MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.03,-79.54 Latitude: 35.03 Longitude: -79.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 90 SFC 998 110 22.1 21.8 98 0.3 21.9 34 1 295.5 298.5 295.1 343.5 16.72 2 950 536 21.0 21.0 100 -0.0 21.0 141 12 298.5 301.5 296.0 347.0 16.69 3 900 1003 20.0 14.9 72 5.1 16.6 225 11 302.1 304.3 293.7 337.3 11.91 4 850 1495 17.0 12.2 73 4.8 13.8 230 13 303.9 305.9 293.2 335.3 10.54 5 800 2009 13.6 9.1 74 4.5 10.8 200 8 305.6 307.3 292.5 333.0 9.11 6 750 2550 10.0 9.2 95 0.8 9.5 187 10 307.4 309.2 293.6 336.9 9.76 7 700 3121 6.7 2.1 72 4.6 4.2 178 15 310.0 311.2 291.6 329.7 6.38 8 650 3726 3.3 -0.9 74 4.2 1.1 187 19 312.7 313.7 291.7 330.0 5.53 9 600 4371 -0.9 -1.3 97 0.5 -1.1 203 23 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.4 5.79 10 550 5062 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 195 28 319.2 320.2 293.2 335.3 4.99 11 500 5809 -7.8 -8.6 94 0.8 -8.1 198 31 323.5 324.3 293.5 336.8 4.01 12 450 6622 -12.4 -13.5 92 1.0 -12.9 194 37 327.6 328.2 293.8 337.8 3.00 13 400 7512 -18.1 -19.7 87 1.6 -18.6 199 39 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.5 2.01 14 350 8496 -24.6 -26.8 82 2.1 -25.1 194 49 335.5 335.8 294.3 340.0 1.22 15 300 9599 -33.1 -35.8 77 2.7 -33.5 194 59 338.7 338.8 294.6 341.0 0.60 16 250 10854 -43.3 -46.7 69 3.3 -43.5 195 60 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.6 0.23 17 200 12319 -53.5 -67.7 16 14.2 -53.8 202 58 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14119 -63.3 -73.6 23 10.3 -63.4 204 49 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16576 -68.1 -83.5 9 15.4 -68.2 215 30 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.83 m Freezing level: 610.52 mb = 4235.11 m = 13894.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.56 mb = 4047.54 m = 13279.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.83 mb = 143.93 m = 472.22 ft T: 22.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 14.00 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.07 mb = 1274.32 m = 4180.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 32.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 662.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.34 mb = 735.15 m = 2411.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.34 mb = 1868.65 m = 6130.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.34 mb = 11031.44 m = 36191.94 ft B at Equ Level: 662.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.34 mb = 13981.31 m = 45869.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.5 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 225.5 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.1 neg: -4.1 tot: 89.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 23.24 Bulk Shear: 28.52 m/s