MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 31.24,-77.48 Latitude: 31.24 Longitude: -77.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 27.5 25.6 89 1.9 26.1 70 25 299.8 303.6 298.9 361.0 20.84 1 1000 87 26.3 24.6 90 1.7 25.0 70 29 299.5 303.1 298.2 357.4 19.79 2 950 539 22.5 22.4 99 0.1 22.4 70 38 300.0 303.3 297.4 353.4 18.21 3 900 1011 21.9 15.2 66 6.7 17.4 82 36 304.0 306.3 294.4 340.2 12.14 4 850 1504 18.1 12.3 69 5.8 14.3 86 30 305.1 307.1 293.6 336.9 10.61 5 800 2022 15.2 10.0 71 5.3 11.9 88 29 307.4 309.2 293.5 336.7 9.68 6 750 2566 11.9 9.4 84 2.6 10.3 86 28 309.5 311.4 294.3 339.8 9.92 7 700 3141 8.8 5.4 79 3.4 6.8 93 29 312.2 313.8 293.6 337.2 8.06 8 650 3752 5.5 -1.6 60 7.1 1.8 100 29 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.8 5.24 9 600 4401 0.8 -4.8 66 5.6 -1.9 101 30 317.1 318.0 292.1 331.5 4.48 10 550 5097 -2.2 -2.6 97 0.4 -2.4 110 30 321.5 322.6 294.4 340.2 5.76 11 500 5850 -6.0 -6.8 94 0.8 -6.4 124 24 325.7 326.6 294.6 341.0 4.61 12 450 6668 -10.7 -13.6 79 2.9 -11.9 132 18 329.8 330.4 294.3 340.0 2.98 13 400 7567 -14.6 -28.7 29 14.0 -18.2 142 20 336.0 336.2 294.1 339.3 0.90 14 350 8564 -21.4 -29.7 47 8.3 -23.3 151 28 339.9 340.1 295.1 343.4 0.93 15 300 9689 -27.6 -30.1 80 2.4 -28.2 152 31 346.4 346.6 296.7 350.4 1.05 16 250 10976 -36.7 -39.6 74 3.0 -37.0 155 35 351.6 351.7 297.4 353.5 0.49 17 200 12483 -48.1 -51.6 67 3.5 -48.3 172 33 356.6 356.7 298.2 357.3 0.16 18 150 14304 -64.7 -68.7 58 4.0 -64.7 192 38 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.02 19 100 16708 -74.1 -85.6 15 11.5 -74.1 268 8 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.11 m Freezing level: 586.11 mb = 4594.06 m = 15072.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.73 mb = 4060.24 m = 13320.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.82 mb = 239.71 m = 786.43 ft T: 25.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 24.27 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1139.31 m = 3737.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: 2.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 32.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 894.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.21 mb = 657.65 m = 2157.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.21 mb = 1481.89 m = 4861.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.21 mb = 10374.95 m = 34038.13 ft B at Equ Level: 894.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.21 mb = 15519.00 m = 50914.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.4 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 123.4 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.5 neg: -17.3 tot: 87.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 42.56 Bulk Shear: 21.03 m/s