4 10.62 6 750 2564 10.3 7.9 85 2.4 8.9 223 19 307.8 309.5 293.1 335.1 8.98 7 700 3136 7.5 4.3 80 3.2 5.6 220 19 310.8 312.2 292.7 333.8 7.46 8 650 3743 2.8 0.0 82 2.7 1.3 212 22 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.6 5.91 9 600 4387 -0.4 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.5 222 26 315.7 316.9 293.0 335.0 6.10 10 550 5079 -3.7 -4.2 96 0.5 -4.0 233 28 319.7 320.7 293.4 336.2 5.10 11 500 5827 -7.8 -8.7 93 0.9 -8.2 229 28 323.5 324.3 293.4 336.6 3.97 12 450 6639 -12.5 -13.8 91 1.2 -13.0 222 29 327.5 328.0 293.7 337.4 2.94 13 400 7529 -18.2 -19.9 87 1.6 -18.7 209 33 331.3 331.7 293.9 338.2 1.98 14 350 8513 -24.9 -27.2 81 2.3 -25.4 215 36 335.2 335.5 294.2 339.5 1.18 15 300 9617 -32.8 -35.6 75 2.9 -33.2 222 42 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.5 0.61 16 250 10875 -42.1 -49.2 46 7.1 -42.6 211 53 343.4 343.5 295.3 344.1 0.17 17 200 12344 -52.9 -67.8 15 15.0 -53.2 211 48 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14146 -64.7 -79.4 12 14.7 -64.8 234 39 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.00 19 100 16578 -68.7 -84.6 8 15.9 -68.8 215 28 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.96 m Freezing level: 606.01 mb = 4309.13 m = 14137.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.97 mb = 4201.34 m = 13783.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.27 mb = 712.33 m = 2337.01 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 13.62 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1215.50 m = 3987.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.02 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 35.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 641.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.35 mb = 861.63 m = 2826.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.35 mb = 1696.53 m = 5565.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.35 mb = 10568.70 m = 34673.79 ft B at Equ Level: 639.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.35 mb = 14090.04 m = 46226.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.7 neg: -7.7 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 26.59 Bulk Shear: 24.11 m/s