MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 1008 65 22.2 21.1 94 1.1 21.5 19 8 294.7 297.5 294.3 340.0 15.83 1 1000 136 21.2 20.9 98 0.3 21.0 21 10 294.3 297.2 294.1 339.3 15.75 2 950 581 20.1 20.0 99 0.1 20.1 76 12 297.6 300.5 295.1 343.2 15.72 3 900 1048 19.0 16.6 86 2.4 17.4 106 9 301.0 303.5 294.4 340.2 13.31 4 850 1538 16.3 13.8 85 2.6 14.7 146 5 303.3 305.4 293.9 338.1 11.74 5 800 2052 12.9 9.8 81 3.1 11.0 194 8 304.9 306.7 292.7 333.5 9.55 6 750 2590 8.6 4.8 77 3.8 6.4 197 11 305.9 307.2 291.0 327.7 7.19 7 700 3158 6.0 -6.3 41 12.2 0.4 185 16 309.1 309.7 288.7 319.9 3.42 8 650 3761 1.7 -0.3 86 2.0 0.6 196 18 310.9 311.9 291.3 328.7 5.75 9 600 4401 -2.5 -3.9 90 1.4 -3.1 195 25 313.3 314.2 291.3 328.4 4.80 10 550 5091 -3.8 -4.1 98 0.3 -4.0 207 29 319.5 320.5 293.3 336.1 5.12 11 500 5839 -7.7 -8.6 93 1.0 -8.1 222 30 323.7 324.4 293.5 336.8 3.98 12 450 6651 -12.8 -20.1 54 7.3 -15.1 221 30 327.2 327.5 292.6 333.2 1.73 13 400 7540 -18.0 -30.6 32 12.6 -20.8 211 34 331.6 331.7 292.9 334.3 0.75 14 350 8524 -24.6 -30.7 57 6.1 -25.8 205 43 335.7 335.8 294.0 338.8 0.85 15 300 9629 -32.8 -48.2 20 15.3 -34.3 203 48 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.16 16 250 10887 -41.6 -55.3 21 13.7 -42.3 205 63 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.08 17 200 12360 -53.0 -57.1 61 4.1 -53.2 207 71 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.2 0.08 18 150 14177 -60.5 -83.5 3 22.9 -60.7 219 31 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16635 -69.5 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 234 10 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.58 m Freezing level: 629.73 mb = 4020.39 m = 13190.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.92 mb = 3860.79 m = 12666.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.83 mb = 197.97 m = 649.49 ft T: 21.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 23.32 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1104.32 m = 3623.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.94 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 25.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 488.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.32 mb = 586.91 m = 1925.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.32 mb = 1901.70 m = 6239.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.32 mb = 9294.91 m = 30494.75 ft B at Equ Level: 487.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.32 mb = 12875.50 m = 42241.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 225.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.6 neg: -1.6 tot: 105.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 5.01 Bulk Shear: 97.38 m/s