MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 27.4 21.0 68 6.4 22.8 316 4 300.2 303.1 295.8 346.4 15.77 1 1000 92 26.7 20.7 70 6.0 22.4 315 3 299.8 302.7 295.6 345.2 15.52 2 950 543 22.1 19.7 86 2.4 20.5 303 4 299.6 302.4 295.4 344.6 15.41 3 900 1011 17.8 17.3 97 0.5 17.5 272 6 299.8 302.4 294.4 340.6 13.93 4 850 1500 16.2 10.5 69 5.7 12.6 247 10 303.1 304.8 292.0 331.0 9.39 5 800 2013 13.3 9.4 78 3.8 10.9 248 11 305.3 307.0 292.6 333.2 9.31 6 750 2554 10.8 4.2 64 6.5 7.0 235 12 308.3 309.5 291.6 329.4 6.91 7 700 3126 7.7 0.4 60 7.2 3.8 233 17 311.0 312.0 291.3 328.6 5.65 8 650 3733 3.9 -6.2 48 10.1 -0.8 226 22 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.1 3.70 9 600 4378 0.0 -12.5 38 12.5 -5.0 213 24 316.1 316.6 290.0 324.2 2.44 10 550 5070 -3.5 -16.3 36 12.8 -8.1 212 30 320.0 320.3 290.7 326.5 1.94 11 500 5816 -8.4 -12.5 72 4.1 -10.0 199 38 322.8 323.4 292.4 332.6 2.93 12 450 6628 -12.7 -32.6 17 19.9 -17.0 199 42 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.3 0.55 13 400 7515 -18.1 -34.4 23 16.3 -21.3 198 51 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.3 0.52 14 350 8502 -23.7 -44.7 13 21.0 -26.5 197 61 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.20 15 300 9612 -31.1 -39.3 45 8.1 -32.3 195 75 341.5 341.6 295.1 343.1 0.42 16 250 10876 -42.0 -49.9 41 8.0 -42.5 196 75 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.4 0.16 17 200 12346 -52.6 -68.9 12 16.3 -52.9 189 62 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14150 -63.5 -77.4 13 13.9 -63.6 215 59 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16606 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 220 30 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.69 m Freezing level: 599.63 mb = 4383.15 m = 14380.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.76 mb = 3623.41 m = 11887.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.36 mb = 873.73 m = 2866.54 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 15.38 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.13 mb = 904.30 m = 2966.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.91 C = 80.45 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: 2.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 27.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 514.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.33 mb = 892.98 m = 2929.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.33 mb = 940.52 m = 3085.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.33 mb = 9207.92 m = 30209.35 ft B at Equ Level: 514.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.33 mb = 13464.73 m = 44175.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.8 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 250.8 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.32 Bulk Shear: 45.51 m/s