MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 25.2 20.0 73 5.2 21.6 281 5 298.0 300.7 294.6 341.1 14.83 1 1000 96 24.3 19.8 76 4.5 21.2 282 4 297.5 300.2 294.3 340.1 14.71 2 950 543 20.1 16.9 81 3.3 17.9 288 5 297.6 299.9 293.0 334.8 12.82 3 900 1009 18.7 12.8 69 5.9 14.9 305 1 300.7 302.6 292.0 331.2 10.35 4 850 1498 16.2 12.1 77 4.0 13.6 143 8 303.1 305.0 292.9 334.3 10.52 5 800 2012 13.3 10.7 84 2.6 11.7 191 13 305.4 307.3 293.3 335.9 10.16 6 750 2553 10.0 7.9 87 2.0 8.7 181 17 307.4 309.1 292.9 334.6 8.97 7 700 3123 6.4 4.0 85 2.3 5.0 199 27 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.0 7.31 8 650 3729 3.3 2.4 94 0.9 2.8 186 22 312.7 314.0 292.9 334.5 7.00 9 600 4374 -0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 203 26 316.1 317.3 293.3 335.8 6.23 10 550 5068 -3.5 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.8 214 25 319.9 320.9 293.5 336.6 5.18 11 500 5817 -7.0 -7.7 95 0.7 -7.3 209 27 324.5 325.4 294.0 338.8 4.30 12 450 6632 -11.5 -12.6 92 1.1 -11.9 202 28 328.7 329.4 294.3 339.7 3.23 13 400 7526 -16.8 -18.2 89 1.4 -17.2 199 34 333.2 333.7 294.6 341.2 2.29 14 350 8517 -23.2 -25.2 84 1.9 -23.7 187 33 337.5 337.8 295.0 342.6 1.42 15 300 9627 -31.4 -34.4 75 3.0 -31.9 193 51 341.2 341.3 295.2 343.8 0.69 16 250 10893 -40.9 -51.5 31 10.6 -41.6 193 62 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.8 0.13 17 200 12368 -53.3 -56.7 66 3.4 -53.5 184 71 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.7 0.09 18 150 14169 -64.7 -78.6 13 13.9 -64.7 201 62 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16602 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.8 218 24 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.12 m Freezing level: 600.76 mb = 4364.57 m = 14319.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.59 mb = 4326.21 m = 14193.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.65 mb = 720.00 m = 2362.16 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 9.86 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.68 mb = 1785.00 m = 5856.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.74 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: 1.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 2.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 32.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4423.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.58 mb = 1041.21 m = 3416.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.4 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 230.4 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.6 neg: -2.7 tot: 95.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 44.13 m/s