MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 21.8 20.0 90 1.8 20.6 3 8 294.2 296.9 293.4 336.4 14.77 1 1000 135 20.7 19.7 94 1.0 20.1 4 10 293.8 296.5 293.2 335.5 14.61 2 950 579 19.7 18.0 90 1.7 18.5 2 12 297.2 299.6 293.6 337.0 13.77 3 900 1042 16.1 15.8 98 0.3 15.9 354 4 298.1 300.4 293.0 334.7 12.60 4 850 1530 15.2 12.1 82 3.1 13.2 214 4 302.1 304.0 292.6 333.1 10.48 5 800 2042 13.2 7.1 67 6.1 9.6 200 4 305.2 306.7 291.5 329.1 7.94 6 750 2583 10.6 0.5 50 10.0 5.2 215 3 308.0 309.0 290.1 324.4 5.30 7 700 3153 6.4 -0.0 63 6.5 3.0 217 10 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.5 5.45 8 650 3757 2.8 -6.9 49 9.7 -1.6 215 18 312.2 312.9 289.8 323.4 3.52 9 600 4400 -0.5 -23.3 16 22.8 -7.4 215 20 315.6 315.8 288.4 318.9 0.98 10 550 5090 -3.8 -29.7 11 25.9 -10.5 217 17 319.5 319.7 289.2 321.6 0.59 11 500 5835 -8.3 -35.9 9 27.6 -14.1 217 23 323.0 323.1 290.0 324.3 0.36 12 450 6644 -13.1 -43.5 6 30.4 -18.1 213 31 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.18 13 400 7532 -18.3 -53.5 3 35.1 -22.4 210 37 331.1 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.07 14 350 8515 -24.5 -58.0 3 33.4 -27.5 208 37 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.04 15 300 9620 -32.2 -51.5 13 19.2 -33.8 203 49 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.11 16 250 10878 -42.6 -50.2 43 7.6 -43.0 199 59 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.15 17 200 12348 -52.4 -64.3 22 12.0 -52.7 213 58 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.03 18 150 14173 -61.3 -82.7 4 21.4 -61.5 226 23 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16631 -68.7 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 254 6 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.85 m Freezing level: 606.89 mb = 4311.45 m = 14145.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.09 mb = 3545.28 m = 11631.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.34 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.96 mb = 283.98 m = 931.69 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 12.57 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.12 mb = 852.90 m = 2798.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C K Index: 29.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.00 mb = 669.59 m = 2196.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.00 mb = 995.01 m = 3264.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.00 mb = 1185.79 m = 3890.35 ft B at Equ Level: 16.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 825.00 mb = 1782.18 m = 5846.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.1 neg: -14.7 tot: 14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 60.48 m/s