MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.54,-80.55 Latitude: 35.54 Longitude: -80.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 106 SFC 985 236 20.6 20.2 98 0.4 20.4 84 2 295.0 297.8 294.0 338.9 15.31 2 950 550 19.1 18.7 97 0.5 18.8 127 4 296.6 299.2 293.9 338.2 14.40 3 900 1014 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.2 197 8 299.3 301.5 293.3 335.8 12.50 4 850 1501 15.3 12.2 81 3.2 13.3 193 14 302.2 304.1 292.6 333.4 10.54 5 800 2014 12.4 8.9 79 3.4 10.3 190 15 304.3 306.0 292.0 331.3 9.00 6 750 2553 9.6 6.1 79 3.4 7.5 199 13 306.9 308.4 292.0 330.9 7.91 7 700 3123 6.3 3.0 79 3.3 4.4 213 12 309.4 310.7 291.8 330.3 6.79 8 650 3727 3.0 -0.4 78 3.4 1.2 216 11 312.3 313.4 291.7 330.2 5.71 9 600 4372 -0.3 -1.6 91 1.3 -1.0 203 13 315.8 316.8 292.7 333.7 5.67 10 550 5064 -3.7 -3.7 100 0.0 -3.7 189 21 319.7 320.7 293.5 336.8 5.29 11 500 5812 -7.9 -8.6 95 0.7 -8.2 191 33 323.4 324.2 293.5 336.7 4.01 12 450 6624 -12.8 -14.5 87 1.7 -13.5 198 34 327.1 327.7 293.4 336.5 2.75 13 400 7513 -18.1 -20.3 83 2.2 -18.8 193 37 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.1 1.90 14 350 8496 -25.6 -28.6 76 3.0 -26.3 192 40 334.2 334.4 293.8 338.0 1.03 15 300 9596 -33.9 -36.8 75 2.9 -34.3 192 52 337.6 337.7 294.2 339.6 0.54 16 250 10845 -44.2 -47.7 68 3.5 -44.4 191 64 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 17 200 12302 -54.8 -65.5 25 10.7 -55.0 201 61 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14107 -62.5 -79.1 9 16.7 -62.6 208 53 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16564 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 218 21 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.75 m Freezing level: 604.84 mb = 4309.21 m = 14137.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.52 mb = 4074.88 m = 13368.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.74 mb = 283.40 m = 929.79 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 8.72 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1088.32 m = 3570.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.51 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.07 C K Index: 32.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.64 mb = 809.88 m = 2657.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.64 mb = 2478.96 m = 8132.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 496.64 mb = 5863.96 m = 19238.46 ft B at Equ Level: 70.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 336.64 mb = 8773.20 m = 28783.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.6 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 225.6 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 30.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 27.42 m/s