MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 23.7 22.3 92 1.4 22.8 36 3 296.4 299.5 295.7 345.8 17.13 1 1000 112 23.1 22.2 95 0.8 22.5 41 3 296.2 299.3 295.7 345.6 17.13 2 950 558 20.5 19.4 93 1.1 19.8 119 5 298.0 300.8 294.8 341.9 15.11 3 900 1024 17.7 16.8 94 0.9 17.1 127 8 299.8 302.2 294.1 339.2 13.48 4 850 1512 14.8 14.3 96 0.6 14.5 180 12 301.7 303.9 293.7 337.4 12.11 5 800 2024 12.0 12.0 100 -0.0 12.0 172 21 303.9 306.0 293.6 337.0 11.09 6 750 2564 10.1 10.1 100 -0.0 10.1 187 24 307.5 309.5 294.1 339.0 10.40 7 700 3136 7.0 7.0 100 0.0 7.0 198 19 310.3 312.0 293.8 337.9 9.03 8 650 3742 3.6 -3.5 60 7.1 0.1 213 20 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.3 4.53 9 600 4387 -0.1 -11.1 43 11.0 -4.7 222 26 316.0 316.5 290.2 324.9 2.73 10 550 5079 -4.1 -4.9 94 0.8 -4.5 197 31 319.2 320.1 293.0 334.8 4.84 11 500 5826 -7.4 -24.5 24 17.1 -12.4 204 34 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.05 12 450 6638 -12.6 -40.0 8 27.4 -17.5 210 39 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.4 0.26 13 400 7525 -18.9 -49.7 5 30.8 -22.7 206 43 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 14 350 8506 -24.7 -52.1 6 27.4 -27.5 201 45 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.09 15 300 9611 -32.2 -46.1 24 13.8 -33.7 201 51 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.20 16 250 10873 -41.2 -50.5 36 9.3 -41.8 207 68 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.5 0.15 17 200 12349 -52.5 -64.2 23 11.7 -52.7 208 67 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14172 -62.3 -79.7 8 17.4 -62.4 217 39 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16616 -69.0 -85.0 8 16.0 -69.1 247 26 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.00 m Freezing level: 601.88 mb = 4363.16 m = 14314.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.17 mb = 3751.97 m = 12309.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.02 mb = 234.11 m = 768.08 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.52 mb = 755.24 m = 2477.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 502.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.28 mb = 637.53 m = 2091.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.28 mb = 964.28 m = 3163.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.28 mb = 9462.63 m = 31044.99 ft B at Equ Level: 500.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.28 mb = 13149.16 m = 43139.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.7 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 226.7 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 121.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 7.67 Bulk Shear: 65.55 m/s