MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 26.0 21.9 78 4.2 23.0 54 2 298.9 301.9 296.1 347.4 16.67 1 1000 99 24.6 21.8 84 2.9 22.6 55 2 297.8 300.8 295.8 346.1 16.65 2 950 547 20.4 19.3 94 1.0 19.6 1 4 297.8 300.6 294.7 341.4 15.02 3 900 1013 18.1 16.2 89 1.9 16.8 165 13 300.2 302.5 293.9 338.2 12.99 4 850 1502 16.1 13.7 86 2.4 14.6 199 19 303.0 305.2 293.8 337.8 11.71 5 800 2015 13.1 11.1 88 2.0 11.9 203 19 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.5 10.47 6 750 2555 9.9 7.4 85 2.5 8.4 207 20 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.5 8.65 7 700 3126 6.6 5.2 91 1.4 5.8 206 23 309.7 311.2 292.8 334.1 7.95 8 650 3732 3.1 0.3 82 2.8 1.5 209 24 312.4 313.6 292.0 331.2 6.01 9 600 4376 -1.0 -2.0 93 1.1 -1.5 213 23 315.0 316.1 292.4 332.4 5.50 10 550 5068 -3.7 -4.6 93 1.0 -4.1 192 32 319.7 320.7 293.2 335.7 4.93 11 500 5816 -7.6 -8.7 92 1.1 -8.1 192 32 323.8 324.6 293.6 337.0 3.97 12 450 6629 -12.4 -14.0 88 1.6 -13.0 187 38 327.6 328.2 293.7 337.5 2.89 13 400 7521 -17.6 -19.7 83 2.1 -18.3 186 42 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.2 2.01 14 350 8507 -24.5 -26.7 83 2.1 -25.1 188 49 335.7 335.9 294.4 340.2 1.24 15 300 9612 -33.0 -35.6 77 2.6 -33.3 193 56 338.9 339.1 294.6 341.3 0.61 16 250 10868 -42.3 -47.0 60 4.7 -42.6 194 73 343.2 343.3 295.3 344.1 0.22 17 200 12338 -53.0 -67.9 15 15.0 -53.2 192 71 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14143 -63.5 -78.9 11 15.4 -63.6 214 51 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16598 -68.8 -87.0 6 18.1 -68.9 224 26 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.26 m Freezing level: 611.98 mb = 4221.67 m = 13850.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.68 mb = 4051.79 m = 13293.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.01 mb = 591.96 m = 1942.12 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 13.91 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 882.70 m = 2895.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 402.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.64 mb = 733.37 m = 2406.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.64 mb = 1861.53 m = 6107.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.64 mb = 9735.90 m = 31941.53 ft B at Equ Level: 401.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.64 mb = 12839.67 m = 42124.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.9 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 229.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.3 neg: -13.1 tot: 138.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 5.34 Bulk Shear: 75.25 m/s