MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 1009 65 22.1 21.0 93 1.1 21.3 9 7 294.5 297.3 294.1 339.3 15.66 1 1000 142 21.1 20.8 98 0.3 20.9 11 9 294.2 297.0 294.0 338.9 15.62 2 950 586 20.0 20.1 100 -0.0 20.1 92 12 297.5 300.4 295.1 343.1 15.73 3 900 1053 18.6 16.8 90 1.7 17.4 126 13 300.6 303.1 294.4 340.3 13.51 4 850 1543 16.1 14.5 90 1.6 15.0 132 8 303.0 305.2 294.1 339.4 12.29 5 800 2056 12.7 10.4 86 2.3 11.2 126 7 304.6 306.5 292.9 334.4 9.94 6 750 2595 9.6 2.9 63 6.7 5.9 133 9 307.0 308.2 290.6 326.3 6.31 7 700 3165 6.5 -0.9 59 7.3 2.7 159 14 309.7 310.6 290.5 325.6 5.13 8 650 3768 2.0 -3.6 66 5.6 -0.7 187 26 311.3 312.1 290.4 325.5 4.53 9 600 4410 -1.1 -2.8 88 1.7 -2.0 201 32 314.8 315.8 292.0 331.3 5.20 10 550 5101 -3.5 -4.8 91 1.3 -4.1 208 32 319.9 320.8 293.2 335.6 4.86 11 500 5850 -7.9 -10.2 84 2.2 -8.9 214 33 323.4 324.0 293.1 335.1 3.53 12 450 6659 -13.4 -20.7 54 7.3 -15.6 217 30 326.4 326.7 292.3 332.1 1.64 13 400 7548 -18.4 -34.6 23 16.2 -21.5 216 28 331.1 331.2 292.5 333.0 0.51 14 350 8529 -24.3 -55.6 4 31.3 -27.2 216 41 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.06 15 300 9633 -33.3 -56.4 8 23.1 -34.8 207 46 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.06 16 250 10889 -42.1 -55.9 21 13.7 -42.9 206 60 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.08 17 200 12359 -53.3 -57.7 59 4.4 -53.5 208 74 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.08 18 150 14178 -59.7 -84.6 3 24.9 -59.9 220 31 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16640 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 231 9 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.10 m Freezing level: 617.75 mb = 4182.28 m = 13721.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.23 mb = 3641.02 m = 11945.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.54 mb = 206.68 m = 678.09 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 889.90 m = 2919.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 31.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 425.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.24 mb = 565.90 m = 1856.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.24 mb = 1875.66 m = 6153.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 347.24 mb = 8585.93 m = 28168.71 ft B at Equ Level: 424.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.24 mb = 12776.22 m = 41916.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.9 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 215.9 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.5 neg: -18.6 tot: 136.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 4.21 Bulk Shear: 101.02 m/s