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: 35.66,-81.70 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -81.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 181 SFC 965 489 18.8 16.8 88 2.0 17.5 49 7 295.0 297.3 292.0 331.2 12.61 2 950 623 17.8 16.1 90 1.7 16.7 50 13 295.3 297.5 291.8 330.3 12.20 3 900 1083 13.9 13.3 96 0.6 13.5 58 21 295.8 297.7 290.7 326.6 10.69 4 850 1565 13.6 12.7 94 1.0 13.0 84 12 300.4 302.4 292.4 332.5 10.92 5 800 2076 11.4 11.4 100 0.1 11.4 107 14 303.4 305.3 293.0 335.0 10.63 6 750 2614 8.8 8.8 100 0.0 8.8 106 13 306.1 307.9 293.0 334.8 9.52 7 700 3183 5.8 5.8 100 0.0 5.8 117 13 308.9 310.5 292.9 334.3 8.30 8 650 3788 3.3 3.3 100 0.0 3.3 110 12 312.7 314.1 293.3 335.9 7.48 9 600 4433 -0.5 -0.5 100 0.0 -0.6 107 6 315.5 316.7 293.0 334.9 6.14 10 550 5123 -5.1 -5.7 95 0.7 -5.4 124 6 318.1 319.0 292.4 332.7 4.54 11 500 5868 -9.4 -12.4 79 3.0 -10.5 149 8 321.6 322.2 292.1 331.5 2.96 12 450 6676 -13.7 -28.4 28 14.7 -17.3 171 12 326.0 326.2 291.4 328.9 0.82 13 400 7561 -19.1 -38.2 17 19.1 -22.3 199 15 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.5 0.35 14 350 8540 -24.0 -26.4 81 2.3 -24.6 167 24 336.4 336.6 294.6 341.0 1.27 15 300 9651 -31.3 -34.0 77 2.7 -31.8 167 44 341.2 341.3 295.3 343.9 0.72 16 250 10918 -40.8 -43.8 73 3.0 -41.1 176 65 345.3 345.4 295.9 346.6 0.31 17 200 12397 -50.6 -63.0 22 12.4 -51.0 200 75 352.6 352.6 297.3 352.8 0.04 18 150 14220 -62.3 -78.8 9 16.5 -62.4 204 53 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16671 -69.7 -83.9 11 14.1 -69.8 243 18 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.18 m Freezing level: 606.90 mb = 4344.01 m = 14251.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.32 mb = 4335.29 m = 14223.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.16 mb = 738.54 m = 2422.99 ft T: 16.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 4.50 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.10 mb = 1044.20 m = 3425.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.62 C = 67.31 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: 2.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 35.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.09 mb = 1091.43 m = 3580.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.09 mb = 1138.50 m = 3735.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.09 mb = 1233.43 m = 4046.63 ft B at Equ Level: 13.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 844.09 mb = 1624.05 m = 5328.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 104.1 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 134.1 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.6 neg: -3.1 tot: 61.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 17.01 m/s