MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 28 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 24.1 21.7 87 2.3 22.4 23 3 296.8 299.8 295.4 344.5 16.50 1 1000 108 23.4 21.6 89 1.8 22.1 18 3 296.5 299.5 295.3 343.9 16.41 2 950 554 19.7 16.7 83 3.1 17.7 22 6 297.2 299.5 292.7 333.9 12.66 3 900 1019 17.7 15.2 85 2.5 16.0 97 7 299.7 301.9 293.1 335.2 12.14 4 850 1506 15.2 13.5 89 1.7 14.1 214 10 302.1 304.2 293.4 336.2 11.53 5 800 2019 12.4 11.5 94 0.9 11.9 180 14 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.5 10.75 6 750 2559 9.6 7.7 88 1.9 8.4 201 22 306.9 308.6 292.7 333.7 8.82 7 700 3129 6.9 5.1 88 1.8 5.9 213 23 310.2 311.7 292.9 334.5 7.91 8 650 3736 3.2 1.3 87 2.0 2.2 227 22 312.6 313.9 292.5 332.9 6.48 9 600 4381 -0.1 -0.6 97 0.4 -0.4 214 18 316.0 317.1 293.2 335.4 6.14 10 550 5073 -3.6 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.8 187 17 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.5 5.17 11 500 5822 -7.4 -7.7 98 0.3 -7.5 202 24 324.0 324.9 293.9 338.2 4.30 12 450 6637 -11.9 -12.5 96 0.6 -12.2 201 31 328.2 328.9 294.1 339.3 3.26 13 400 7529 -17.3 -19.9 81 2.5 -18.1 195 39 332.4 332.8 294.1 339.4 1.97 14 350 8517 -23.5 -25.9 81 2.4 -24.1 186 40 337.0 337.3 294.8 341.8 1.32 15 300 9625 -31.7 -35.0 73 3.2 -32.3 197 49 340.6 340.8 295.1 343.1 0.65 16 250 10891 -40.7 -47.9 45 7.3 -41.2 199 67 345.6 345.7 295.8 346.4 0.20 17 200 12368 -52.6 -61.5 33 8.9 -52.9 191 67 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.05 18 150 14169 -65.0 -77.9 15 12.8 -65.1 213 55 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16611 -68.2 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 219 27 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.47 m Freezing level: 602.01 mb = 4355.08 m = 14288.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.08 mb = 4286.44 m = 14062.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.52 mb = 359.01 m = 1177.85 ft T: 21.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 10.64 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.54 mb = 1234.42 m = 4049.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 34.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.79 mb = 831.76 m = 2728.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.79 mb = 3309.18 m = 10856.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 544.79 mb = 5147.95 m = 16889.38 ft B at Equ Level: 30.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 454.79 mb = 6554.80 m = 21504.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.2 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 234.2 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.2 neg: -5.7 tot: 119.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 59.73 m/s