MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 25.1 20.1 74 5.1 21.6 35 8 297.4 300.1 294.4 340.2 14.79 1 1000 153 23.2 19.7 81 3.4 20.8 35 8 296.3 298.9 293.9 338.5 14.63 2 950 598 18.6 18.6 100 -0.0 18.6 37 10 296.0 298.6 293.6 337.3 14.33 3 900 1062 17.0 14.8 87 2.2 15.5 29 9 299.0 301.1 292.6 333.5 11.82 4 850 1548 15.4 12.7 84 2.8 13.6 95 2 302.3 304.3 292.9 334.5 10.89 5 800 2061 12.9 9.3 78 3.7 10.7 207 4 304.9 306.7 292.4 332.6 9.22 6 750 2601 9.8 5.5 74 4.4 7.3 232 5 307.2 308.7 291.8 330.2 7.56 7 700 3171 6.5 -0.3 62 6.8 2.9 217 8 309.6 310.6 290.6 326.2 5.35 8 650 3776 3.3 -2.3 67 5.5 0.5 213 11 312.6 313.6 291.2 328.3 4.98 9 600 4420 -0.5 -23.7 15 23.2 -7.5 199 14 315.5 315.7 288.3 318.7 0.94 10 550 5109 -4.2 -25.5 17 21.2 -10.2 216 15 319.0 319.2 289.4 322.1 0.87 11 500 5854 -8.6 -22.3 32 13.7 -12.8 217 20 322.5 322.7 290.8 326.9 1.27 12 450 6662 -13.8 -34.0 16 20.2 -17.9 215 25 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.7 0.48 13 400 7547 -18.6 -49.6 5 31.0 -22.5 211 29 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.10 14 350 8529 -24.8 -53.7 5 28.9 -27.6 208 35 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.07 15 300 9632 -33.0 -56.2 8 23.2 -34.7 202 42 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 16 250 10890 -41.9 -57.7 16 15.8 -42.7 205 67 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.06 17 200 12363 -53.2 -58.0 56 4.8 -53.3 198 82 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.08 18 150 14180 -60.8 -82.4 4 21.5 -61.0 215 27 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16642 -69.5 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.5 206 14 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.22 m Freezing level: 607.23 mb = 4326.63 m = 14194.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.13 mb = 3811.53 m = 12504.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.38 mb = 703.75 m = 2308.87 ft T: 18.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 8.31 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 783.59 m = 2570.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.93 C = 76.87 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 29.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.44 mb = 712.35 m = 2337.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.44 mb = 2910.41 m = 9548.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 412.44 mb = 7316.89 m = 24005.25 ft B at Equ Level: 98.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 322.44 mb = 9115.90 m = 29907.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.4 neg: -5.2 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.17 Bulk Shear: 46.07 m/s