MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 27 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 1005 65 24.3 22.9 92 1.4 23.3 248 5 297.1 300.3 296.3 348.4 17.75 1 1000 108 23.5 22.7 95 0.8 23.0 247 6 296.7 299.9 296.1 347.7 17.67 2 950 555 20.4 19.6 95 0.8 19.9 268 7 297.9 300.7 294.8 342.3 15.31 3 900 1021 16.8 15.5 92 1.3 16.0 249 11 298.9 301.1 293.0 335.0 12.41 4 850 1508 14.8 13.9 94 0.9 14.2 245 9 301.7 303.8 293.4 336.5 11.81 5 800 2020 12.3 11.9 97 0.4 12.1 230 8 304.3 306.3 293.6 337.2 11.01 6 750 2560 9.5 9.5 100 -0.0 9.5 211 8 306.9 308.7 293.6 336.9 9.97 7 700 3131 6.8 6.8 100 0.0 6.8 219 10 310.1 311.7 293.7 337.4 8.92 8 650 3738 3.0 3.0 100 0.0 3.0 214 13 312.4 313.8 293.1 335.1 7.33 9 600 4382 -0.5 -0.5 100 0.0 -0.5 209 16 315.5 316.7 293.0 335.0 6.16 10 550 5074 -4.0 -4.0 100 0.0 -4.0 196 19 319.4 320.4 293.3 336.1 5.18 11 500 5822 -7.8 -7.8 100 0.0 -7.8 192 21 323.5 324.4 293.7 337.5 4.25 12 450 6634 -12.8 -13.2 97 0.3 -13.0 198 26 327.1 327.7 293.7 337.5 3.08 13 400 7525 -17.3 -17.7 97 0.4 -17.4 200 35 332.5 333.0 294.6 340.9 2.39 14 350 8511 -25.3 -26.9 86 1.6 -25.7 201 50 334.6 334.9 294.1 339.0 1.21 15 300 9610 -33.7 -45.4 30 11.7 -34.8 200 64 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.8 0.22 16 250 10865 -42.7 -52.3 34 9.7 -43.2 198 70 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.1 0.12 17 200 12334 -53.1 -66.7 18 13.6 -53.4 186 56 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14147 -61.2 -79.5 7 18.3 -61.4 213 37 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16600 -69.0 -83.2 11 14.2 -69.1 207 22 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.37 m Freezing level: 607.03 mb = 4291.41 m = 14079.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.22 mb = 4285.76 m = 14060.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.61 mb = 243.36 m = 798.41 ft T: 22.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 13.41 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.11 mb = 672.94 m = 2207.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.43 C = 77.77 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 36.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 561.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.92 mb = 619.73 m = 2033.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.92 mb = 757.71 m = 2485.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.92 mb = 10388.48 m = 34082.54 ft B at Equ Level: 559.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.92 mb = 13435.86 m = 44080.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.5 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 243.5 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -5.3 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 49.12 Bulk Shear: 11.44 m/s