MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 22.6 20.8 90 1.8 21.3 10 7 294.9 297.7 294.1 339.3 15.48 1 1000 146 21.2 20.5 96 0.6 20.7 12 9 294.3 297.1 293.9 338.2 15.38 2 950 590 20.3 20.3 100 -0.0 20.3 96 12 297.7 300.6 295.3 344.0 15.97 3 900 1057 18.9 16.7 87 2.2 17.4 137 15 300.9 303.4 294.4 340.3 13.38 4 850 1546 16.1 13.3 83 2.9 14.3 157 16 303.0 305.1 293.5 336.7 11.34 5 800 2060 13.6 8.2 70 5.3 10.3 173 15 305.6 307.2 292.1 331.4 8.58 6 750 2602 10.9 2.7 57 8.2 6.3 192 13 308.4 309.5 291.0 327.4 6.18 7 700 3173 7.1 0.5 63 6.5 3.6 212 15 310.3 311.4 291.2 328.0 5.70 8 650 3778 3.1 -13.2 29 16.4 -3.3 217 16 312.5 312.9 288.5 319.4 2.12 9 600 4421 -0.3 -11.2 43 11.0 -4.8 213 24 315.8 316.3 290.2 324.6 2.70 10 550 5111 -4.3 -26.3 16 22.0 -10.4 210 19 319.0 319.2 289.3 321.9 0.81 11 500 5856 -7.8 -42.3 4 34.4 -14.2 216 23 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.18 12 450 6665 -13.4 -47.2 4 33.8 -18.4 213 26 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.12 13 400 7551 -18.8 -47.4 6 28.5 -22.6 213 30 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 14 350 8533 -24.5 -52.3 6 27.7 -27.3 214 38 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 15 300 9638 -32.5 -42.2 37 9.7 -33.6 204 51 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.9 0.31 16 250 10898 -41.7 -44.8 72 3.1 -42.0 202 70 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.28 17 200 12370 -53.5 -62.1 34 8.6 -53.7 204 82 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14192 -60.1 -84.9 2 24.8 -60.3 221 33 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16646 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 241 11 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.04 m Freezing level: 603.84 mb = 4371.92 m = 14343.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.90 mb = 3483.16 m = 11427.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.35 mb = 291.54 m = 956.49 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 16.67 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.24 mb = 1073.92 m = 3523.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 30.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 400.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.13 mb = 589.31 m = 1933.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.13 mb = 2655.50 m = 8712.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.13 mb = 9061.48 m = 29728.90 ft B at Equ Level: 399.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.13 mb = 12859.02 m = 42187.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.2 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 226.2 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 171.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 85.68 m/s