MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 1007 65 22.6 22.0 96 0.6 22.2 22 8 295.2 298.2 295.1 343.3 16.75 1 1000 123 21.9 21.9 100 -0.0 21.9 22 10 295.0 298.0 295.0 343.0 16.74 2 950 569 20.4 20.5 100 -0.0 20.5 75 16 297.9 300.9 295.4 344.8 16.14 3 900 1036 18.0 17.9 100 0.0 17.9 104 9 300.0 302.7 294.9 342.5 14.52 4 850 1524 16.0 14.0 88 2.0 14.7 154 10 302.9 305.1 293.9 338.3 11.95 5 800 2037 13.0 9.2 78 3.8 10.7 181 12 305.0 306.7 292.4 332.6 9.20 6 750 2577 9.2 7.9 91 1.3 8.4 189 18 306.6 308.2 292.7 333.6 8.94 7 700 3146 5.8 0.1 67 5.6 2.8 192 17 308.9 309.9 290.6 326.0 5.53 8 650 3749 2.5 -7.3 48 9.8 -1.9 186 25 311.8 312.5 289.6 322.7 3.41 9 600 4390 -1.6 -15.5 34 13.9 -6.7 189 33 314.2 314.6 288.9 320.5 1.90 10 550 5080 -4.1 -8.9 69 4.9 -6.2 200 34 319.2 319.9 291.9 330.8 3.54 11 500 5829 -6.6 -6.7 99 0.1 -6.6 216 34 325.0 325.9 294.4 340.4 4.64 12 450 6644 -12.0 -12.2 99 0.1 -12.1 220 34 328.1 328.8 294.2 339.5 3.35 13 400 7534 -18.5 -24.5 59 6.0 -20.1 213 34 331.0 331.2 293.2 335.7 1.31 14 350 8516 -24.9 -38.6 27 13.7 -27.0 208 37 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.7 0.39 15 300 9618 -33.1 -40.6 47 7.5 -34.0 205 52 338.7 338.7 294.3 340.1 0.37 16 250 10877 -41.8 -55.7 21 13.9 -42.6 208 63 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.08 17 200 12351 -52.7 -64.5 23 11.8 -52.9 208 72 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.03 18 150 14172 -60.4 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.6 222 31 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16626 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 253 12 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.95 m Freezing level: 619.72 mb = 4137.12 m = 13573.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.79 mb = 3504.60 m = 11497.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.10 mb = 139.42 m = 457.41 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.61 C/km ThetaE index: 13.07 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 947.66 mb = 589.97 m = 1935.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.44 C = 77.79 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 31.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 733.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.11 mb = 512.89 m = 1682.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 931.11 mb = 742.10 m = 2434.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.11 mb = 10576.57 m = 34699.60 ft B at Equ Level: 729.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.11 mb = 14125.57 m = 46343.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.8 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 218.8 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 149.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 5.52 Bulk Shear: 132.94 m/s