MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 28 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 2.1 22.7 126 2 296.9 299.9 295.6 345.6 16.84 1 1000 111 23.5 21.8 90 1.7 22.3 133 2 296.7 299.7 295.5 345.0 16.71 2 950 558 20.7 17.8 84 2.9 18.7 151 5 298.2 300.6 293.7 337.8 13.63 3 900 1025 18.7 16.5 87 2.2 17.2 174 8 300.7 303.2 294.2 339.5 13.21 4 850 1514 16.2 13.7 85 2.5 14.6 185 10 303.1 305.2 293.7 337.6 11.65 5 800 2028 13.2 10.7 85 2.5 11.6 194 16 305.2 307.1 293.2 335.6 10.14 6 750 2569 9.9 7.8 86 2.2 8.6 200 16 307.4 309.0 292.9 334.3 8.87 7 700 3139 6.7 4.0 83 2.7 5.1 188 14 309.9 311.3 292.3 332.3 7.29 8 650 3746 3.0 1.2 88 1.8 2.0 190 19 312.4 313.6 292.4 332.4 6.43 9 600 4390 -0.4 -0.7 98 0.3 -0.6 206 28 315.7 316.8 293.0 334.9 6.07 10 550 5080 -4.5 -5.0 96 0.5 -4.8 197 27 318.7 319.7 292.9 334.2 4.79 11 500 5824 -9.4 -10.5 92 1.0 -9.9 190 35 321.5 322.2 292.5 332.9 3.45 12 450 6634 -12.7 -14.0 90 1.3 -13.2 193 36 327.3 327.8 293.6 337.1 2.88 13 400 7524 -18.0 -19.8 86 1.8 -18.6 195 35 331.6 332.0 294.0 338.6 1.99 14 350 8510 -24.5 -26.8 81 2.3 -25.0 194 47 335.8 336.0 294.4 340.2 1.22 15 300 9616 -32.3 -34.9 77 2.7 -32.7 193 47 339.9 340.1 294.9 342.4 0.66 16 250 10872 -42.2 -46.6 63 4.3 -42.6 200 70 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.2 0.23 17 200 12349 -51.7 -69.0 11 17.4 -52.0 204 61 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14172 -61.8 -80.1 7 18.3 -62.0 223 38 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16628 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 224 30 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.36 m Freezing level: 605.75 mb = 4315.59 m = 14158.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.98 mb = 4243.72 m = 13922.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.86 mb = 332.77 m = 1091.74 ft T: 22.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 7.82 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.20 mb = 1263.97 m = 4146.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.55 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 310.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.39 mb = 812.44 m = 2665.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.39 mb = 2161.14 m = 7090.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.39 mb = 8151.59 m = 26743.73 ft B at Equ Level: 309.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.39 mb = 11797.44 m = 38705.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.3 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 223.3 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.0 neg: -6.3 tot: 33.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 8.91 Bulk Shear: 34.84 m/s