MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1004 65 26.1 23.0 83 3.1 23.9 294 5 298.9 302.2 296.8 351.0 17.87 1 1000 101 25.1 22.9 88 2.2 23.5 294 4 298.2 301.5 296.7 350.1 17.83 2 950 550 20.8 20.9 100 -0.0 20.9 261 5 298.3 301.3 295.8 346.4 16.55 3 900 1016 18.6 15.1 80 3.5 16.3 308 4 300.7 302.9 293.4 336.2 12.10 4 850 1505 15.4 10.3 71 5.2 12.2 294 4 302.3 304.0 291.7 329.8 9.27 5 800 2016 12.2 8.7 79 3.4 10.0 170 2 304.1 305.8 291.9 330.7 8.87 6 750 2556 9.4 8.9 96 0.5 9.1 111 8 306.8 308.6 293.3 335.8 9.59 7 700 3125 5.4 4.2 92 1.2 4.7 139 13 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.1 7.41 8 650 3730 2.7 2.3 97 0.4 2.5 185 27 312.1 313.4 292.7 333.7 6.96 9 600 4373 -0.8 -1.3 97 0.4 -1.1 194 36 315.1 316.3 292.7 333.6 5.83 10 550 5064 -3.6 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.8 193 38 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.6 5.19 11 500 5813 -7.4 -8.0 95 0.7 -7.7 197 39 324.1 324.9 293.8 337.9 4.18 12 450 6628 -11.6 -12.5 93 0.9 -11.9 197 39 328.7 329.3 294.3 339.8 3.26 13 400 7523 -16.9 -18.0 91 1.1 -17.3 199 48 333.0 333.5 294.6 341.1 2.31 14 350 8512 -23.4 -25.3 85 1.8 -23.9 197 48 337.2 337.4 294.8 342.3 1.40 15 300 9621 -31.5 -34.5 75 2.9 -32.0 198 63 340.9 341.1 295.1 343.5 0.69 16 250 10885 -41.3 -44.6 70 3.3 -41.5 193 69 344.7 344.8 295.7 345.9 0.29 17 200 12355 -54.5 -59.1 57 4.5 -54.7 195 77 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14163 -63.6 -76.9 15 13.4 -63.7 199 65 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16602 -69.1 -84.9 8 15.9 -69.1 215 23 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.59 m Freezing level: 611.81 mb = 4221.37 m = 13849.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.01 mb = 4174.80 m = 13696.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.77 mb = 460.08 m = 1509.44 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 21.21 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 736.26 m = 2415.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.90 C Showalter Index: 3.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 17.62 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 729.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.05 mb = 677.36 m = 2222.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.05 mb = 1006.39 m = 3301.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.05 mb = 10324.62 m = 33873.02 ft B at Equ Level: 728.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.05 mb = 14533.21 m = 47680.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.6 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 220.6 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.4 neg: -0.9 tot: 62.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 14.46 Bulk Shear: 50.45 m/s