MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 22.4 21.0 91 1.5 21.4 9 1 295.3 298.1 294.4 340.4 15.74 1 1000 98 21.8 20.9 95 0.9 21.2 13 1 294.9 297.8 294.4 340.2 15.79 2 950 544 20.4 20.5 100 -0.0 20.5 210 13 297.9 300.8 295.4 344.7 16.14 3 900 1012 19.9 15.8 77 4.1 17.2 222 8 302.0 304.4 294.2 339.4 12.67 4 850 1502 16.4 12.6 78 3.8 14.0 201 7 303.4 305.4 293.3 335.7 10.88 5 800 2016 13.4 9.9 80 3.4 11.2 172 12 305.4 307.2 292.9 334.3 9.63 6 750 2557 10.5 5.4 71 5.1 7.6 169 16 308.0 309.4 292.0 331.0 7.53 7 700 3129 7.4 1.7 67 5.7 4.2 172 19 310.7 311.8 291.6 329.8 6.17 8 650 3736 3.8 0.9 82 2.8 2.2 189 18 313.2 314.4 292.5 333.0 6.31 9 600 4380 -1.4 -3.6 85 2.2 -2.4 189 25 314.5 315.5 291.7 330.1 4.90 10 550 5071 -4.2 -10.3 62 6.1 -6.7 183 30 319.1 319.8 291.6 329.6 3.18 11 500 5818 -7.6 -10.4 80 2.8 -8.8 192 34 323.8 324.5 293.2 335.4 3.48 12 450 6629 -12.4 -14.1 88 1.6 -13.0 199 35 327.6 328.2 293.7 337.3 2.86 13 400 7520 -18.0 -20.0 85 1.9 -18.6 197 39 331.6 331.9 293.9 338.4 1.96 14 350 8504 -25.1 -27.6 80 2.4 -25.7 197 48 334.8 335.1 294.1 339.0 1.13 15 300 9606 -33.0 -36.0 75 2.9 -33.4 191 58 338.8 338.9 294.6 341.1 0.59 16 250 10863 -42.4 -48.9 49 6.5 -42.8 189 67 343.1 343.1 295.3 343.8 0.18 17 200 12333 -53.0 -69.8 11 16.8 -53.3 192 52 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14135 -64.6 -78.7 13 14.1 -64.7 205 54 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16579 -69.1 -85.6 7 16.5 -69.1 220 23 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.81 m Freezing level: 613.37 mb = 4208.03 m = 13805.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.20 mb = 4036.16 m = 13241.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.46 C = 86.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.69 mb = 250.06 m = 820.39 ft T: 21.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 14.91 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1238.10 m = 4061.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 30.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 471.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.01 mb = 654.05 m = 2145.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.01 mb = 1984.43 m = 6510.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.01 mb = 10008.33 m = 32835.33 ft B at Equ Level: 470.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.01 mb = 13241.21 m = 43441.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.7 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 216.7 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -37.0 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 21.09 Bulk Shear: 22.37 m/s