MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 23.3 20.1 82 3.2 21.1 24 8 295.7 298.4 293.9 338.2 14.81 1 1000 145 21.5 19.8 90 1.7 20.3 25 9 294.6 297.2 293.4 336.5 14.66 2 950 588 19.1 17.5 91 1.5 18.1 12 12 296.6 299.0 293.1 335.2 13.40 3 900 1052 16.4 15.4 94 1.0 15.7 45 7 298.4 300.7 292.9 334.2 12.30 4 850 1538 15.8 12.2 79 3.6 13.5 187 0 302.7 304.6 292.8 334.0 10.57 5 800 2052 13.1 8.2 72 4.9 10.2 204 5 305.1 306.7 292.0 330.9 8.57 6 750 2592 10.1 4.1 66 6.0 6.6 224 5 307.5 308.8 291.3 328.4 6.85 7 700 3162 6.8 -1.0 57 7.8 2.8 234 7 310.1 311.0 290.6 325.9 5.09 8 650 3768 3.4 -5.9 50 9.4 -0.9 215 14 312.9 313.6 290.2 324.9 3.78 9 600 4412 0.1 -23.8 15 23.8 -7.2 212 14 316.2 316.4 288.5 319.4 0.93 10 550 5102 -4.1 -14.0 46 9.9 -7.9 214 16 319.2 319.6 290.9 327.0 2.35 11 500 5848 -8.3 -26.4 22 18.0 -13.2 216 24 322.9 323.0 290.6 326.0 0.89 12 450 6657 -13.5 -31.2 21 17.8 -17.4 218 30 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.6 0.63 13 400 7543 -18.7 -49.4 5 30.6 -22.6 209 35 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 14 350 8524 -25.1 -58.0 3 32.8 -27.9 201 36 334.8 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.04 15 300 9626 -33.3 -50.4 16 17.1 -34.8 197 42 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.13 16 250 10880 -42.8 -59.1 15 16.3 -43.6 202 48 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 17 200 12351 -52.3 -63.4 25 11.0 -52.7 205 60 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.04 18 150 14174 -60.8 -83.6 3 22.8 -60.9 214 28 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16638 -68.1 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.2 234 9 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.74 m Freezing level: 599.24 mb = 4422.75 m = 14510.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.24 mb = 3615.37 m = 11861.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.63 mb = 474.09 m = 1555.39 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.83 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.04 mb = 909.52 m = 2983.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.90 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: 0.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 28.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4413.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.73 mb = 708.72 m = 2325.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.4 neg: -20.7 tot: 36.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 57.58 m/s