MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 25.3 21.9 81 3.5 22.9 76 1 298.0 301.0 295.8 346.3 16.64 1 1000 111 25.0 21.3 80 3.7 22.3 67 2 298.1 301.0 295.5 344.9 16.13 2 950 559 21.3 18.9 86 2.4 19.7 16 2 298.8 301.5 294.7 341.5 14.66 3 900 1026 18.2 16.0 87 2.1 16.7 328 1 300.2 302.6 293.8 337.8 12.83 4 850 1514 15.1 12.9 87 2.2 13.7 278 4 301.9 304.0 292.9 334.6 11.04 5 800 2026 12.4 8.6 78 3.8 10.1 252 5 304.3 306.0 291.9 330.7 8.79 6 750 2565 9.6 4.9 73 4.6 6.9 235 8 307.0 308.3 291.5 329.1 7.27 7 700 3135 6.8 0.5 64 6.4 3.5 214 14 310.1 311.1 291.0 327.7 5.67 8 650 3741 2.8 -2.5 68 5.3 0.2 209 14 312.2 313.1 291.0 327.6 4.91 9 600 4383 -1.4 -6.6 67 5.3 -3.8 208 22 314.5 315.3 290.9 326.9 3.88 10 550 5071 -4.7 -36.2 6 31.5 -11.5 210 35 318.6 318.6 288.6 319.7 0.32 11 500 5816 -7.9 -13.3 66 5.3 -10.0 200 44 323.4 323.9 292.4 332.6 2.75 12 450 6629 -12.0 -51.5 2 39.5 -17.5 203 45 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 13 400 7518 -17.7 -34.9 21 17.2 -21.1 204 49 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.8 0.49 14 350 8508 -23.0 -30.4 50 7.5 -24.5 196 48 337.8 338.0 294.6 341.1 0.87 15 300 9619 -31.5 -36.3 63 4.8 -32.3 202 65 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.1 0.57 16 250 10883 -41.1 -46.6 55 5.5 -41.5 192 66 345.0 345.1 295.7 346.0 0.23 17 200 12358 -52.8 -57.4 57 4.6 -52.9 196 66 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.6 0.08 18 150 14162 -64.0 -79.8 10 15.8 -64.1 222 59 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16616 -68.3 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.4 253 30 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.04 m Freezing level: 616.34 mb = 4172.85 m = 13690.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.53 mb = 3771.17 m = 12372.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.65 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.20 mb = 502.47 m = 1648.50 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 26.60 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 1024.54 m = 3361.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 29.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 408.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.80 mb = 857.22 m = 2812.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.80 mb = 1288.25 m = 4226.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 372.80 mb = 8039.90 m = 26377.32 ft B at Equ Level: 407.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.80 mb = 12265.98 m = 40242.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: -11.4 tot: -2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.61 Bulk Shear: 42.50 m/s