MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 1007 65 22.5 21.0 92 1.4 21.5 14 6 295.0 297.9 294.4 340.2 15.76 1 1000 125 21.6 20.8 95 0.8 21.1 14 7 294.8 297.6 294.2 339.5 15.62 2 950 570 19.8 18.5 92 1.3 18.9 22 6 297.3 299.9 293.9 338.5 14.23 3 900 1035 16.3 16.3 100 -0.0 16.3 26 3 298.3 300.7 293.4 336.2 13.05 4 850 1521 15.2 13.3 89 1.8 14.0 189 3 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.7 11.39 5 800 2033 12.4 9.3 81 3.1 10.4 207 7 304.3 306.0 292.2 331.9 9.20 6 750 2572 9.5 6.7 83 2.8 7.9 215 10 306.9 308.5 292.2 331.9 8.25 7 700 3141 5.8 -1.3 61 7.0 2.2 222 11 308.9 309.8 290.1 324.3 4.99 8 650 3746 3.3 -7.2 46 10.6 -1.4 215 16 312.7 313.4 289.9 323.7 3.42 9 600 4390 -0.3 -16.8 28 16.5 -6.2 206 22 315.8 316.1 289.2 321.5 1.71 10 550 5079 -4.2 -28.5 13 24.3 -10.6 214 24 319.1 319.3 289.2 321.5 0.66 11 500 5825 -7.8 -29.3 16 21.5 -13.2 215 29 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.9 0.68 12 450 6636 -12.8 -42.9 6 30.1 -17.9 210 34 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.19 13 400 7522 -18.8 -46.7 7 27.8 -22.6 205 38 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.14 14 350 8503 -25.2 -61.2 2 35.9 -28.0 200 43 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 15 300 9605 -33.0 -59.9 5 26.9 -34.6 206 41 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 16 250 10863 -41.9 -61.6 10 19.8 -42.7 207 49 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 17 200 12340 -51.5 -71.4 8 19.8 -52.0 206 48 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14167 -61.3 -84.0 3 22.7 -61.5 215 33 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16613 -69.2 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 263 22 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.73 m Freezing level: 603.79 mb = 4340.83 m = 14241.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.89 mb = 3499.93 m = 11482.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.28 mb = 245.00 m = 803.80 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.42 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.49 mb = 757.50 m = 2485.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.14 C = 77.26 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 29.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.43 mb = 629.65 m = 2065.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.43 mb = 860.38 m = 2822.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 868.43 mb = 1338.61 m = 4391.70 ft B at Equ Level: 18.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 268.43 mb = 10372.03 m = 34028.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.7 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 243.7 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.5 neg: -1.9 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.82 Bulk Shear: 55.67 m/s