MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 4Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.97,-80.71 Latitude: 34.97 Longitude: -80.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 989 186 23.9 21.9 89 2.0 22.5 143 5 298.0 301.1 296.0 347.3 16.98 2 950 534 22.1 20.8 92 1.4 21.2 174 17 299.7 302.7 296.1 347.8 16.46 3 900 1004 19.7 19.7 100 -0.0 19.7 162 15 301.8 304.8 296.6 349.8 16.28 4 850 1495 16.7 13.9 84 2.8 14.9 168 12 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.9 11.85 5 800 2011 14.1 10.8 81 3.3 12.0 175 13 306.2 308.1 293.6 337.0 10.23 6 750 2553 11.0 7.0 76 4.1 8.6 178 17 308.6 310.1 292.8 334.1 8.39 7 700 3126 7.7 4.5 80 3.2 5.8 180 17 311.0 312.4 292.9 334.3 7.54 8 650 3733 3.7 2.0 89 1.6 2.8 181 19 313.1 314.4 292.9 334.5 6.84 9 600 4379 -0.3 -2.6 85 2.3 -1.4 175 19 315.8 316.8 292.4 332.6 5.29 10 550 5071 -4.4 -6.7 84 2.3 -5.5 180 19 318.8 319.6 292.4 332.4 4.20 11 500 5816 -8.0 -10.2 84 2.2 -8.9 190 28 323.3 324.0 293.0 335.0 3.51 12 450 6625 -13.0 -15.1 84 2.1 -13.8 195 40 326.9 327.4 293.3 335.8 2.62 13 400 7516 -17.5 -19.0 88 1.5 -18.0 200 38 332.2 332.6 294.2 339.7 2.13 14 350 8504 -23.9 -25.5 87 1.6 -24.3 201 42 336.5 336.8 294.7 341.5 1.38 15 300 9612 -31.5 -34.5 75 2.9 -32.0 206 49 340.9 341.1 295.1 343.5 0.68 16 250 10875 -42.1 -45.4 70 3.3 -42.3 209 54 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.27 17 200 12340 -54.6 -58.3 64 3.7 -54.8 213 67 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.6 0.07 18 150 14143 -63.0 -77.8 12 14.8 -63.1 208 52 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16589 -70.3 -84.9 10 14.6 -70.4 221 26 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.90 m Freezing level: 603.47 mb = 4333.98 m = 14218.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.13 mb = 4151.87 m = 13621.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.82 mb = 434.56 m = 1425.71 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 15.68 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 953.10 m = 3126.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 35.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1256.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.13 mb = 773.74 m = 2538.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.13 mb = 1205.60 m = 3955.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.13 mb = 12689.85 m = 41632.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1245.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.13 mb = 15532.64 m = 50959.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.8 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 208.8 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.6 neg: -14.8 tot: 34.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 252.72 Bulk Shear: 4.97 m/s