MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 28 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 25.6 21.5 78 4.1 22.7 67 1 298.4 301.3 295.7 345.6 16.26 1 1000 108 25.2 21.1 78 4.1 22.3 44 1 298.3 301.2 295.4 344.6 15.93 2 950 556 21.3 19.2 88 2.1 19.8 340 2 298.8 301.5 294.8 342.1 14.88 3 900 1023 18.3 15.6 84 2.7 16.5 321 2 300.3 302.6 293.6 336.9 12.48 4 850 1511 15.3 12.6 84 2.7 13.5 276 5 302.1 304.1 292.8 334.1 10.82 5 800 2024 12.8 7.2 69 5.5 9.5 257 7 304.8 306.2 291.4 328.8 8.00 6 750 2563 10.0 4.5 69 5.4 6.8 234 10 307.4 308.7 291.4 328.9 7.06 7 700 3134 6.9 0.2 63 6.6 3.4 213 15 310.1 311.1 291.0 327.4 5.57 8 650 3740 3.4 -4.5 56 7.9 -0.4 211 15 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.2 4.21 9 600 4383 -1.3 -5.3 74 4.0 -3.2 209 24 314.6 315.4 291.2 328.3 4.29 10 550 5072 -5.0 -26.5 17 21.4 -10.9 207 35 318.1 318.3 289.0 320.9 0.80 11 500 5815 -8.1 -29.5 16 21.4 -13.5 205 45 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.6 0.66 12 450 6626 -12.2 -46.0 4 33.8 -17.5 205 46 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.14 13 400 7517 -17.1 -36.7 17 19.6 -20.8 202 55 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.3 0.41 14 350 8507 -23.5 -30.3 54 6.8 -24.9 201 58 337.1 337.3 294.4 340.4 0.88 15 300 9619 -30.9 -33.9 75 3.0 -31.4 200 58 341.8 341.9 295.4 344.5 0.72 16 250 10884 -41.2 -45.0 66 3.8 -41.5 189 69 344.9 344.9 295.7 346.0 0.28 17 200 12357 -53.2 -56.4 68 3.2 -53.4 193 65 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.09 18 150 14161 -63.5 -78.8 11 15.3 -63.7 220 58 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16612 -69.2 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.4 241 36 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.09 m Freezing level: 613.87 mb = 4204.57 m = 13794.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.21 mb = 3674.62 m = 12055.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.39 mb = 589.28 m = 1933.30 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 16.82 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1053.16 m = 3455.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 29.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 378.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.33 mb = 868.16 m = 2848.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.33 mb = 1299.87 m = 4264.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 381.33 mb = 7871.28 m = 25824.08 ft B at Equ Level: 377.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.33 mb = 11993.52 m = 39348.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.8 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 242.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -14.0 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.30 Bulk Shear: 45.57 m/s