MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 4Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 26.2 22.2 79 4.0 23.3 163 5 299.1 302.2 296.4 348.8 17.04 1 1000 95 25.6 22.0 80 3.6 23.0 165 5 298.8 301.8 296.2 347.9 16.87 2 950 545 22.1 21.5 97 0.6 21.7 180 24 299.6 302.7 296.6 350.0 17.26 3 900 1014 20.1 15.9 77 4.2 17.2 182 22 302.2 304.5 294.3 339.8 12.73 4 850 1505 16.1 14.2 88 1.9 14.9 178 23 303.0 305.3 294.0 338.9 12.09 5 800 2019 13.6 12.4 92 1.2 12.8 176 22 305.6 307.8 294.3 339.7 11.36 6 750 2561 10.6 10.0 96 0.7 10.2 186 16 308.1 310.0 294.1 339.4 10.31 7 700 3133 7.3 2.6 72 4.6 4.7 192 18 310.6 311.8 292.0 331.1 6.63 8 650 3740 3.7 -0.3 75 4.1 1.6 185 20 313.2 314.3 292.0 331.3 5.76 9 600 4385 -0.0 -3.7 76 3.7 -1.9 187 25 316.1 317.0 292.2 331.5 4.85 10 550 5079 -3.3 -11.9 51 8.6 -6.8 191 31 320.1 320.7 291.5 329.3 2.78 11 500 5826 -7.9 -11.3 77 3.4 -9.3 188 35 323.4 324.0 292.8 334.1 3.23 12 450 6636 -12.5 -14.6 84 2.1 -13.3 201 40 327.5 328.1 293.6 336.9 2.74 13 400 7530 -16.8 -18.7 85 1.9 -17.4 215 22 333.1 333.5 294.5 340.8 2.18 14 350 8518 -23.6 -26.7 76 3.1 -24.4 243 22 336.9 337.1 294.7 341.4 1.23 15 300 9626 -32.3 -35.4 74 3.1 -32.8 212 18 339.8 339.9 294.8 342.2 0.63 16 250 10885 -42.5 -45.6 71 3.2 -42.7 209 41 343.0 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.26 17 200 12349 -54.9 -59.3 59 4.3 -55.1 208 58 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.06 18 150 14147 -63.4 -78.3 11 15.0 -63.5 221 51 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16592 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 206 21 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.83 m Freezing level: 600.59 mb = 4377.60 m = 14362.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.83 mb = 4032.50 m = 13229.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.05 mb = 571.89 m = 1876.26 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 11.13 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.38 mb = 1087.40 m = 3567.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.02 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1050.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.63 mb = 789.38 m = 2589.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.63 mb = 1319.10 m = 4327.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.63 mb = 12715.17 m = 41715.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1031.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.63 mb = 15561.79 m = 51055.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.4 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 215.4 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.4 neg: -18.5 tot: 46.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 93.43 Bulk Shear: 11.24 m/s