MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 1Z 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 26.2 20.8 72 5.4 22.4 263 1 299.0 301.9 295.4 344.5 15.61 1 1000 99 25.8 20.5 73 5.3 22.1 278 1 298.9 301.7 295.2 343.6 15.34 2 950 548 21.5 19.5 88 2.0 20.1 265 1 299.0 301.8 295.1 343.3 15.21 3 900 1015 17.2 17.3 100 -0.0 17.2 282 3 299.3 301.8 294.3 339.8 13.89 4 850 1503 16.4 12.0 75 4.4 13.6 261 7 303.3 305.3 292.9 334.4 10.45 5 800 2017 13.9 7.1 64 6.7 9.8 247 7 305.9 307.4 291.7 329.9 7.94 6 750 2558 10.3 5.8 74 4.5 7.6 194 10 307.7 309.2 292.0 331.2 7.71 7 700 3129 7.2 1.1 65 6.1 3.9 175 10 310.5 311.6 291.4 328.9 5.94 8 650 3735 3.5 -2.1 67 5.5 0.6 202 15 312.9 313.8 291.4 328.8 5.05 9 600 4380 -0.3 -17.8 25 17.5 -6.4 206 22 315.8 316.1 289.0 321.0 1.57 10 550 5071 -4.1 -18.2 32 14.1 -8.9 207 31 319.3 319.6 290.2 324.9 1.66 11 500 5817 -7.1 -28.9 16 21.8 -12.7 202 36 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.0 0.70 12 450 6630 -12.3 -41.2 7 28.9 -17.4 201 40 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.23 13 400 7519 -17.8 -44.2 8 26.4 -21.8 203 46 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.19 14 350 8506 -23.7 -36.7 29 12.9 -25.9 201 54 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.5 0.47 15 300 9615 -31.9 -34.7 77 2.7 -32.4 198 61 340.4 340.5 295.0 342.9 0.67 16 250 10876 -41.6 -51.9 32 10.3 -42.2 187 71 344.3 344.3 295.5 344.8 0.13 17 200 12349 -53.7 -59.0 52 5.3 -53.8 187 71 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.07 18 150 14153 -62.6 -79.9 8 17.3 -62.7 221 52 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16622 -69.2 -83.9 10 14.7 -69.2 225 26 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.10 m Freezing level: 604.13 mb = 4326.48 m = 14194.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.50 mb = 3790.98 m = 12437.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.19 mb = 748.90 m = 2456.98 ft T: 19.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 14.60 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.09 mb = 852.71 m = 2797.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.37 C = 79.47 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: 2.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 29.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 371.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.24 mb = 832.48 m = 2731.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.24 mb = 879.55 m = 2885.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 864.24 mb = 1361.19 m = 4465.80 ft B at Equ Level: 6.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 804.24 mb = 1972.16 m = 6470.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.1 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 237.1 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -11.0 tot: -2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.81 Bulk Shear: 29.00 m/s