MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 1009 65 21.8 19.5 87 2.3 20.2 6 7 294.2 296.7 293.0 334.9 14.25 1 1000 145 20.5 19.2 92 1.3 19.6 6 8 293.6 296.1 292.7 333.8 14.09 2 950 587 19.1 18.2 95 0.9 18.5 22 12 296.5 299.1 293.5 336.8 13.97 3 900 1051 16.2 15.4 95 0.7 15.7 15 3 298.2 300.4 292.8 334.0 12.34 4 850 1538 14.9 13.2 89 1.7 13.8 212 3 301.8 303.8 293.1 335.1 11.29 5 800 2050 13.1 6.6 65 6.4 9.3 207 4 305.1 306.5 291.2 328.2 7.68 6 750 2590 10.6 0.5 50 10.0 5.2 190 4 308.0 309.0 290.1 324.4 5.31 7 700 3161 5.8 4.4 91 1.4 5.0 177 8 308.9 310.4 292.3 332.0 7.52 8 650 3764 3.1 -10.4 36 13.5 -2.6 212 18 312.4 312.9 289.0 321.0 2.65 9 600 4407 -0.7 -20.8 20 20.2 -7.2 214 18 315.4 315.6 288.6 319.5 1.21 10 550 5097 -4.0 -30.9 10 27.0 -10.7 218 16 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.3 0.53 11 500 5842 -8.4 -38.6 7 30.1 -14.4 215 22 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.8 0.27 12 450 6650 -13.5 -42.2 7 28.6 -18.3 214 31 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.21 13 400 7536 -18.5 -53.5 3 34.9 -22.5 212 34 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.07 14 350 8519 -24.7 -55.9 4 31.1 -27.6 207 37 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.06 15 300 9623 -32.7 -45.5 27 12.8 -34.0 202 46 339.2 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.22 16 250 10881 -42.3 -50.5 41 8.1 -42.9 201 60 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.7 0.15 17 200 12349 -52.8 -63.5 26 10.7 -53.1 210 58 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.04 18 150 14172 -60.9 -82.4 4 21.5 -61.0 221 21 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16636 -68.8 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 246 3 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.88 m Freezing level: 608.80 mb = 4294.06 m = 14087.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.05 mb = 3553.16 m = 11657.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.85 mb = 355.81 m = 1167.33 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 10.71 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 841.22 m = 2759.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.08 C = 77.14 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: 0.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.91 mb = 642.57 m = 2108.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.91 mb = 3056.06 m = 10026.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 568.91 mb = 4829.01 m = 15843.03 ft B at Equ Level: 28.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 428.91 mb = 7010.96 m = 23001.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.3 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 243.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.3 neg: -6.0 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 58.42 m/s