MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1010 65 23.9 19.1 75 4.8 20.6 14 6 296.2 298.7 293.3 336.1 13.88 1 1000 153 21.8 18.7 82 3.2 19.6 14 7 295.0 297.4 292.8 334.1 13.66 2 950 596 19.2 17.3 89 1.9 17.9 25 11 296.6 299.0 293.0 334.6 13.17 3 900 1059 16.6 14.9 90 1.6 15.5 29 2 298.6 300.7 292.6 333.3 11.93 4 850 1547 15.0 12.0 82 3.0 13.1 334 2 301.8 303.8 292.4 332.6 10.41 5 800 2058 12.9 7.2 68 5.7 9.5 231 3 304.8 306.3 291.4 328.9 7.98 6 750 2598 10.1 3.7 64 6.4 6.5 199 5 307.6 308.8 291.1 327.9 6.66 7 700 3168 5.9 1.6 74 4.3 3.6 213 8 309.1 310.2 291.2 328.0 6.15 8 650 3772 3.5 -18.9 18 22.3 -4.3 218 16 312.9 313.1 287.9 317.3 1.32 9 600 4416 0.2 -33.4 6 33.6 -8.1 217 16 316.3 316.4 288.0 317.7 0.38 10 550 5107 -3.5 -34.2 7 30.7 -10.7 217 16 319.9 319.9 289.1 321.3 0.38 11 500 5853 -8.1 -36.5 8 28.4 -14.0 215 22 323.1 323.2 290.1 324.4 0.34 12 450 6662 -13.3 -41.9 7 28.5 -18.1 216 26 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.22 13 400 7548 -18.4 -49.4 5 30.9 -22.4 208 31 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.11 14 350 8532 -24.7 -55.7 4 31.0 -27.6 204 34 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.06 15 300 9635 -32.7 -51.8 13 19.1 -34.3 203 48 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.7 0.11 16 250 10892 -42.3 -48.4 52 6.0 -42.8 198 59 343.1 343.1 295.3 343.9 0.19 17 200 12361 -54.2 -59.5 52 5.3 -54.3 204 75 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14175 -61.0 -82.4 4 21.4 -61.1 206 21 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16643 -68.8 -85.3 7 16.5 -68.8 168 10 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.31 m Freezing level: 597.97 mb = 4443.97 m = 14579.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.11 mb = 3438.89 m = 11282.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.94 mb = 668.93 m = 2194.63 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1163.06 m = 3815.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.98 C = 80.57 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.12 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4715.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.67 mb = 808.77 m = 2653.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.1 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 249.1 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.1 neg: -4.9 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 46.72 m/s