MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 1002 64 27.8 20.4 64 7.4 22.5 260 4 300.8 303.5 295.6 345.4 15.22 1 1000 82 26.7 20.1 67 6.6 22.0 261 3 299.8 302.5 295.1 343.5 14.95 2 950 532 21.9 19.0 84 2.8 19.9 257 5 299.4 302.1 294.9 342.4 14.75 3 900 1000 19.2 12.4 65 6.8 14.8 245 11 301.3 303.1 292.0 331.1 10.10 4 850 1490 16.4 11.5 73 4.9 13.3 230 14 303.4 305.2 292.6 333.4 10.08 5 800 2003 13.0 10.2 84 2.7 11.3 231 15 305.0 306.8 292.9 334.4 9.84 6 750 2544 10.3 7.0 80 3.3 8.3 240 14 307.7 309.3 292.6 333.3 8.40 7 700 3116 7.6 3.7 77 3.9 5.4 236 19 310.8 312.2 292.5 332.9 7.15 8 650 3724 4.3 -4.7 52 9.0 -0.0 223 25 313.8 314.6 290.9 327.1 4.16 9 600 4370 0.8 -10.4 43 11.2 -3.9 213 27 317.1 317.6 290.7 326.5 2.90 10 550 5064 -3.4 -11.1 55 7.7 -6.6 206 32 320.0 320.6 291.7 329.8 2.97 11 500 5811 -7.0 -22.4 28 15.3 -11.8 207 37 324.4 324.7 291.4 328.9 1.27 12 450 6625 -11.6 -35.2 12 23.6 -16.6 204 47 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.2 0.43 13 400 7516 -17.9 -36.7 18 18.8 -21.3 200 52 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.3 0.41 14 350 8502 -24.0 -40.1 21 16.0 -26.4 198 61 336.4 336.4 293.7 337.7 0.33 15 300 9609 -31.9 -36.8 62 4.9 -32.6 195 76 340.4 340.5 294.9 342.5 0.54 16 250 10870 -42.2 -48.0 53 5.8 -42.6 192 80 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.1 0.20 17 200 12338 -53.1 -65.1 22 12.0 -53.4 192 62 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14149 -62.3 -77.6 11 15.4 -62.4 210 50 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16602 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 204 32 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.01 m Freezing level: 590.33 mb = 4504.20 m = 14777.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.36 mb = 3719.19 m = 12201.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.09 mb = 999.12 m = 3277.90 ft T: 19.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.43 mb = 1545.40 m = 5070.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.55 C = 87.00 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: 2.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 31.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.16 mb = 1103.80 m = 3621.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.16 mb = 2170.89 m = 7122.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 464.16 mb = 6385.91 m = 20950.88 ft B at Equ Level: 66.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 314.16 mb = 9277.53 m = 30437.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -1.6 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.64 Bulk Shear: 40.98 m/s