MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 23.2 20.7 86 2.5 21.5 340 5 295.9 298.7 294.4 340.3 15.44 1 1000 116 22.5 20.4 88 2.1 21.1 337 6 295.7 298.4 294.2 339.5 15.24 2 950 562 19.8 19.8 100 -0.0 19.8 340 7 297.3 300.1 294.8 342.1 15.51 3 900 1027 17.5 16.2 92 1.2 16.7 347 1 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.5 13.01 4 850 1514 15.6 11.2 75 4.4 12.9 168 6 302.5 304.3 292.2 331.9 9.89 5 800 2028 13.6 6.4 62 7.2 9.4 164 4 305.7 307.1 291.3 328.6 7.56 6 750 2569 10.9 1.0 51 9.8 5.6 253 4 308.4 309.4 290.4 325.4 5.51 7 700 3140 6.7 -1.2 57 7.9 2.7 234 6 310.0 310.9 290.5 325.6 5.03 8 650 3744 2.6 -0.7 79 3.3 0.8 198 8 311.9 313.0 291.5 329.3 5.58 9 600 4387 -1.1 -2.2 92 1.1 -1.6 194 18 314.9 315.9 292.3 332.1 5.45 10 550 5076 -4.2 -18.5 32 14.3 -9.0 212 23 319.1 319.4 290.2 324.6 1.62 11 500 5823 -7.6 -41.7 5 34.1 -14.0 214 28 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.20 12 450 6634 -12.8 -39.4 9 26.6 -17.6 214 34 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.28 13 400 7523 -18.0 -53.1 3 35.0 -22.2 209 39 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.07 14 350 8507 -24.0 -60.7 2 36.7 -27.1 204 47 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.03 15 300 9613 -32.3 -53.1 11 20.7 -34.0 204 52 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.09 16 250 10874 -41.8 -48.9 46 7.2 -42.2 205 69 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.7 0.18 17 200 12343 -53.2 -62.4 32 9.2 -53.4 209 68 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14158 -62.2 -80.2 7 18.1 -62.3 235 33 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16605 -70.0 -84.6 10 14.6 -70.1 251 15 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.97 m Freezing level: 614.68 mb = 4198.43 m = 13774.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.93 mb = 3957.78 m = 12984.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.61 mb = 383.92 m = 1259.57 ft T: 20.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 16.77 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.47 mb = 740.25 m = 2428.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.91 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 2.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.81 C K Index: 26.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 274.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.05 mb = 624.78 m = 2049.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.05 mb = 2814.68 m = 9234.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 378.05 mb = 7938.52 m = 26044.69 ft B at Equ Level: 274.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.05 mb = 11478.82 m = 37659.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -16.3 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.79 Bulk Shear: 35.26 m/s