MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1006 65 24.3 22.2 88 2.1 22.8 142 2 297.0 300.0 295.8 346.2 17.03 1 1000 114 23.9 21.7 87 2.2 22.3 144 2 297.1 300.1 295.5 345.0 16.58 2 950 561 20.6 20.0 96 0.6 20.2 178 1 298.1 301.0 295.2 343.8 15.72 3 900 1027 17.8 16.0 89 1.8 16.6 43 0 299.8 302.2 293.6 337.3 12.79 4 850 1515 14.9 12.9 88 2.0 13.6 175 4 301.7 303.8 292.9 334.5 11.08 5 800 2027 13.5 5.5 58 8.0 8.9 207 6 305.6 306.9 290.9 327.0 7.09 6 750 2567 10.1 3.5 64 6.6 6.4 253 8 307.6 308.8 291.0 327.7 6.59 7 700 3138 6.4 2.0 73 4.4 4.0 229 11 309.6 310.8 291.5 329.2 6.34 8 650 3742 2.8 -1.9 71 4.7 0.4 222 15 312.1 313.1 291.2 328.2 5.12 9 600 4385 -1.5 -3.4 87 1.9 -2.4 194 17 314.4 315.3 291.7 330.1 4.96 10 550 5075 -4.4 -4.4 100 0.0 -4.4 202 22 318.9 319.8 293.1 335.0 5.02 11 500 5822 -7.6 -12.5 68 4.9 -9.6 207 32 323.8 324.3 292.7 333.5 2.92 12 450 6634 -12.7 -24.7 36 12.0 -16.0 209 39 327.3 327.5 292.1 331.3 1.14 13 400 7522 -18.3 -25.7 52 7.3 -20.2 206 40 331.1 331.4 293.2 335.4 1.18 14 350 8506 -24.5 -36.3 33 11.8 -26.4 202 55 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.7 0.49 15 300 9611 -32.3 -50.0 15 17.7 -33.8 201 63 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.13 16 250 10871 -42.1 -61.0 11 19.0 -42.9 197 70 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.04 17 200 12343 -52.0 -66.5 16 14.5 -52.4 205 75 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14162 -61.6 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 231 35 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16625 -69.5 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.5 266 13 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.07 m Freezing level: 617.27 mb = 4163.03 m = 13658.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3835.43 m = 12583.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.30 mb = 323.06 m = 1059.89 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 19.16 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.95 mb = 772.99 m = 2536.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.23 C = 79.22 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 31.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 570.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.37 mb = 676.62 m = 2219.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.37 mb = 909.66 m = 2984.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.37 mb = 9554.14 m = 31345.23 ft B at Equ Level: 569.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.37 mb = 13282.88 m = 43578.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.6 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 238.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.6 neg: -8.4 tot: 5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 31.96 Bulk Shear: 17.84 m/s