MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 24.1 21.8 87 2.2 22.5 328 3 296.8 299.8 295.4 344.7 16.60 1 1000 111 23.6 21.5 88 2.0 22.2 327 4 296.7 299.7 295.3 344.1 16.40 2 950 558 20.5 20.5 100 -0.0 20.5 310 4 298.0 300.9 295.5 344.9 16.18 3 900 1024 17.9 15.6 87 2.2 16.4 235 1 299.9 302.2 293.4 336.5 12.50 4 850 1512 15.9 11.1 74 4.7 12.9 150 7 302.8 304.6 292.3 332.0 9.84 5 800 2025 13.5 6.3 62 7.2 9.2 176 3 305.5 306.9 291.2 328.2 7.50 6 750 2566 10.6 3.9 63 6.7 6.8 250 5 308.0 309.3 291.3 328.7 6.74 7 700 3137 6.6 -2.6 52 9.2 2.0 249 6 309.8 310.6 289.9 323.9 4.51 8 650 3741 2.3 0.5 87 1.9 1.4 214 7 311.6 312.8 291.9 330.6 6.10 9 600 4384 -1.2 -3.1 87 1.9 -2.1 225 17 314.7 315.7 291.9 330.8 5.08 10 550 5075 -4.8 -4.9 100 0.0 -4.8 198 21 318.3 319.3 292.8 333.9 4.85 11 500 5820 -7.5 -18.6 41 11.1 -11.3 199 30 323.9 324.2 291.7 329.9 1.76 12 450 6633 -12.4 -44.7 5 32.3 -17.6 214 34 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.16 13 400 7522 -17.9 -56.4 2 38.5 -22.1 210 38 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 14 350 8506 -24.1 -57.8 3 33.7 -27.2 206 47 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.04 15 300 9612 -32.3 -56.9 7 24.6 -34.1 204 53 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.06 16 250 10873 -41.7 -60.7 11 19.0 -42.5 207 65 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.04 17 200 12345 -52.8 -61.1 36 8.3 -53.1 209 74 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.05 18 150 14162 -61.6 -79.9 7 18.3 -61.7 233 32 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16615 -70.2 -84.8 10 14.6 -70.3 242 14 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.16 m Freezing level: 616.91 mb = 4166.31 m = 13668.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.55 mb = 3984.82 m = 13073.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.32 mb = 346.80 m = 1137.79 ft T: 21.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 16.73 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.25 mb = 729.88 m = 2394.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.78 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: 2.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 18.65 C K Index: 25.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 529.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.90 mb = 641.10 m = 2103.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.90 mb = 873.14 m = 2864.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.90 mb = 9707.26 m = 31847.57 ft B at Equ Level: 528.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.90 mb = 13525.73 m = 44375.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.8 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 239.8 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.5 neg: -11.9 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 23.83 Bulk Shear: 22.23 m/s