MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 1005 65 24.1 21.8 87 2.4 22.5 276 2 296.8 299.8 295.4 344.7 16.56 1 1000 111 23.2 21.6 90 1.7 22.1 278 2 296.4 299.4 295.2 343.8 16.43 2 950 557 20.1 17.4 84 2.7 18.3 281 10 297.6 300.0 293.3 336.1 13.29 3 900 1023 17.7 16.1 91 1.6 16.6 214 5 299.7 302.1 293.7 337.4 12.89 4 850 1511 14.9 14.3 96 0.6 14.5 174 12 301.8 304.0 293.7 337.6 12.14 5 800 2024 12.7 12.0 96 0.6 12.3 183 19 304.6 306.7 293.8 337.9 11.12 6 750 2564 9.5 8.0 90 1.5 8.6 186 21 306.9 308.6 292.8 334.1 9.01 7 700 3133 6.3 4.7 89 1.6 5.4 184 23 309.4 310.9 292.5 332.9 7.65 8 650 3738 2.5 1.7 94 0.8 2.1 188 24 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.5 6.67 9 600 4382 -0.4 -0.4 100 0.0 -0.4 191 31 315.7 316.9 293.2 335.4 6.22 10 550 5075 -4.1 -4.2 100 0.0 -4.1 195 35 319.2 320.2 293.2 335.7 5.12 11 500 5821 -8.2 -8.5 98 0.3 -8.3 197 34 323.1 323.9 293.4 336.4 4.04 12 450 6633 -12.6 -15.9 77 3.3 -13.8 205 33 327.4 327.8 293.3 335.8 2.46 13 400 7522 -18.3 -22.1 72 3.7 -19.4 202 41 331.2 331.5 293.6 337.0 1.63 14 350 8506 -24.8 -26.3 88 1.5 -25.2 196 43 335.3 335.6 294.3 339.9 1.28 15 300 9608 -32.9 -35.9 74 3.0 -33.3 199 60 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.3 0.60 16 250 10868 -42.2 -45.6 69 3.4 -42.5 191 69 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.3 0.26 17 200 12334 -53.5 -61.6 36 8.1 -53.7 187 61 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14135 -63.6 -74.5 21 11.0 -63.7 209 52 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16589 -69.1 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 218 29 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.49 m Freezing level: 606.35 mb = 4300.46 m = 14108.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.93 mb = 4276.55 m = 14030.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.76 mb = 360.47 m = 1182.65 ft T: 21.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 8.55 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 1056.24 m = 3465.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 35.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 175.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.24 mb = 784.79 m = 2574.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.24 mb = 2232.92 m = 7325.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.24 mb = 7330.85 m = 24051.05 ft B at Equ Level: 175.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.24 mb = 10590.98 m = 34746.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.7 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 222.7 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.9 neg: -29.2 tot: 51.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 68.24 m/s