MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 1005 65 25.9 22.9 84 3.0 23.7 113 3 298.6 301.9 296.7 350.4 17.75 1 1000 105 24.7 22.8 89 1.9 23.3 114 2 297.8 301.0 296.5 349.3 17.73 2 950 553 21.4 19.0 86 2.4 19.7 142 5 298.9 301.6 294.7 341.7 14.69 3 900 1021 19.1 17.2 89 1.8 17.8 163 9 301.1 303.7 294.8 342.0 13.89 4 850 1512 16.5 13.3 81 3.2 14.4 184 9 303.4 305.5 293.6 337.1 11.34 5 800 2026 13.5 8.9 73 4.7 10.7 202 10 305.6 307.3 292.4 332.6 8.96 6 750 2566 10.0 5.0 71 5.0 7.1 206 12 307.5 308.8 291.6 329.7 7.31 7 700 3137 6.5 3.3 80 3.2 4.7 211 12 309.7 311.0 292.0 331.1 6.96 8 650 3742 2.5 1.5 93 1.0 2.0 210 14 311.7 313.0 292.3 332.2 6.57 9 600 4384 -1.9 -2.5 96 0.6 -2.2 177 27 313.9 315.0 291.9 330.7 5.31 10 550 5076 -3.5 -3.6 100 0.0 -3.6 194 30 319.9 320.9 293.6 337.2 5.36 11 500 5824 -7.9 -7.9 100 0.0 -7.9 197 31 323.4 324.2 293.6 337.3 4.21 12 450 6636 -12.6 -12.7 100 0.0 -12.6 191 34 327.3 328.0 293.9 338.2 3.21 13 400 7527 -17.8 -19.3 88 1.5 -18.3 198 39 331.9 332.3 294.1 339.2 2.08 14 350 8514 -23.7 -25.7 84 2.0 -24.2 191 44 336.7 337.0 294.7 341.6 1.34 15 300 9621 -32.3 -35.3 75 3.0 -32.8 199 61 339.8 339.9 294.8 342.2 0.63 16 250 10878 -43.0 -51.5 39 8.5 -43.5 205 71 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.13 17 200 12340 -53.5 -67.1 17 13.7 -53.7 211 64 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14142 -64.2 -77.5 15 13.3 -64.3 208 54 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16592 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 233 24 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.71 m Freezing level: 621.67 mb = 4105.81 m = 13470.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.52 mb = 4037.13 m = 13245.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.27 mb = 440.92 m = 1446.58 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 12.26 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1073.70 m = 3522.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.35 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 34.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 660.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.06 mb = 783.53 m = 2570.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.06 mb = 1713.14 m = 5620.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.06 mb = 11144.08 m = 36561.49 ft B at Equ Level: 656.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.06 mb = 14139.79 m = 46389.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.2 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 222.2 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 21.83 Bulk Shear: 30.24 m/s