MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 24.2 22.1 88 2.2 22.7 314 0 297.0 300.0 295.7 345.7 16.85 1 1000 105 23.4 22.0 92 1.4 22.4 322 0 296.5 299.6 295.6 345.2 16.88 2 950 551 20.0 19.3 95 0.8 19.5 299 8 297.5 300.2 294.6 340.9 14.97 3 900 1017 18.0 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 172 7 300.0 302.6 294.6 340.9 13.96 4 850 1505 15.3 13.9 91 1.4 14.4 186 17 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.0 11.80 5 800 2018 12.7 11.7 93 1.1 12.0 199 22 304.7 306.7 293.6 337.1 10.84 6 750 2557 9.6 8.6 93 1.0 9.0 194 23 307.0 308.8 293.2 335.4 9.38 7 700 3128 6.3 4.4 88 1.9 5.2 196 26 309.5 310.9 292.4 332.5 7.51 8 650 3734 3.0 0.7 85 2.3 1.7 197 28 312.3 313.5 292.2 331.7 6.19 9 600 4378 -0.2 -0.3 99 0.1 -0.2 201 28 315.9 317.1 293.2 335.7 6.26 10 550 5071 -3.7 -3.7 100 0.0 -3.7 198 28 319.7 320.7 293.5 336.8 5.30 11 500 5819 -7.7 -8.0 97 0.4 -7.8 194 30 323.7 324.5 293.7 337.5 4.18 12 450 6632 -12.8 -14.8 85 2.0 -13.5 188 34 327.1 327.7 293.4 336.3 2.70 13 400 7522 -17.9 -20.4 80 2.5 -18.7 189 36 331.8 332.1 293.9 338.4 1.88 14 350 8506 -24.6 -28.7 69 4.0 -25.5 188 46 335.5 335.8 294.1 339.3 1.02 15 300 9609 -33.2 -36.1 75 2.9 -33.6 191 52 338.7 338.8 294.6 340.9 0.58 16 250 10868 -42.0 -46.8 60 4.8 -42.4 189 74 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.5 0.23 17 200 12336 -53.8 -60.9 42 7.1 -54.0 189 64 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.05 18 150 14134 -64.4 -78.1 14 13.7 -64.5 209 56 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16587 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 222 27 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.81 m Freezing level: 602.69 mb = 4343.42 m = 14249.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.55 mb = 4303.93 m = 14120.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.71 mb = 336.91 m = 1105.34 ft T: 21.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 8.70 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 704.90 m = 2312.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.60 C = 78.08 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 467.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.39 mb = 629.71 m = 2065.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.39 mb = 1146.78 m = 3762.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.39 mb = 9929.62 m = 32577.10 ft B at Equ Level: 466.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.39 mb = 13486.15 m = 44245.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.2 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 227.2 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.7 neg: -36.2 tot: 51.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 6.57 Bulk Shear: 71.15 m/s