MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 27.9 20.0 62 7.9 22.3 279 5 300.9 303.6 295.4 344.5 14.85 1 1000 86 27.0 19.8 65 7.2 21.9 279 5 300.1 302.8 295.1 343.1 14.69 2 950 536 22.3 18.7 80 3.6 19.8 273 6 299.8 302.4 294.8 341.9 14.39 3 900 1004 19.1 12.9 67 6.3 15.1 262 11 301.2 303.1 292.2 331.9 10.41 4 850 1494 16.4 10.8 69 5.6 12.9 237 12 303.4 305.2 292.3 332.1 9.64 5 800 2008 13.6 9.7 77 3.9 11.2 243 12 305.7 307.5 292.9 334.3 9.52 6 750 2550 11.1 5.9 70 5.2 8.0 242 14 308.6 310.1 292.3 332.3 7.77 7 700 3123 8.0 0.8 60 7.3 4.1 234 19 311.4 312.5 291.6 329.4 5.78 8 650 3730 4.1 -4.7 53 8.8 -0.2 225 23 313.6 314.3 290.7 326.7 4.14 9 600 4376 0.3 -8.2 53 8.4 -3.5 209 28 316.4 317.1 291.0 327.6 3.44 10 550 5069 -3.3 -18.4 30 15.1 -8.5 211 31 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.6 1.62 11 500 5815 -7.7 -25.0 24 17.3 -12.6 210 38 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.2 1.01 12 450 6628 -12.0 -27.2 27 15.2 -16.0 202 41 328.1 328.3 292.1 331.4 0.91 13 400 7517 -18.2 -33.7 24 15.5 -21.3 196 51 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.3 0.55 14 350 8502 -24.0 -41.9 18 17.8 -26.6 195 62 336.3 336.4 293.7 337.4 0.28 15 300 9610 -31.9 -36.5 64 4.6 -32.5 195 72 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.6 0.56 16 250 10872 -42.1 -57.3 18 15.1 -42.9 194 75 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.07 17 200 12339 -53.0 -68.6 13 15.6 -53.2 191 62 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14145 -63.5 -77.8 13 14.3 -63.7 212 58 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16593 -69.5 -84.7 9 15.2 -69.5 215 33 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.60 m Freezing level: 596.46 mb = 4425.00 m = 14517.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.82 mb = 3707.13 m = 12162.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.67 mb = 1064.59 m = 3492.71 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1623.40 m = 5326.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 27.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.20 mb = 1165.63 m = 3824.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.20 mb = 3382.10 m = 11096.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 378.20 mb = 7930.65 m = 26018.87 ft B at Equ Level: 104.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.20 mb = 9887.53 m = 32439.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -3.7 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 40.85 m/s