MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 27.6 19.1 60 8.5 21.7 24 6 300.0 302.5 294.5 340.8 13.95 1 1000 147 25.2 18.7 67 6.5 20.7 24 6 298.4 300.9 293.9 338.2 13.71 2 950 595 20.6 17.9 84 2.8 18.7 23 8 298.1 300.6 293.8 337.8 13.67 3 900 1060 16.7 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 32 7 298.7 301.0 293.2 335.6 12.67 4 850 1547 15.1 10.9 76 4.2 12.4 29 4 301.9 303.7 291.9 330.5 9.65 5 800 2059 13.1 6.9 66 6.2 9.4 336 3 305.1 306.5 291.3 328.7 7.83 6 750 2599 10.2 3.9 65 6.3 6.6 245 1 307.6 308.9 291.2 328.2 6.75 7 700 3169 5.9 -2.9 53 8.7 1.5 224 4 309.0 309.8 289.6 322.8 4.42 8 650 3773 3.8 -17.3 20 21.1 -3.8 220 12 313.2 313.5 288.2 318.3 1.51 9 600 4417 -0.5 -10.9 45 10.4 -4.8 218 14 315.5 316.0 290.1 324.5 2.76 10 550 5109 -3.3 -37.3 5 33.9 -10.7 217 16 320.1 320.2 289.1 321.2 0.28 11 500 5855 -8.1 -26.8 21 18.6 -13.2 216 21 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.1 0.85 12 450 6663 -13.4 -38.5 10 25.0 -18.0 211 26 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.31 13 400 7550 -18.5 -53.4 3 34.9 -22.5 208 28 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.07 14 350 8533 -24.9 -60.6 2 35.7 -27.8 210 32 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.03 15 300 9636 -32.6 -41.1 43 8.4 -33.7 202 50 339.4 339.4 294.5 340.7 0.35 16 250 10895 -42.5 -46.2 67 3.7 -42.8 189 57 342.9 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.24 17 200 12362 -53.2 -59.3 48 6.0 -53.4 201 74 348.4 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.06 18 150 14191 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 192 32 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16644 -70.5 -84.7 11 14.2 -70.6 213 21 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.88 m Freezing level: 606.11 mb = 4338.35 m = 14233.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.53 mb = 3339.13 m = 10955.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.53 mb = 1130.80 m = 3709.92 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 22.51 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.03 mb = 1030.89 m = 3382.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.29 C = 79.32 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 2.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 19.01 C K Index: 25.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.72 mb = 995.78 m = 3266.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.72 mb = 2803.02 m = 9196.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.72 mb = 7332.66 m = 24056.99 ft B at Equ Level: 75.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 321.72 mb = 9135.72 m = 29972.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: -4.1 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.22 Bulk Shear: 34.84 m/s