MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 4Z 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 1005 65 24.3 21.7 85 2.6 22.5 4 3 297.0 300.0 295.4 344.7 16.48 1 1000 108 23.7 21.6 88 2.1 22.2 3 3 296.9 299.8 295.3 344.3 16.42 2 950 555 20.6 19.7 94 0.9 20.0 5 2 298.1 300.9 295.0 342.7 15.36 3 900 1022 17.0 17.1 100 -0.0 17.1 316 3 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.1 13.73 4 850 1509 16.8 10.4 66 6.4 12.7 277 3 303.7 305.4 292.2 331.6 9.34 5 800 2023 13.5 8.4 71 5.2 10.4 237 5 305.6 307.2 292.2 331.7 8.66 6 750 2564 9.9 5.6 74 4.4 7.4 232 7 307.4 308.8 291.9 330.6 7.62 7 700 3134 6.7 1.0 67 5.7 3.6 193 16 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.1 5.88 8 650 3739 3.2 -14.1 27 17.3 -3.5 196 23 312.5 312.9 288.4 319.0 1.97 9 600 4382 0.4 -34.6 5 34.9 -8.0 198 25 316.5 316.6 288.0 317.8 0.34 10 550 5074 -3.7 -30.2 11 26.6 -10.4 204 34 319.8 319.9 289.3 321.8 0.56 11 500 5820 -7.6 -22.0 30 14.4 -12.0 206 38 323.8 324.1 291.3 328.4 1.32 12 450 6632 -12.3 -36.1 12 23.8 -17.1 206 39 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.2 0.39 13 400 7522 -17.6 -41.7 10 24.1 -21.5 202 43 332.1 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.25 14 350 8509 -24.0 -33.2 42 9.3 -25.7 199 47 336.5 336.6 294.1 339.0 0.66 15 300 9616 -31.8 -45.8 24 13.9 -33.3 199 58 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 16 250 10879 -41.5 -54.0 25 12.4 -42.2 192 67 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.10 17 200 12351 -53.2 -63.7 26 10.6 -53.4 193 68 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.04 18 150 14162 -62.5 -79.9 8 17.4 -62.6 228 38 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16622 -70.3 -84.9 10 14.6 -70.4 229 25 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.96 m Freezing level: 595.57 mb = 4443.76 m = 14579.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.65 mb = 3435.12 m = 11269.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.82 mb = 393.37 m = 1290.57 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 720.06 m = 2362.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.73 C = 78.32 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: 2.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 17.93 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 374.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.28 mb = 653.30 m = 2143.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.28 mb = 792.09 m = 2598.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 874.28 mb = 1269.04 m = 4163.47 ft B at Equ Level: 15.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.28 mb = 12866.64 m = 42212.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.1 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 235.1 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -6.3 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.66 Bulk Shear: 48.81 m/s