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: 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 23.3 22.0 92 1.3 22.4 34 4 296.0 299.0 295.3 344.2 16.76 1 1000 117 22.6 21.8 95 0.8 22.1 35 5 295.7 298.7 295.2 343.6 16.64 2 950 564 20.3 19.3 94 1.0 19.6 61 5 297.8 300.5 294.6 341.1 14.95 3 900 1029 16.4 16.4 100 -0.0 16.4 55 2 298.4 300.8 293.5 336.7 13.16 4 850 1516 15.4 13.7 89 1.7 14.3 182 4 302.3 304.5 293.6 336.9 11.68 5 800 2029 12.8 10.1 84 2.6 11.1 188 7 304.7 306.6 292.8 334.0 9.77 6 750 2569 9.7 5.1 73 4.7 7.1 217 11 307.2 308.5 291.6 329.5 7.34 7 700 3138 6.1 2.3 76 3.9 4.0 213 17 309.3 310.5 291.5 329.2 6.45 8 650 3742 2.9 -9.8 39 12.7 -2.4 208 16 312.3 312.8 289.1 321.3 2.80 9 600 4385 -0.9 -11.9 43 11.0 -5.3 216 19 315.0 315.5 289.8 323.4 2.55 10 550 5074 -4.5 -17.7 35 13.1 -9.1 218 26 318.7 319.0 290.1 324.5 1.73 11 500 5819 -7.9 -26.4 21 18.5 -12.9 214 35 323.5 323.6 290.7 326.6 0.89 12 450 6631 -12.4 -42.8 6 30.4 -17.6 212 36 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.19 13 400 7518 -18.9 -49.2 5 30.2 -22.7 204 39 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 14 350 8499 -25.3 -58.6 3 33.3 -28.0 201 46 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.04 15 300 9600 -33.0 -54.4 10 21.4 -34.6 201 47 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.08 16 250 10859 -41.7 -73.2 2 31.6 -42.6 200 56 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.01 17 200 12335 -51.7 -68.0 12 16.3 -52.1 209 52 350.8 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14161 -61.2 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.3 218 34 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16614 -69.5 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 246 24 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.36 m Freezing level: 611.97 mb = 4231.24 m = 13881.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.94 mb = 3508.26 m = 11509.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.83 mb = 232.77 m = 763.67 ft T: 21.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.74 mb = 693.67 m = 2275.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.58 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 431.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.25 mb = 606.68 m = 1990.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.25 mb = 744.27 m = 2441.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.25 mb = 9359.88 m = 30707.88 ft B at Equ Level: 430.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.25 mb = 12652.00 m = 41508.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 45.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 8.47 Bulk Shear: 50.96 m/s