MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-79.42 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -79.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 94 SFC 996 127 25.6 21.1 76 4.5 22.4 111 2 299.0 302.0 295.7 345.7 16.00 2 950 545 23.7 20.6 83 3.0 21.5 158 14 301.2 304.2 296.4 349.2 16.33 3 900 1016 19.9 19.3 97 0.5 19.5 163 14 302.0 304.9 296.4 348.9 15.89 4 850 1508 16.7 15.1 91 1.5 15.7 189 13 303.6 306.0 294.7 341.7 12.84 5 800 2023 14.1 10.8 81 3.3 12.0 195 10 306.1 308.0 293.6 336.9 10.22 6 750 2566 11.4 6.7 73 4.7 8.6 208 11 309.0 310.5 292.9 334.2 8.26 7 700 3140 8.2 5.0 81 3.1 6.3 215 14 311.5 313.0 293.3 335.7 7.84 8 650 3748 4.2 0.1 75 4.0 2.0 205 16 313.7 314.8 292.3 332.4 5.96 9 600 4394 -0.1 -2.6 83 2.5 -1.4 195 19 316.0 317.0 292.4 332.7 5.27 10 550 5087 -4.2 -7.6 77 3.4 -5.7 192 21 319.2 319.9 292.2 332.0 3.93 11 500 5832 -8.2 -9.9 87 1.7 -8.9 197 23 323.1 323.8 293.1 335.0 3.61 12 450 6644 -13.0 -14.3 90 1.3 -13.5 203 32 326.9 327.4 293.4 336.4 2.81 13 400 7532 -18.2 -19.9 87 1.7 -18.7 190 28 331.3 331.7 293.9 338.2 1.97 14 350 8517 -24.2 -26.6 80 2.4 -24.8 196 35 336.1 336.4 294.4 340.6 1.24 15 300 9626 -31.4 -34.0 78 2.6 -31.9 197 41 341.1 341.3 295.3 343.8 0.72 16 250 10888 -42.0 -45.4 69 3.4 -42.3 209 45 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.26 17 200 12358 -53.6 -58.4 56 4.8 -53.8 211 59 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.2 0.07 18 150 14161 -63.5 -87.1 3 23.6 -63.7 208 42 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16601 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 230 21 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.46 m Freezing level: 601.60 mb = 4373.76 m = 14349.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.40 mb = 4124.38 m = 13531.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.36 mb = 699.39 m = 2294.55 ft T: 22.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 14.98 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1072.59 m = 3518.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1213.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.17 mb = 918.59 m = 3013.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.17 mb = 1256.96 m = 4123.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.17 mb = 12511.39 m = 41047.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1203.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.17 mb = 15751.41 m = 51677.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.3 neg: -4.5 tot: 59.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 81.91 Bulk Shear: 14.82 m/s