MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 21.7 19.9 89 1.9 20.5 15 6 294.2 296.8 293.3 336.1 14.65 1 1000 136 20.7 19.7 94 1.0 20.0 16 8 293.8 296.4 293.2 335.4 14.57 2 950 580 19.8 17.8 88 2.0 18.5 11 9 297.3 299.8 293.5 336.8 13.63 3 900 1044 16.3 15.6 96 0.7 15.9 25 5 298.3 300.6 293.0 334.7 12.51 4 850 1530 15.4 12.9 85 2.5 13.8 228 2 302.3 304.4 293.1 335.2 11.10 5 800 2043 13.1 8.3 73 4.7 10.2 212 6 305.1 306.7 292.0 331.0 8.62 6 750 2583 9.6 6.5 81 3.1 7.7 214 7 306.9 308.5 292.1 331.5 8.10 7 700 3153 6.6 -2.6 52 9.2 2.0 221 8 309.8 310.7 289.9 323.9 4.51 8 650 3757 3.4 -6.8 47 10.1 -1.3 205 12 312.8 313.4 290.0 324.0 3.54 9 600 4402 0.2 -31.2 7 31.5 -7.8 210 17 316.4 316.5 288.1 318.1 0.47 10 550 5092 -4.8 -10.4 65 5.5 -7.1 202 20 318.3 318.9 291.3 328.7 3.16 11 500 5837 -7.9 -30.7 14 22.8 -13.5 217 26 323.3 323.5 290.4 325.5 0.59 12 450 6645 -13.4 -43.5 6 30.1 -18.3 215 33 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.18 13 400 7531 -18.9 -50.9 4 31.9 -22.8 206 37 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.09 14 350 8512 -25.2 -61.6 2 36.3 -28.0 202 39 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 15 300 9613 -33.3 -62.2 4 28.8 -35.0 202 37 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 16 250 10868 -42.5 -59.6 14 17.1 -43.2 206 48 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 17 200 12341 -52.3 -63.6 25 11.2 -52.7 204 56 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.04 18 150 14165 -60.7 -87.3 2 26.7 -60.9 215 27 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16621 -68.4 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.5 257 14 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.58 m Freezing level: 597.59 mb = 4435.20 m = 14551.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.34 mb = 3518.13 m = 11542.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.64 mb = 296.66 m = 973.29 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 7.59 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.26 mb = 909.01 m = 2982.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.60 C = 78.07 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: 0.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 27.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.96 mb = 698.54 m = 2291.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.96 mb = 4644.16 m = 15236.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.96 mb = 5652.29 m = 18544.02 ft B at Equ Level: 31.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 401.96 mb = 7494.56 m = 24588.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.3 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 243.3 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: -12.8 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 53.68 m/s