MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 7Z 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 23.5 22.3 93 1.2 22.6 31 4 296.1 299.2 295.6 345.3 17.06 1 1000 117 22.8 22.1 96 0.7 22.3 35 4 295.9 299.0 295.5 344.9 16.99 2 950 564 20.4 19.1 92 1.3 19.5 75 3 297.9 300.5 294.5 340.7 14.76 3 900 1029 16.5 16.5 100 -0.0 16.5 51 1 298.5 300.9 293.6 337.1 13.25 4 850 1517 16.2 12.1 77 4.1 13.6 188 3 303.1 305.0 292.9 334.3 10.51 5 800 2030 12.9 9.5 80 3.3 10.8 180 6 304.9 306.6 292.5 333.0 9.39 6 750 2570 9.8 6.3 79 3.5 7.8 206 11 307.2 308.7 292.2 331.6 8.04 7 700 3139 6.7 -1.6 55 8.3 2.4 204 16 309.9 310.8 290.3 325.0 4.85 8 650 3743 2.7 -8.6 43 11.4 -2.2 207 18 312.1 312.7 289.3 321.9 3.07 9 600 4386 -0.8 -13.0 39 12.2 -5.6 209 23 315.2 315.6 289.6 322.8 2.33 10 550 5075 -5.0 -14.6 47 9.7 -8.5 213 27 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.6 2.23 11 500 5819 -7.7 -37.1 7 29.4 -13.8 215 35 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.9 0.32 12 450 6631 -12.5 -38.1 10 25.5 -17.4 213 37 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.32 13 400 7519 -18.7 -47.6 6 28.8 -22.5 202 39 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.13 14 350 8500 -25.0 -48.8 9 23.8 -27.7 200 47 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 15 300 9602 -32.8 -46.7 24 13.8 -34.2 200 51 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.19 16 250 10862 -41.7 -62.2 9 20.6 -42.5 197 59 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 17 200 12336 -51.7 -73.6 6 21.8 -52.1 207 56 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14160 -61.2 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.3 221 34 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16614 -70.1 -85.3 9 15.2 -70.2 244 25 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.88 m Freezing level: 611.47 mb = 4238.80 m = 13906.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.84 mb = 3449.89 m = 11318.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.95 mb = 214.18 m = 702.69 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 23.39 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.57 mb = 704.78 m = 2312.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.44 C = 77.79 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 27.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 429.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.82 mb = 619.99 m = 2034.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.82 mb = 757.85 m = 2486.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 858.82 mb = 1428.60 m = 4686.96 ft B at Equ Level: 19.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.82 mb = 12373.64 m = 40595.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.4 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 238.4 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.5 neg: -3.6 tot: 44.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 8.91 Bulk Shear: 48.23 m/s