MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.02,-79.13 Latitude: 35.02 Longitude: -79.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 73 22.5 21.9 96 0.6 22.1 302 3 295.2 298.2 295.0 343.0 16.65 1 1000 111 22.1 21.7 98 0.4 21.8 305 2 295.2 298.2 295.0 342.8 16.57 2 950 557 20.1 19.8 98 0.3 19.9 5 8 297.6 300.4 294.9 342.4 15.47 3 900 1023 18.4 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 242 4 300.4 303.1 295.1 343.4 14.65 4 850 1512 15.6 13.7 88 1.9 14.3 207 8 302.4 304.6 293.6 336.9 11.64 5 800 2025 12.3 11.5 95 0.8 11.9 205 11 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.4 10.75 6 750 2564 9.0 8.9 100 0.0 8.9 207 14 306.3 308.1 293.2 335.3 9.61 7 700 3133 5.9 4.7 92 1.2 5.2 203 18 309.1 310.5 292.4 332.6 7.68 8 650 3738 2.8 1.2 90 1.5 1.9 200 25 312.1 313.3 292.3 332.2 6.45 9 600 4382 -0.6 -2.7 86 2.1 -1.6 196 34 315.5 316.5 292.3 332.1 5.24 10 550 5074 -3.9 -6.5 82 2.6 -5.1 199 38 319.5 320.3 292.6 333.4 4.29 11 500 5821 -7.9 -10.5 82 2.6 -9.0 201 35 323.4 324.0 293.0 334.8 3.44 12 450 6633 -12.5 -15.3 80 2.7 -13.6 194 35 327.5 328.0 293.4 336.3 2.59 13 400 7523 -18.2 -20.6 82 2.3 -19.0 192 39 331.3 331.6 293.8 337.8 1.86 14 350 8506 -25.1 -28.0 77 2.8 -25.8 198 49 334.8 335.1 294.0 338.8 1.09 15 300 9607 -33.6 -37.2 69 3.7 -34.0 192 54 338.1 338.2 294.3 340.1 0.52 16 250 10860 -43.0 -50.8 42 7.8 -43.4 191 60 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.14 17 200 12327 -53.0 -76.3 4 23.4 -53.3 192 51 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 14131 -63.4 -79.6 9 16.2 -63.5 207 46 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16583 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 227 17 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.90 m Freezing level: 608.32 mb = 4274.82 m = 14024.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.86 mb = 4081.01 m = 13388.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.00 mb = 145.79 m = 478.30 ft T: 21.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 11.22 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.23 mb = 645.89 m = 2119.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.37 C = 77.67 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 35.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 651.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.02 mb = 565.60 m = 1855.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.02 mb = 1273.73 m = 4178.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.02 mb = 10750.42 m = 35269.96 ft B at Equ Level: 648.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.02 mb = 13965.38 m = 45817.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.5 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 231.5 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.3 neg: -19.8 tot: 22.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 7.85 Bulk Shear: 83.04 m/s