MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1006 65 23.6 22.1 91 1.6 22.5 22 3 296.3 299.3 295.5 344.9 16.87 1 1000 115 22.9 21.9 94 1.1 22.2 25 3 296.1 299.1 295.3 344.2 16.72 2 950 562 20.4 19.3 94 1.1 19.6 89 3 297.9 300.6 294.7 341.4 15.01 3 900 1027 16.7 16.7 100 -0.0 16.7 346 0 298.7 301.1 293.7 337.7 13.41 4 850 1515 16.5 11.0 70 5.5 13.0 188 2 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.5 9.75 5 800 2028 13.2 8.5 73 4.8 10.3 190 6 305.2 306.9 292.1 331.4 8.72 6 750 2568 9.7 7.2 85 2.4 8.2 193 11 307.1 308.6 292.5 332.9 8.53 7 700 3138 6.4 0.6 66 5.8 3.3 198 19 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.2 5.71 8 650 3742 2.8 -8.7 42 11.5 -2.1 201 19 312.2 312.8 289.3 322.0 3.06 9 600 4385 -0.5 -5.9 67 5.4 -3.0 204 23 315.5 316.3 291.3 328.6 4.10 10 550 5075 -4.5 -19.6 30 15.1 -9.5 212 32 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.7 1.47 11 500 5820 -7.6 -32.2 12 24.6 -13.3 211 37 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.7 0.51 12 450 6632 -12.2 -40.2 8 28.0 -17.3 212 38 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.26 13 400 7521 -18.3 -56.5 2 38.1 -22.4 201 41 331.1 331.2 292.1 331.3 0.05 14 350 8504 -24.7 -45.4 13 20.6 -27.3 200 47 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.19 15 300 9608 -32.5 -42.4 37 9.8 -33.7 201 52 339.5 339.6 294.5 340.7 0.31 16 250 10869 -41.5 -57.5 16 16.1 -42.3 192 64 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.06 17 200 12342 -52.2 -66.5 16 14.4 -52.5 201 65 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14160 -61.6 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 223 36 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16614 -70.5 -85.6 9 15.1 -70.5 234 26 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.91 m Freezing level: 608.02 mb = 4282.05 m = 14048.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.71 mb = 3498.46 m = 11477.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.62 mb = 258.96 m = 849.59 ft T: 22.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 13.49 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.57 mb = 702.71 m = 2305.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.48 C = 77.87 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: 2.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 18.57 C K Index: 29.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 404.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.54 mb = 620.48 m = 2035.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.54 mb = 758.48 m = 2488.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 868.54 mb = 1330.70 m = 4365.77 ft B at Equ Level: 18.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.54 mb = 12388.69 m = 40644.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.0 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 235.0 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.9 neg: -10.3 tot: 46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 8.02 Bulk Shear: 50.47 m/s