MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 1003 65 26.8 22.0 75 4.8 23.3 260 1 299.6 302.7 296.3 348.6 16.77 1 1000 95 25.3 21.7 80 3.6 22.8 272 1 298.5 301.5 295.9 346.8 16.59 2 950 544 20.7 20.2 97 0.4 20.4 269 4 298.2 301.1 295.4 344.4 15.92 3 900 1010 18.5 14.3 77 4.1 15.7 252 10 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.2 11.47 4 850 1499 16.0 11.3 73 4.8 13.0 227 15 302.9 304.8 292.4 332.4 9.93 5 800 2012 12.5 10.7 89 1.7 11.4 226 18 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.9 10.18 6 750 2551 9.2 6.5 83 2.7 7.6 226 16 306.6 308.1 292.0 331.3 8.13 7 700 3121 6.5 3.4 80 3.1 4.8 226 18 309.7 311.0 292.0 331.2 6.99 8 650 3728 3.4 0.7 82 2.7 2.0 221 22 312.8 314.0 292.3 332.2 6.19 9 600 4373 0.0 -6.3 62 6.3 -2.9 206 27 316.1 316.9 291.4 328.9 3.98 10 550 5065 -3.9 -6.8 80 2.9 -5.2 202 29 319.5 320.3 292.6 333.1 4.19 11 500 5812 -7.4 -14.9 55 7.5 -10.2 193 38 324.1 324.5 292.3 332.2 2.41 12 450 6625 -12.1 -18.4 59 6.3 -14.3 197 51 328.0 328.4 293.0 334.8 1.98 13 400 7515 -18.4 -26.8 47 8.4 -20.4 198 51 331.1 331.3 293.0 335.0 1.07 14 350 8498 -24.5 -43.6 15 19.1 -27.0 198 62 335.8 335.8 293.5 336.7 0.23 15 300 9604 -32.2 -42.0 37 9.9 -33.3 196 72 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.3 0.32 16 250 10864 -42.5 -53.7 28 11.3 -43.0 196 78 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.10 17 200 12332 -52.6 -68.0 14 15.5 -52.9 188 57 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14144 -61.6 -79.1 8 17.5 -61.8 212 44 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16601 -69.0 -84.8 8 15.9 -69.1 203 27 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.29 m Freezing level: 599.80 mb = 4375.36 m = 14354.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.92 mb = 3980.48 m = 13059.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.93 mb = 672.46 m = 2206.21 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 16.20 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 969.31 m = 3180.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.47 C = 81.44 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: 2.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 31.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 484.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.67 mb = 776.89 m = 2548.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.67 mb = 1602.70 m = 5258.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.67 mb = 9611.29 m = 31532.71 ft B at Equ Level: 482.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.67 mb = 13368.09 m = 43858.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.0 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 243.0 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: -11.3 tot: -1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.93 Bulk Shear: 48.82 m/s