MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 1Z 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 23.9 20.3 80 3.6 21.4 12 3 296.6 299.4 294.4 340.2 15.10 1 1000 107 23.4 20.1 82 3.2 21.1 12 3 296.5 299.2 294.3 339.8 15.00 2 950 553 20.5 16.5 78 4.0 17.9 41 7 298.0 300.3 292.9 334.5 12.56 3 900 1019 18.0 15.5 85 2.6 16.3 140 4 300.1 302.4 293.4 336.3 12.37 4 850 1507 15.2 13.7 91 1.5 14.3 221 10 302.1 304.3 293.5 336.7 11.68 5 800 2019 12.5 11.6 94 0.9 11.9 204 13 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.6 10.78 6 750 2559 9.9 8.6 92 1.2 9.1 210 20 307.3 309.0 293.3 335.8 9.41 7 700 3131 7.6 4.0 78 3.5 5.5 206 22 310.9 312.2 292.7 333.5 7.33 8 650 3739 3.9 0.4 78 3.5 2.0 240 17 313.4 314.6 292.4 332.5 6.07 9 600 4385 0.0 -1.4 90 1.4 -0.7 214 19 316.1 317.3 292.9 334.5 5.77 10 550 5077 -3.7 -4.3 96 0.6 -4.0 206 20 319.7 320.6 293.3 336.0 5.06 11 500 5825 -8.0 -8.4 97 0.4 -8.1 199 25 323.3 324.1 293.5 336.8 4.08 12 450 6637 -12.3 -12.6 98 0.3 -12.4 200 28 327.8 328.5 294.0 338.8 3.23 13 400 7530 -16.9 -20.3 75 3.3 -18.0 201 38 333.0 333.4 294.3 339.7 1.91 14 350 8519 -23.5 -27.2 71 3.8 -24.4 203 39 337.1 337.4 294.7 341.4 1.17 15 300 9626 -31.7 -35.0 73 3.2 -32.3 209 52 340.6 340.8 295.1 343.1 0.65 16 250 10892 -40.8 -48.9 42 8.1 -41.4 201 63 345.3 345.4 295.7 346.1 0.18 17 200 12369 -52.8 -58.6 50 5.8 -53.0 192 64 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.07 18 150 14172 -64.5 -78.4 13 13.9 -64.7 217 50 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16618 -68.2 -84.9 7 16.8 -68.2 218 28 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.00 m Freezing level: 599.66 mb = 4389.43 m = 14400.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.08 mb = 4210.67 m = 13814.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.94 mb = 516.96 m = 1696.04 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 5.70 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1411.49 m = 4630.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.19 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: 0.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 33.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.88 mb = 953.25 m = 3127.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.88 mb = 4359.40 m = 14302.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 571.88 mb = 4766.58 m = 15638.18 ft B at Equ Level: 13.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 471.88 mb = 6270.96 m = 20573.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 70.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 59.21 m/s