MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 5Z 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 24.8 21.9 84 2.9 22.8 40 2 297.5 300.5 295.7 345.9 16.69 1 1000 110 24.3 21.7 85 2.6 22.5 48 2 297.5 300.5 295.6 345.5 16.56 2 950 558 20.8 19.7 93 1.1 20.1 12 2 298.3 301.1 295.1 343.1 15.42 3 900 1024 17.6 16.4 93 1.2 16.8 339 3 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.2 13.17 4 850 1512 14.6 13.7 95 0.8 14.0 315 2 301.4 303.5 293.3 335.8 11.68 5 800 2022 12.4 7.6 73 4.7 9.5 232 5 304.3 305.8 291.4 329.0 8.22 6 750 2561 9.7 3.4 64 6.4 6.2 245 9 307.2 308.4 290.9 327.0 6.51 7 700 3132 7.1 -0.8 57 7.8 3.0 220 12 310.3 311.3 290.7 326.4 5.17 8 650 3737 3.4 -3.6 60 7.0 -0.0 215 19 312.9 313.7 290.9 327.1 4.51 9 600 4382 -0.3 -8.5 54 8.2 -3.9 209 23 315.8 316.4 290.7 326.6 3.34 10 550 5073 -4.6 -8.7 73 4.1 -6.4 192 31 318.6 319.3 291.8 330.4 3.61 11 500 5819 -7.2 -16.2 49 9.0 -10.5 201 33 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.6 2.16 12 450 6632 -12.3 -22.8 41 10.5 -15.4 208 36 327.8 328.0 292.4 332.6 1.36 13 400 7522 -18.1 -21.2 77 3.1 -19.0 202 36 331.5 331.8 293.7 337.7 1.77 14 350 8507 -23.8 -31.9 47 8.1 -25.4 204 47 336.7 336.9 294.2 339.5 0.75 15 300 9614 -31.9 -41.1 40 9.2 -33.0 202 61 340.5 340.6 294.8 341.9 0.35 16 250 10876 -41.8 -47.5 54 5.7 -42.3 196 66 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.21 17 200 12348 -53.1 -56.8 64 3.7 -53.2 200 75 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.1 0.09 18 150 14160 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.2 230 41 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16630 -68.7 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.8 254 14 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.07 m Freezing level: 604.05 mb = 4329.87 m = 14205.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.64 mb = 3729.22 m = 12234.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.52 mb = 425.59 m = 1396.29 ft T: 21.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 795.36 m = 2609.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 27.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 483.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.35 mb = 710.55 m = 2331.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.35 mb = 944.68 m = 3099.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 328.35 mb = 8965.70 m = 29414.65 ft B at Equ Level: 483.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.35 mb = 13432.99 m = 44070.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 238.5 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: -12.5 tot: -4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 12.66 Bulk Shear: 38.20 m/s