MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 25.9 23.2 85 2.7 23.9 150 4 298.8 302.1 297.0 351.7 18.13 1 1000 91 25.4 23.2 87 2.3 23.8 154 4 298.6 301.9 296.9 351.4 18.13 2 950 541 22.2 22.3 100 -0.0 22.3 188 21 299.7 303.1 297.2 352.7 18.08 3 900 1010 19.4 16.5 83 2.9 17.5 201 19 301.5 304.0 294.5 340.6 13.27 4 850 1501 16.9 13.5 80 3.4 14.7 181 18 303.9 306.0 293.9 338.2 11.54 5 800 2016 13.9 9.0 73 4.8 10.9 186 20 306.0 307.6 292.6 333.3 9.07 6 750 2558 11.1 3.3 59 7.8 6.7 192 22 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.5 6.47 7 700 3130 7.7 1.1 63 6.6 4.2 190 24 311.1 312.2 291.6 329.5 5.94 8 650 3737 3.8 0.0 76 3.8 1.8 190 27 313.3 314.4 292.2 331.9 5.91 9 600 4383 0.3 -9.7 47 10.0 -4.0 188 31 316.5 317.1 290.7 326.4 3.04 10 550 5075 -4.7 -10.5 64 5.8 -7.1 185 38 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.8 3.12 11 500 5820 -7.9 -8.8 93 0.9 -8.3 196 43 323.4 324.1 293.4 336.4 3.94 12 450 6634 -11.6 -13.8 84 2.1 -12.5 210 23 328.6 329.2 294.0 338.6 2.93 13 400 7527 -17.1 -19.4 82 2.3 -17.8 204 16 332.8 333.2 294.3 340.0 2.06 14 350 8516 -23.4 -27.7 67 4.4 -24.4 211 24 337.3 337.5 294.7 341.4 1.12 15 300 9624 -32.6 -37.7 61 5.0 -33.3 210 37 339.4 339.5 294.6 341.3 0.50 16 250 10878 -43.9 -47.7 66 3.7 -44.2 207 46 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12338 -54.1 -70.2 12 16.2 -54.4 212 52 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 14142 -62.8 -81.2 7 18.4 -63.0 213 51 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16582 -68.8 -84.7 8 15.9 -68.9 208 28 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.67 m Freezing level: 596.93 mb = 4425.69 m = 14519.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.33 mb = 3934.23 m = 12907.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.96 mb = 403.64 m = 1324.27 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 24.19 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.20 mb = 770.26 m = 2527.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 31.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1532.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.33 mb = 666.48 m = 2186.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.33 mb = 901.29 m = 2956.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.33 mb = 12615.62 m = 41389.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1530.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.33 mb = 15936.57 m = 52284.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.7 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 219.7 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: -6.5 tot: 79.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 58.52 Bulk Shear: 26.20 m/s