MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 35.4,-84.22 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -84.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 975 385 25.4 18.5 66 6.9 20.6 340 4 300.8 303.3 294.7 341.6 13.91 2 950 609 21.8 16.9 74 4.8 18.5 345 4 299.3 301.6 293.6 336.9 12.88 3 900 1075 17.4 14.6 84 2.8 15.5 355 4 299.4 301.6 292.7 333.6 11.69 4 850 1562 15.4 9.3 67 6.1 11.6 77 3 302.2 303.8 291.2 328.0 8.66 5 800 2074 12.7 4.3 57 8.3 7.9 80 7 304.6 305.8 290.1 324.4 6.52 6 750 2612 9.2 2.3 62 6.9 5.5 79 12 306.6 307.7 290.3 325.1 6.04 7 700 3181 6.2 -6.0 41 12.3 0.6 85 12 309.4 310.1 288.8 320.4 3.48 8 650 3784 2.7 -13.6 29 16.4 -3.6 96 10 312.1 312.5 288.3 318.8 2.05 9 600 4426 -1.0 -13.6 38 12.6 -5.8 100 11 315.0 315.4 289.5 322.3 2.24 10 550 5116 -4.3 -27.5 15 23.1 -10.6 105 9 318.9 319.1 289.2 321.5 0.73 11 500 5859 -8.8 -30.2 16 21.4 -13.9 98 8 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.6 0.62 12 450 6667 -13.6 -35.5 14 21.8 -18.0 151 4 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.41 13 400 7552 -19.5 -45.5 8 26.0 -23.0 197 6 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 14 350 8527 -27.4 -54.3 6 26.8 -29.7 162 7 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.07 15 300 9618 -35.2 -59.8 6 24.6 -36.6 165 20 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.04 16 250 10872 -40.5 -66.0 5 25.5 -41.5 170 27 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 17 200 12361 -50.0 -74.4 4 24.4 -50.5 182 34 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14199 -59.0 -86.4 2 27.4 -59.2 213 27 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16669 -69.9 -85.1 9 15.2 -70.0 240 12 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.36 m Freezing level: 613.22 mb = 4256.33 m = 13964.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.07 mb = 3261.65 m = 10700.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.07 C = 82.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.17 mb = 1255.25 m = 4118.23 ft T: 16.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 17.28 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.29 mb = 1852.06 m = 6076.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: 3.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 18.02 C K Index: 21.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.18 mb = 1381.80 m = 4533.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.18 mb = 3378.59 m = 11084.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 493.18 mb = 5964.46 m = 19568.22 ft B at Equ Level: 30.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 383.18 mb = 7865.68 m = 25805.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.7 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 118.7 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.27 Bulk Shear: 13.35 m/s