MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 5Z 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 87 SFC 995 127 24.0 22.9 94 1.1 23.2 140 4 297.5 300.8 296.5 349.6 17.95 2 950 536 21.6 21.6 100 -0.0 21.6 180 13 299.1 302.3 296.5 349.8 17.37 3 900 1006 20.1 17.4 84 2.7 18.2 165 16 302.2 304.8 295.1 343.5 14.00 4 850 1498 17.2 14.0 81 3.3 15.1 159 9 304.2 306.4 294.2 339.6 11.87 5 800 2013 14.3 9.6 73 4.7 11.4 171 13 306.4 308.2 293.0 334.9 9.44 6 750 2556 11.0 7.7 80 3.3 9.0 178 15 308.5 310.1 293.2 335.3 8.82 7 700 3129 7.7 4.3 79 3.5 5.7 179 16 311.1 312.5 292.8 334.0 7.44 8 650 3737 4.0 -0.1 75 4.0 1.8 178 17 313.4 314.6 292.2 331.8 5.86 9 600 4383 0.4 -3.3 76 3.7 -1.4 167 22 316.5 317.5 292.4 332.5 5.00 10 550 5076 -4.1 -9.6 66 5.5 -6.4 185 29 319.2 319.9 291.8 330.3 3.36 11 500 5821 -8.5 -13.2 69 4.7 -10.3 185 37 322.7 323.3 292.3 332.0 2.77 12 450 6632 -12.2 -14.3 84 2.1 -13.0 197 30 327.9 328.5 293.7 337.5 2.80 13 400 7525 -17.2 -20.8 74 3.6 -18.3 210 28 332.7 333.1 294.1 339.2 1.83 14 350 8513 -23.4 -26.7 74 3.3 -24.2 214 40 337.2 337.5 294.7 341.7 1.23 15 300 9625 -31.0 -38.3 48 7.4 -32.0 218 46 341.8 341.9 295.2 343.6 0.46 16 250 10889 -41.7 -52.2 31 10.4 -42.4 209 49 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.5 0.12 17 200 12358 -54.4 -59.9 50 5.6 -54.5 211 55 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.06 18 150 14156 -64.3 -78.3 13 13.9 -64.4 207 49 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16593 -69.3 -85.3 8 16.0 -69.4 224 27 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.28 m Freezing level: 595.86 mb = 4440.25 m = 14567.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.42 mb = 4086.68 m = 13407.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.09 mb = 263.51 m = 864.52 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 14.87 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.90 mb = 1045.34 m = 3429.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.29 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1027.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.26 mb = 709.31 m = 2327.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.26 mb = 1535.26 m = 5036.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.26 mb = 12476.22 m = 40931.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1026.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.26 mb = 15687.53 m = 51467.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.7 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 207.7 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.3 neg: -18.8 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 76.96 Bulk Shear: 13.36 m/s