MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z 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 1004 65 26.4 20.8 71 5.7 22.4 178 2 299.2 302.1 295.4 344.6 15.55 1 1000 97 26.0 20.5 72 5.5 22.1 177 1 299.1 301.9 295.2 343.8 15.32 2 950 547 21.6 19.6 88 2.0 20.2 178 1 299.1 301.9 295.2 343.6 15.27 3 900 1013 17.4 17.4 100 -0.0 17.4 289 1 299.4 302.0 294.4 340.5 14.05 4 850 1501 15.6 13.2 86 2.4 14.0 254 8 302.5 304.5 293.3 335.9 11.29 5 800 2014 13.7 7.1 64 6.6 9.7 241 8 305.8 307.3 291.6 329.8 7.93 6 750 2556 10.7 4.7 67 6.0 7.2 212 10 308.1 309.5 291.7 330.0 7.15 7 700 3128 7.4 2.4 71 5.0 4.6 200 11 310.6 311.9 291.9 330.8 6.50 8 650 3734 2.9 -3.5 63 6.4 -0.2 208 11 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.6 4.55 9 600 4376 -0.9 -1.3 97 0.5 -1.1 180 22 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.5 5.80 10 550 5068 -3.7 -6.0 84 2.3 -4.8 202 32 319.6 320.5 292.8 334.0 4.43 11 500 5815 -7.6 -33.0 11 25.4 -13.5 209 36 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.5 0.47 12 450 6628 -12.3 -34.4 14 22.2 -16.9 204 40 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.5 0.46 13 400 7517 -17.5 -48.3 5 30.8 -21.6 205 48 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.12 14 350 8506 -23.6 -27.9 67 4.4 -24.6 197 59 337.0 337.2 294.6 341.0 1.10 15 300 9615 -31.7 -37.1 59 5.3 -32.5 197 67 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.7 0.53 16 250 10877 -41.8 -53.2 28 11.3 -42.5 192 67 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.3 0.11 17 200 12348 -53.0 -66.7 17 13.7 -53.2 188 62 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14150 -63.3 -79.2 10 15.9 -63.4 217 53 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16618 -68.2 -83.5 9 15.4 -68.2 224 26 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.08 m Freezing level: 611.55 mb = 4228.00 m = 13871.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.23 mb = 3705.69 m = 12157.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.51 mb = 781.40 m = 2563.63 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 14.83 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.82 mb = 862.97 m = 2831.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.51 C = 79.71 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.10 mb = 841.52 m = 2760.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.10 mb = 888.67 m = 2915.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 333.10 mb = 8861.76 m = 29073.66 ft B at Equ Level: 416.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.10 mb = 13253.01 m = 43480.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.9 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 234.9 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -15.0 tot: -10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.69 Bulk Shear: 26.56 m/s