MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 1006 65 22.7 22.1 96 0.6 22.3 31 6 295.4 298.4 295.3 344.0 16.92 1 1000 117 22.1 22.1 100 -0.0 22.1 31 8 295.2 298.3 295.3 343.8 16.95 2 950 563 20.7 20.7 100 -0.0 20.7 75 15 298.2 301.2 295.7 345.8 16.41 3 900 1031 18.4 18.5 100 -0.0 18.5 110 14 300.5 303.3 295.4 344.5 15.02 4 850 1520 15.0 14.9 100 0.1 15.0 153 16 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.2 12.66 5 800 2032 12.2 11.5 96 0.7 11.7 182 17 304.1 306.1 293.3 336.1 10.72 6 750 2572 9.7 5.0 73 4.6 7.0 197 19 307.1 308.4 291.5 329.3 7.32 7 700 3142 6.7 -2.1 53 8.8 2.2 199 19 309.9 310.7 290.1 324.4 4.67 8 650 3747 3.7 -21.5 14 25.2 -4.6 202 25 313.1 313.3 287.6 316.7 1.05 9 600 4390 -1.1 -6.8 65 5.6 -3.7 196 32 314.8 315.6 290.9 327.1 3.84 10 550 5079 -4.8 -23.2 22 18.5 -10.2 201 32 318.4 318.7 289.4 322.1 1.07 11 500 5824 -7.5 -24.9 23 17.4 -12.5 203 39 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.4 1.01 12 450 6636 -12.3 -18.2 61 6.0 -14.3 210 50 327.8 328.2 293.0 334.8 2.02 13 400 7526 -18.4 -23.1 66 4.8 -19.7 215 47 331.1 331.4 293.4 336.4 1.48 14 350 8509 -24.6 -30.6 57 6.0 -25.8 220 43 335.7 335.8 294.0 338.8 0.86 15 300 9615 -32.5 -37.8 59 5.3 -33.3 213 53 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.4 0.49 16 250 10873 -41.9 -47.0 58 5.1 -42.2 210 64 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.22 17 200 12346 -53.0 -64.4 24 11.4 -53.2 208 76 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14162 -61.1 -82.5 4 21.4 -61.3 225 34 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16611 -67.8 -85.3 7 17.4 -67.9 270 15 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.64 m Freezing level: 611.66 mb = 4239.85 m = 13910.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.48 mb = 3336.78 m = 10947.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.62 mb = 137.56 m = 451.31 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 29.19 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 947.66 mb = 584.21 m = 1916.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.66 C = 78.18 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.56 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 28.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 879.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.53 mb = 512.33 m = 1680.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.53 mb = 835.52 m = 2741.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.53 mb = 10858.60 m = 35624.89 ft B at Equ Level: 878.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.53 mb = 14555.97 m = 47755.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.3 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 220.3 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 6.77 Bulk Shear: 130.05 m/s