MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 1003 65 26.6 21.5 73 5.2 22.9 27 1 299.5 302.5 296.0 347.1 16.28 1 1000 92 25.7 21.3 77 4.4 22.6 26 1 298.9 301.8 295.7 345.9 16.14 2 950 541 21.1 20.4 96 0.7 20.6 44 0 298.6 301.5 295.6 345.3 16.04 3 900 1008 18.5 15.6 83 3.0 16.5 216 13 300.6 302.9 293.6 337.2 12.45 4 850 1498 16.5 13.7 84 2.7 14.7 218 15 303.4 305.5 293.9 338.1 11.70 5 800 2012 13.6 9.4 75 4.3 11.0 218 15 305.7 307.4 292.7 333.5 9.27 6 750 2553 9.9 6.5 79 3.4 7.9 215 16 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.1 8.13 7 700 3123 6.8 3.9 81 3.0 5.1 209 15 310.0 311.4 292.3 332.3 7.23 8 650 3730 3.4 -0.5 75 4.0 1.4 211 10 312.9 313.9 291.9 330.6 5.66 9 600 4375 -0.0 -3.3 78 3.3 -1.7 217 14 316.1 317.1 292.3 332.0 4.99 10 550 5068 -3.7 -5.6 86 1.9 -4.6 203 27 319.7 320.6 292.9 334.5 4.57 11 500 5815 -8.0 -18.9 41 10.9 -11.6 197 34 323.3 323.7 291.5 329.2 1.72 12 450 6626 -13.4 -19.5 61 6.0 -15.3 199 47 326.3 326.7 292.4 332.6 1.82 13 400 7515 -17.2 -31.0 29 13.8 -20.3 198 52 332.7 332.8 293.2 335.3 0.72 14 350 8503 -23.7 -27.7 70 3.9 -24.6 193 54 336.8 337.0 294.6 340.9 1.13 15 300 9609 -32.4 -38.2 57 5.7 -33.2 193 64 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.5 0.47 16 250 10870 -41.8 -50.8 37 8.9 -42.4 191 72 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.4 0.14 17 200 12339 -53.4 -64.7 24 11.2 -53.7 190 69 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14147 -63.5 -77.8 13 14.4 -63.6 212 59 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16599 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 212 27 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.76 m Freezing level: 600.10 mb = 4373.51 m = 14348.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.56 mb = 4012.87 m = 13165.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.75 mb = 717.81 m = 2354.98 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 9.90 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 957.45 m = 3141.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 532.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.26 mb = 796.92 m = 2614.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.26 mb = 1830.99 m = 6007.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.26 mb = 10154.11 m = 33313.60 ft B at Equ Level: 531.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.26 mb = 13849.96 m = 45438.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.2 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 238.2 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 57.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 14.11 Bulk Shear: 37.75 m/s