MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 26.6 21.5 74 5.1 22.9 353 1 299.5 302.4 296.0 347.1 16.30 1 1000 96 25.4 21.4 79 4.0 22.6 353 1 298.5 301.5 295.7 345.8 16.26 2 950 545 20.8 20.6 99 0.2 20.6 332 1 298.3 301.2 295.6 345.4 16.24 3 900 1011 17.9 15.7 87 2.1 16.4 197 13 299.9 302.2 293.5 336.7 12.58 4 850 1500 15.9 13.7 87 2.2 14.4 211 16 302.8 304.9 293.6 337.3 11.66 5 800 2014 13.0 10.5 85 2.5 11.4 206 16 305.0 306.9 293.1 335.1 10.04 6 750 2554 10.0 7.6 85 2.3 8.5 207 20 307.4 309.0 292.8 334.0 8.78 7 700 3125 7.1 2.8 74 4.2 4.7 202 19 310.3 311.6 292.0 331.1 6.72 8 650 3732 3.2 -0.0 79 3.3 1.5 205 18 312.6 313.8 292.0 331.0 5.88 9 600 4375 -0.9 -2.7 88 1.8 -1.9 209 18 315.0 316.0 292.2 331.6 5.23 10 550 5068 -3.4 -5.5 86 2.1 -4.4 212 33 320.0 320.9 293.0 335.0 4.61 11 500 5816 -7.9 -9.7 87 1.8 -8.7 195 32 323.5 324.2 293.2 335.6 3.67 12 450 6628 -12.7 -21.6 48 8.8 -15.4 201 43 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.5 1.51 13 400 7517 -17.5 -22.8 63 5.3 -19.0 194 50 332.3 332.6 293.7 337.7 1.53 14 350 8506 -23.9 -25.8 84 1.9 -24.4 192 49 336.6 336.8 294.7 341.5 1.34 15 300 9610 -33.0 -36.3 73 3.2 -33.5 193 57 338.8 338.9 294.6 341.0 0.57 16 250 10869 -41.8 -45.7 66 3.9 -42.2 190 65 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.26 17 200 12340 -53.0 -64.6 23 11.6 -53.2 191 68 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14145 -63.5 -78.2 12 14.7 -63.6 211 56 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16600 -68.6 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.7 218 25 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.30 m Freezing level: 611.18 mb = 4231.50 m = 13882.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.77 mb = 4011.64 m = 13161.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.89 mb = 711.16 m = 2333.19 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 10.34 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.20 mb = 773.31 m = 2537.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.23 C = 79.22 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 584.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.30 mb = 725.88 m = 2381.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.30 mb = 866.08 m = 2841.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.30 mb = 10458.95 m = 34313.72 ft B at Equ Level: 581.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.30 mb = 13927.38 m = 45692.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.3 neg: -18.0 tot: 12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 11.02 Bulk Shear: 53.03 m/s