MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 25.5 19.3 69 6.1 21.2 12 7 297.8 300.3 294.0 338.7 14.12 1 1000 151 23.2 19.0 77 4.2 20.3 12 7 296.4 298.9 293.4 336.5 13.94 2 950 596 19.1 17.0 87 2.2 17.7 23 11 296.6 298.9 292.7 333.9 12.90 3 900 1058 16.9 14.8 87 2.1 15.5 26 3 298.9 301.1 292.6 333.4 11.83 4 850 1546 14.9 11.4 80 3.5 12.7 6 4 301.8 303.6 292.1 331.5 10.04 5 800 2058 12.9 6.5 65 6.3 9.2 260 2 304.8 306.3 291.1 327.8 7.63 6 750 2598 10.1 5.0 71 5.1 7.1 206 3 307.5 308.9 291.6 329.8 7.31 7 700 3167 5.9 1.0 71 4.8 3.2 222 7 309.0 310.1 290.9 327.2 5.89 8 650 3772 4.0 -29.3 7 33.3 -5.2 219 16 313.5 313.6 287.2 315.4 0.52 9 600 4416 0.1 -33.4 6 33.5 -8.1 215 15 316.2 316.2 287.9 317.5 0.38 10 550 5108 -3.3 -39.9 4 36.5 -10.8 213 17 320.1 320.2 289.0 320.9 0.22 11 500 5854 -8.2 -28.1 18 19.9 -13.4 213 22 323.0 323.1 290.5 325.7 0.75 12 450 6663 -13.6 -38.8 10 25.1 -18.2 211 26 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.30 13 400 7548 -18.7 -49.2 5 30.4 -22.6 206 30 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.11 14 350 8530 -25.0 -58.0 3 33.0 -27.8 206 33 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.04 15 300 9634 -32.8 -47.6 22 14.7 -34.2 204 46 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.17 16 250 10891 -42.1 -45.4 70 3.3 -42.3 193 59 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.27 17 200 12359 -54.7 -58.4 63 3.7 -54.8 201 66 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.07 18 150 14178 -60.3 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.5 192 23 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16643 -70.1 -84.7 10 14.6 -70.1 176 15 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.22 m Freezing level: 599.26 mb = 4426.40 m = 14522.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.79 mb = 3394.33 m = 11136.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.94 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.50 mb = 837.69 m = 2748.29 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 14.39 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1310.17 m = 4298.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.57 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.18 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 29.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4403.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.39 mb = 885.15 m = 2904.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.6 neg: -6.5 tot: 17.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 46.37 m/s