MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 1008 65 22.0 20.1 89 2.0 20.7 20 6 294.5 297.2 293.6 337.0 14.84 1 1000 133 21.1 19.8 92 1.3 20.2 21 7 294.2 296.9 293.3 336.1 14.65 2 950 577 19.8 18.0 90 1.7 18.6 16 7 297.3 299.8 293.7 337.3 13.84 3 900 1041 16.4 15.9 97 0.5 16.1 26 4 298.5 300.8 293.2 335.5 12.74 4 850 1528 15.2 12.7 85 2.6 13.6 200 3 302.1 304.1 292.9 334.4 10.91 5 800 2040 12.7 9.4 80 3.3 10.6 208 7 304.6 306.4 292.4 332.5 9.29 6 750 2580 9.5 6.6 82 2.9 7.8 217 9 306.9 308.4 292.2 331.6 8.16 7 700 3149 6.4 -4.8 45 11.1 1.1 220 10 309.5 310.2 289.2 321.6 3.83 8 650 3753 3.3 -5.1 54 8.4 -0.7 218 13 312.7 313.5 290.4 325.5 4.03 9 600 4398 -0.2 -23.0 16 22.8 -7.2 211 18 315.8 316.0 288.5 319.3 1.00 10 550 5088 -4.2 -20.7 26 16.6 -9.5 221 23 319.1 319.4 289.9 323.7 1.33 11 500 5833 -8.4 -25.3 24 16.9 -13.1 214 29 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.2 0.98 12 450 6641 -13.3 -45.0 5 31.6 -18.3 211 35 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.15 13 400 7527 -19.0 -57.1 2 38.2 -22.9 205 37 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.04 14 350 8507 -25.5 -58.1 3 32.7 -28.2 202 41 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.04 15 300 9608 -33.2 -60.1 5 26.8 -34.9 206 38 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.04 16 250 10864 -42.1 -62.0 10 19.8 -42.9 208 48 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 17 200 12340 -51.7 -70.7 9 18.9 -52.1 205 51 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14165 -61.0 -84.2 3 23.1 -61.2 213 30 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16612 -69.2 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 266 19 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.66 m Freezing level: 603.39 mb = 4354.04 m = 14284.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.44 mb = 3513.01 m = 11525.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.75 mb = 310.08 m = 1017.30 ft T: 20.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 15.77 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 886.09 m = 2907.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.59 C = 78.06 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 25.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.50 mb = 690.79 m = 2266.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.50 mb = 2774.38 m = 9102.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 442.50 mb = 6767.80 m = 22203.80 ft B at Equ Level: 54.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 342.50 mb = 8661.84 m = 28417.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.3 neg: -5.6 tot: 35.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 53.96 m/s