MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 8Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 33.69,-80.52 Latitude: 33.69 Longitude: -80.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 37 22.4 21.3 94 1.1 21.6 20 2 294.8 297.7 294.5 340.7 16.03 1 1000 112 22.8 21.2 91 1.6 21.7 12 5 296.0 298.9 294.8 342.3 16.09 2 950 560 20.4 19.3 94 1.0 19.6 25 2 297.9 300.6 294.7 341.4 15.03 3 900 1026 17.4 15.7 89 1.8 16.3 141 1 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.2 12.56 4 850 1514 14.8 13.8 94 1.0 14.1 172 4 301.6 303.8 293.4 336.3 11.75 5 800 2026 12.8 9.3 79 3.5 10.6 190 8 304.8 306.5 292.4 332.5 9.24 6 750 2566 10.5 -0.5 46 11.1 4.8 187 9 308.0 308.9 289.8 323.2 4.92 7 700 3137 6.7 0.9 66 5.8 3.6 168 11 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.0 5.84 8 650 3742 3.1 -3.2 64 6.2 -0.0 198 7 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.1 4.66 9 600 4386 0.3 -18.9 22 19.2 -6.3 218 15 316.4 316.7 289.1 321.3 1.43 10 550 5079 -2.9 -24.0 18 21.1 -9.3 225 14 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.1 1.00 11 500 5827 -7.1 -24.9 23 17.7 -12.2 223 18 324.3 324.5 291.1 327.9 1.02 12 450 6639 -12.8 -46.3 4 33.4 -18.0 219 26 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.13 13 400 7525 -19.1 -53.7 3 34.5 -23.0 216 27 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.06 14 350 8503 -26.1 -61.3 2 35.2 -28.7 210 28 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 15 300 9601 -33.5 -61.6 4 28.2 -35.1 214 32 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.03 16 250 10858 -42.2 -62.7 9 20.6 -43.0 203 43 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 17 200 12333 -51.5 -72.0 7 20.5 -52.0 206 42 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14165 -60.0 -85.5 2 25.4 -60.3 205 26 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16621 -69.9 -84.6 10 14.6 -70.0 250 20 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.61 m Freezing level: 595.72 mb = 4445.28 m = 14584.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.53 mb = 3735.15 m = 12254.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.70 mb = 167.61 m = 549.89 ft T: 22.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 13.05 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.66 mb = 811.60 m = 2662.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.34 C = 79.40 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 336.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.15 mb = 649.89 m = 2132.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.15 mb = 1071.75 m = 3516.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.15 mb = 9713.39 m = 31867.70 ft B at Equ Level: 332.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.15 mb = 12164.82 m = 39910.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.3 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 236.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: -6.0 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 15.16 Bulk Shear: 22.20 m/s