MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 5Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 33.79,-78.82 Latitude: 33.79 Longitude: -78.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 12 25.4 24.7 96 0.7 24.9 102 4 297.6 301.2 297.7 355.0 19.77 1 1000 105 24.5 24.4 99 0.1 24.5 115 6 297.7 301.2 297.6 354.7 19.62 2 950 555 21.7 20.7 94 1.0 21.0 178 13 299.2 302.2 296.0 347.1 16.39 3 900 1024 19.3 16.9 86 2.4 17.7 192 15 301.3 303.8 294.6 341.3 13.57 4 850 1515 16.5 13.1 80 3.4 14.3 189 19 303.5 305.5 293.5 336.8 11.21 5 800 2029 14.0 10.6 80 3.4 11.9 206 23 306.1 308.0 293.4 336.4 10.09 6 750 2571 10.5 7.9 84 2.6 8.9 204 26 308.0 309.7 293.1 335.2 8.95 7 700 3144 7.4 5.9 90 1.5 6.5 211 23 310.7 312.3 293.4 336.5 8.38 8 650 3751 3.9 0.6 79 3.4 2.1 207 30 313.4 314.6 292.4 332.6 6.14 9 600 4398 0.4 -3.6 75 3.9 -1.6 202 34 316.5 317.5 292.3 332.2 4.91 10 550 5091 -3.1 -22.6 21 19.5 -9.2 205 35 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.3 1.13 11 500 5839 -6.7 -30.4 13 23.8 -12.6 204 35 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.1 0.61 12 450 6654 -11.5 -33.3 15 21.8 -16.4 199 33 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.7 0.51 13 400 7545 -17.5 -27.4 42 9.9 -19.9 195 37 332.3 332.5 293.3 336.0 1.01 14 350 8532 -24.7 -29.2 66 4.6 -25.6 195 35 335.5 335.7 294.1 339.1 0.97 15 300 9638 -32.0 -35.4 72 3.4 -32.6 205 44 340.2 340.3 295.0 342.6 0.63 16 250 10901 -41.2 -46.3 58 5.1 -41.6 206 47 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.8 0.24 17 200 12378 -52.3 -61.2 33 8.9 -52.6 198 51 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.05 18 150 14186 -63.1 -81.1 7 18.0 -63.3 215 40 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16626 -70.8 -86.4 8 15.7 -70.8 240 27 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.72 m Freezing level: 594.89 mb = 4468.54 m = 14660.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.16 mb = 4117.75 m = 13509.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.61 mb = 90.63 m = 297.34 ft T: 24.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 19.87 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 655.68 m = 2151.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1168.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.51 mb = 568.81 m = 1866.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.51 mb = 800.55 m = 2626.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.51 mb = 11945.31 m = 39190.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1165.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.51 mb = 15863.51 m = 52045.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.9 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 231.9 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 112.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 18.90 Bulk Shear: 61.82 m/s