MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 1009 65 22.4 20.1 87 2.3 20.8 21 7 294.8 297.5 293.7 337.3 14.85 1 1000 142 20.9 19.9 94 1.0 20.2 20 8 294.0 296.6 293.3 336.1 14.75 2 950 585 19.3 17.8 91 1.5 18.3 11 10 296.7 299.2 293.3 336.1 13.63 3 900 1049 16.0 15.8 98 0.2 15.9 23 6 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.8 12.64 4 850 1535 15.8 12.3 80 3.5 13.6 252 1 302.7 304.7 292.9 334.3 10.65 5 800 2048 13.0 8.4 74 4.6 10.2 213 5 305.0 306.6 292.0 331.0 8.67 6 750 2588 9.7 5.8 77 3.9 7.4 222 5 307.1 308.5 291.9 330.5 7.71 7 700 3158 6.7 -4.5 45 11.2 1.3 222 8 309.8 310.6 289.4 322.1 3.90 8 650 3763 3.4 -5.3 53 8.7 -0.7 206 12 312.9 313.6 290.4 325.5 3.98 9 600 4407 -0.1 -25.3 13 25.2 -7.5 216 15 316.0 316.1 288.3 318.8 0.81 10 550 5098 -4.5 -10.6 63 6.0 -7.1 216 20 318.7 319.3 291.4 328.9 3.10 11 500 5842 -8.4 -19.6 40 11.2 -12.1 223 27 322.7 323.1 291.2 328.3 1.61 12 450 6651 -13.3 -43.8 6 30.5 -18.2 217 32 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.17 13 400 7538 -18.7 -47.6 6 28.9 -22.5 207 37 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.13 14 350 8519 -25.1 -61.5 2 36.3 -28.0 202 37 334.8 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.03 15 300 9620 -33.3 -63.2 3 29.9 -35.0 199 39 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.03 16 250 10875 -42.6 -58.1 17 15.5 -43.3 202 48 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.1 0.06 17 200 12347 -52.5 -62.9 27 10.4 -52.7 203 61 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14170 -60.6 -85.2 3 24.6 -60.7 214 27 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16631 -68.4 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.5 250 11 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.50 m Freezing level: 602.02 mb = 4381.42 m = 14374.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.15 mb = 3550.45 m = 11648.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.93 mb = 352.42 m = 1156.21 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.02 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 820.99 m = 2693.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.01 C = 77.02 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: 0.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 25.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.33 mb = 654.64 m = 2147.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.33 mb = 1073.97 m = 3523.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 887.33 mb = 1169.35 m = 3836.41 ft B at Equ Level: 14.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 847.33 mb = 1561.79 m = 5123.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: -15.2 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 53.53 m/s