MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 1008 65 22.2 20.5 90 1.7 21.1 0 7 294.7 297.5 293.9 338.4 15.26 1 1000 130 21.3 20.2 93 1.1 20.6 1 10 294.5 297.2 293.7 337.7 15.10 2 950 575 19.9 18.2 90 1.7 18.8 351 11 297.4 299.9 293.8 337.9 13.99 3 900 1039 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.1 2 4 298.2 300.5 293.2 335.6 12.86 4 850 1526 15.0 11.6 80 3.4 12.9 192 5 301.9 303.7 292.2 331.9 10.13 5 800 2038 13.2 6.5 64 6.8 9.2 183 5 305.3 306.7 291.2 328.2 7.59 6 750 2578 10.6 0.8 51 9.8 5.4 240 1 308.0 309.1 290.2 324.7 5.41 7 700 3149 6.6 -2.3 53 8.8 2.1 231 8 309.7 310.6 290.0 324.2 4.62 8 650 3753 2.7 -2.3 70 5.0 0.2 212 14 312.0 312.9 291.0 327.6 4.97 9 600 4395 -1.2 -16.5 30 15.3 -6.7 207 21 314.7 315.0 288.9 320.5 1.75 10 550 5085 -3.9 -35.3 7 31.4 -10.9 222 18 319.5 319.5 289.0 320.7 0.35 11 500 5830 -8.4 -27.3 20 18.9 -13.4 222 24 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.6 0.81 12 450 6639 -13.0 -39.4 9 26.4 -17.8 218 32 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.28 13 400 7527 -18.0 -56.5 2 38.4 -22.2 211 38 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.05 14 350 8512 -24.2 -60.9 2 36.6 -27.3 209 39 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 15 300 9618 -32.0 -50.7 14 18.6 -33.7 208 49 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.7 0.12 16 250 10878 -42.2 -48.8 48 6.7 -42.6 198 64 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.1 0.18 17 200 12347 -52.7 -65.1 21 12.4 -53.0 212 61 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14167 -61.7 -83.0 4 21.3 -61.9 228 26 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16618 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 262 10 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.28 m Freezing level: 615.98 mb = 4190.08 m = 13746.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.78 mb = 3767.89 m = 12361.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.34 mb = 275.81 m = 904.87 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 13.72 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.44 mb = 817.98 m = 2683.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.30 C = 77.54 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 26.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 118.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.87 mb = 666.57 m = 2186.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.87 mb = 992.37 m = 3255.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 874.87 mb = 1279.95 m = 4199.25 ft B at Equ Level: 16.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 794.87 mb = 2091.95 m = 6863.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.9 neg: -22.8 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.17 Bulk Shear: 54.33 m/s