MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 35.05,-79.35 Latitude: 35.05 Longitude: -79.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 105 SFC 999 115 22.7 22.0 96 0.7 22.2 245 1 296.0 299.0 295.4 344.6 16.91 2 950 552 21.5 18.2 82 3.3 19.2 353 2 299.0 301.5 294.3 339.8 14.01 3 900 1019 17.1 17.0 100 0.0 17.1 340 2 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.1 13.71 4 850 1507 15.6 14.4 92 1.2 14.8 257 2 302.5 304.8 294.0 338.7 12.22 5 800 2020 13.9 6.0 59 7.9 9.2 243 5 306.0 307.3 291.2 328.1 7.33 6 750 2561 9.9 5.6 75 4.3 7.4 221 7 307.3 308.8 291.9 330.6 7.64 7 700 3131 6.5 2.0 73 4.5 4.1 194 10 309.7 310.9 291.5 329.3 6.35 8 650 3735 2.7 -8.7 43 11.4 -2.3 191 17 312.0 312.6 289.3 321.7 3.04 9 600 4378 -0.3 -16.4 28 16.2 -6.1 200 18 315.8 316.2 289.3 321.7 1.76 10 550 5069 -4.1 -20.8 26 16.7 -9.4 203 27 319.3 319.5 289.9 323.8 1.32 11 500 5815 -7.2 -30.1 14 22.9 -12.9 206 40 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.63 12 450 6628 -12.2 -43.4 5 31.3 -17.4 204 42 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.18 13 400 7517 -18.1 -47.0 6 28.9 -22.1 204 43 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.14 14 350 8502 -23.8 -48.8 8 25.0 -26.7 202 57 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.13 15 300 9610 -31.8 -38.4 52 6.6 -32.7 196 61 340.5 340.6 294.8 342.3 0.46 16 250 10872 -41.5 -50.7 36 9.2 -42.2 191 69 344.3 344.3 295.5 344.9 0.15 17 200 12346 -52.9 -66.7 17 13.8 -53.2 189 69 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14155 -62.3 -80.6 7 18.2 -62.5 228 47 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16627 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.8 220 23 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.40 m Freezing level: 604.47 mb = 4320.65 m = 14175.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.90 mb = 3513.72 m = 11527.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.97 mb = 201.56 m = 661.27 ft T: 22.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 16.49 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.38 mb = 891.59 m = 2925.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.52 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.14 mb = 790.56 m = 2593.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.14 mb = 931.73 m = 3056.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 859.14 mb = 1415.98 m = 4645.55 ft B at Equ Level: 14.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.14 mb = 11447.48 m = 37556.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.8 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 234.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -6.9 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.41 Bulk Shear: 31.55 m/s