MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 22.3 21.4 95 0.9 21.7 31 9 294.8 297.7 294.6 341.1 16.14 1 1000 127 21.4 21.3 99 0.1 21.3 33 11 294.5 297.4 294.4 340.6 16.10 2 950 573 20.8 20.7 99 0.1 20.7 75 15 298.3 301.2 295.7 345.8 16.37 3 900 1040 19.0 16.7 87 2.3 17.4 119 11 301.1 303.5 294.4 340.5 13.42 4 850 1530 16.0 14.3 90 1.7 14.8 132 6 302.9 305.1 294.0 338.8 12.11 5 800 2043 13.0 9.4 79 3.5 10.8 168 7 305.0 306.7 292.5 332.9 9.32 6 750 2583 9.2 7.2 87 2.0 8.0 176 12 306.5 308.1 292.3 332.3 8.50 7 700 3151 5.5 1.8 77 3.7 3.5 179 20 308.6 309.7 291.1 327.8 6.25 8 650 3753 1.7 -12.1 35 13.8 -3.7 176 25 310.9 311.4 288.2 318.4 2.33 9 600 4393 -1.9 -4.0 86 2.1 -2.9 189 28 313.9 314.8 291.4 328.9 4.74 10 550 5086 -2.9 -3.0 99 0.2 -2.9 216 31 320.7 321.8 294.0 338.7 5.58 11 500 5836 -7.2 -8.5 90 1.3 -7.8 222 34 324.3 325.1 293.7 337.6 4.02 12 450 6648 -12.6 -33.9 15 21.3 -17.1 216 33 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.1 0.48 13 400 7537 -18.0 -40.1 13 22.0 -21.7 212 36 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.29 14 350 8521 -24.8 -45.3 13 20.5 -27.3 212 42 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.19 15 300 9622 -33.5 -47.2 24 13.7 -34.7 205 48 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.0 0.18 16 250 10878 -41.8 -53.7 26 11.9 -42.5 210 63 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.3 0.10 17 200 12352 -52.6 -60.2 39 7.6 -52.8 209 71 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.06 18 150 14170 -60.4 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.6 224 31 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16628 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 244 11 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.89 m Freezing level: 626.43 mb = 4054.76 m = 13302.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.77 mb = 3437.36 m = 11277.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.74 mb = 172.45 m = 565.77 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 27.40 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 928.30 m = 3045.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.86 C = 82.14 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.20 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 679.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.29 mb = 579.01 m = 1899.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.29 mb = 1586.70 m = 5205.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.29 mb = 10495.26 m = 34432.85 ft B at Equ Level: 673.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.29 mb = 13594.79 m = 44601.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.5 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 218.5 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.5 neg: -11.9 tot: 137.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 5.74 Bulk Shear: 118.39 m/s