MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 26.8 19.1 62 7.8 21.4 15 6 299.2 301.7 294.3 339.7 13.89 1 1000 149 24.4 18.6 70 5.8 20.4 15 7 297.6 300.1 293.6 337.1 13.63 2 950 595 19.7 17.7 88 2.0 18.4 15 8 297.2 299.7 293.4 336.4 13.54 3 900 1059 16.7 15.0 90 1.6 15.6 34 5 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.7 12.02 4 850 1547 14.9 11.1 78 3.8 12.6 9 4 301.8 303.6 292.0 330.9 9.84 5 800 2058 13.0 6.1 63 6.9 8.9 300 3 305.0 306.3 290.9 327.3 7.39 6 750 2599 10.2 4.4 68 5.7 6.9 228 2 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.0 7.02 7 700 3168 6.0 -2.1 56 8.1 2.0 224 7 309.1 310.0 289.9 323.7 4.68 8 650 3773 3.7 -15.1 24 18.8 -3.4 218 16 313.1 313.5 288.5 319.1 1.82 9 600 4417 0.1 -24.5 14 24.6 -7.2 216 16 316.3 316.4 288.5 319.3 0.88 10 550 5109 -3.4 -34.2 7 30.7 -10.6 213 17 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.4 0.39 11 500 5855 -8.3 -26.0 23 17.7 -13.1 213 23 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.2 0.92 12 450 6663 -13.6 -39.9 9 26.2 -18.3 208 25 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.27 13 400 7548 -19.0 -47.8 6 28.8 -22.7 206 29 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.13 14 350 8530 -25.2 -55.8 4 30.5 -28.0 211 31 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.06 15 300 9632 -32.7 -42.1 38 9.4 -33.7 206 46 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.6 0.31 16 250 10892 -42.3 -45.7 70 3.3 -42.6 189 61 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.26 17 200 12358 -53.4 -59.4 48 6.1 -53.5 203 69 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.06 18 150 14182 -60.2 -83.2 3 23.0 -60.4 189 28 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16639 -71.2 -84.7 12 13.5 -71.2 196 19 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.08 m Freezing level: 598.05 mb = 4444.00 m = 14579.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.88 mb = 3382.05 m = 11095.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.58 mb = 1043.86 m = 3424.69 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 12.42 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.66 mb = 1081.12 m = 3546.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 26.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.18 mb = 934.25 m = 3065.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.18 mb = 3072.25 m = 10079.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 658.18 mb = 3670.70 m = 12042.84 ft B at Equ Level: 8.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 568.18 mb = 4850.58 m = 15913.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: -8.2 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 39.18 m/s