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: 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 24.0 22.3 90 1.7 22.8 20 1 296.7 299.7 295.7 346.1 17.11 1 1000 112 23.3 22.2 93 1.2 22.5 35 1 296.5 299.6 295.7 345.8 17.08 2 950 559 20.2 19.0 93 1.1 19.4 142 4 297.7 300.3 294.4 340.4 14.75 3 900 1025 17.8 17.1 96 0.6 17.4 147 8 299.8 302.3 294.4 340.2 13.80 4 850 1513 15.2 15.2 100 0.0 15.3 174 13 302.1 304.5 294.4 340.3 12.91 5 800 2026 12.2 11.7 97 0.5 11.9 178 19 304.2 306.2 293.5 336.7 10.89 6 750 2565 9.3 9.2 99 0.1 9.2 181 21 306.6 308.5 293.4 336.2 9.79 7 700 3134 5.7 5.3 97 0.4 5.5 167 17 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.3 8.02 8 650 3739 3.4 1.1 85 2.4 2.1 189 20 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.7 6.37 9 600 4385 -0.0 -6.9 60 6.8 -3.1 218 20 316.1 316.8 291.3 328.4 3.81 10 550 5077 -4.1 -5.1 93 1.0 -4.6 213 32 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.6 4.76 11 500 5823 -8.2 -11.4 78 3.1 -9.5 208 32 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.7 3.21 12 450 6634 -13.3 -21.2 51 7.9 -15.7 200 39 326.6 326.9 292.3 332.0 1.57 13 400 7520 -18.7 -39.5 14 20.8 -22.1 198 46 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.31 14 350 8503 -24.5 -33.6 43 9.0 -26.2 197 49 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.1 0.64 15 300 9609 -32.5 -54.0 10 21.5 -34.1 203 55 339.6 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.08 16 250 10870 -41.2 -44.5 70 3.4 -41.5 202 70 344.9 344.9 295.7 346.1 0.29 17 200 12344 -52.9 -58.6 49 5.8 -53.0 210 67 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.07 18 150 14165 -61.9 -79.3 8 17.4 -62.0 215 40 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16613 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 244 29 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.75 m Freezing level: 600.33 mb = 4380.53 m = 14371.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.81 mb = 3993.31 m = 13101.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.86 mb = 271.69 m = 891.37 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 11.89 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.08 mb = 741.65 m = 2433.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.59 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 38.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 514.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.64 mb = 644.32 m = 2113.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.64 mb = 971.20 m = 3186.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 315.64 mb = 9244.52 m = 30329.41 ft B at Equ Level: 514.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.64 mb = 13166.18 m = 43195.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.5 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 224.5 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.4 neg: -21.1 tot: 65.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 11.43 Bulk Shear: 45.06 m/s