MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1010 65 24.4 19.8 76 4.6 21.2 18 8 296.7 299.3 294.0 338.7 14.55 1 1000 151 22.0 19.3 85 2.7 20.2 18 8 295.1 297.7 293.3 336.1 14.27 2 950 594 18.9 16.5 86 2.3 17.3 25 14 296.3 298.6 292.4 332.5 12.55 3 900 1058 16.8 15.1 90 1.7 15.7 22 8 298.8 301.0 292.8 334.1 12.08 4 850 1545 15.6 12.3 81 3.3 13.5 34 0 302.5 304.5 292.8 334.1 10.65 5 800 2058 13.2 8.3 72 4.9 10.2 212 5 305.2 306.8 292.0 331.0 8.59 6 750 2598 10.2 3.6 64 6.6 6.5 232 5 307.6 308.8 291.1 327.8 6.60 7 700 3169 6.8 0.3 63 6.6 3.4 197 7 310.0 311.1 291.0 327.4 5.58 8 650 3774 3.4 -5.1 54 8.5 -0.6 218 11 312.8 313.6 290.5 325.6 4.03 9 600 4418 -0.3 -15.6 30 15.3 -5.9 225 13 315.8 316.2 289.4 322.1 1.89 10 550 5108 -4.2 -18.8 31 14.6 -9.1 215 17 319.1 319.4 290.1 324.4 1.57 11 500 5853 -8.4 -25.8 23 17.4 -13.2 220 21 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.0 0.93 12 450 6662 -13.5 -27.8 29 14.3 -17.1 214 28 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.3 0.86 13 400 7548 -18.7 -53.6 3 34.9 -22.7 210 32 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.9 0.06 14 350 8529 -25.2 -52.6 6 27.3 -27.9 203 36 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.08 15 300 9630 -33.5 -52.2 14 18.6 -35.0 198 44 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.5 0.10 16 250 10884 -42.5 -61.2 11 18.8 -43.2 205 47 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.04 17 200 12357 -52.6 -65.1 21 12.5 -52.9 204 63 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14178 -61.2 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.4 215 28 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16638 -68.3 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.4 213 9 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.19 m Freezing level: 603.69 mb = 4370.76 m = 14339.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.84 mb = 3675.84 m = 12059.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.68 mb = 642.29 m = 2107.22 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 12.00 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1616.83 m = 5304.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.11 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: 0.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 29.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4887.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.67 mb = 816.59 m = 2679.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -4.6 tot: 29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 54.88 m/s