MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 1007 65 22.7 20.6 88 2.1 21.2 350 6 295.3 298.1 294.1 339.4 15.34 1 1000 124 22.0 20.3 90 1.7 20.8 351 8 295.1 297.8 294.0 338.6 15.15 2 950 569 20.1 18.8 92 1.3 19.2 351 9 297.6 300.2 294.2 339.6 14.50 3 900 1034 17.1 16.5 97 0.5 16.7 356 3 299.1 301.5 293.7 337.8 13.27 4 850 1521 15.2 11.6 79 3.5 12.9 166 5 302.0 303.9 292.3 332.1 10.17 5 800 2034 13.3 7.5 68 5.7 9.8 153 6 305.3 306.8 291.7 329.9 8.17 6 750 2574 10.7 0.6 50 10.0 5.3 250 2 308.2 309.2 290.2 324.6 5.34 7 700 3145 6.7 -0.1 62 6.8 3.1 232 7 309.9 310.9 290.7 326.7 5.42 8 650 3749 2.4 1.0 90 1.4 1.7 197 12 311.7 312.9 292.1 331.4 6.35 9 600 4392 -1.6 -5.1 77 3.5 -3.3 210 17 314.2 315.1 291.2 328.1 4.35 10 550 5081 -4.2 -21.3 25 17.1 -9.6 215 21 319.1 319.4 289.8 323.5 1.27 11 500 5826 -8.3 -41.9 5 33.6 -14.5 222 26 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.6 0.19 12 450 6636 -13.0 -40.3 8 27.3 -17.9 214 33 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.25 13 400 7523 -18.1 -53.2 3 35.0 -22.2 210 40 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.07 14 350 8507 -24.2 -60.9 2 36.6 -27.3 205 44 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 15 300 9614 -32.2 -52.7 11 20.6 -33.8 208 49 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.10 16 250 10874 -41.8 -49.3 44 7.4 -42.3 202 65 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.17 17 200 12343 -53.2 -61.8 34 8.7 -53.4 211 61 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.05 18 150 14159 -61.8 -80.9 6 19.1 -62.0 232 28 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16610 -69.3 -84.5 9 15.2 -69.4 254 13 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.70 m Freezing level: 620.17 mb = 4132.50 m = 13557.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.13 mb = 3960.26 m = 12992.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.23 mb = 332.71 m = 1091.55 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.95 mb = 854.88 m = 2804.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 28.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.16 mb = 676.89 m = 2220.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.16 mb = 2875.85 m = 9435.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.16 mb = 7463.90 m = 24487.58 ft B at Equ Level: 222.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 263.16 mb = 10519.62 m = 34512.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.1 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 246.1 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.4 neg: -13.2 tot: 35.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 4.83 Bulk Shear: 46.17 m/s