MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 26.3 20.0 68 6.3 21.9 30 8 298.6 301.3 294.7 341.5 14.73 1 1000 151 24.6 19.6 74 4.9 21.1 29 8 297.7 300.3 294.3 339.8 14.52 2 950 598 20.1 18.6 91 1.5 19.1 26 10 297.5 300.1 294.1 339.0 14.32 3 900 1063 17.8 13.6 76 4.2 15.0 42 8 299.8 301.8 292.2 331.8 10.91 4 850 1551 15.7 12.8 83 2.9 13.8 137 2 302.5 304.6 293.1 335.1 11.00 5 800 2064 13.0 10.2 83 2.8 11.2 131 2 305.0 306.8 292.9 334.3 9.78 6 750 2604 9.7 6.4 80 3.3 7.7 99 4 307.1 308.6 292.1 331.5 8.05 7 700 3174 7.0 -2.8 50 9.7 2.1 182 2 310.2 311.0 290.0 324.1 4.46 8 650 3779 3.4 -7.0 46 10.5 -1.3 249 4 312.8 313.5 289.9 323.9 3.47 9 600 4424 -0.3 -15.9 30 15.6 -6.0 225 5 315.7 316.1 289.3 321.8 1.84 10 550 5114 -3.8 -25.5 17 21.7 -10.0 219 9 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.6 0.87 11 500 5860 -8.2 -30.5 15 22.3 -13.6 216 13 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.2 0.60 12 450 6669 -13.5 -46.7 4 33.1 -18.4 211 19 326.2 326.3 290.7 326.7 0.13 13 400 7555 -18.5 -51.0 4 32.6 -22.4 212 22 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.09 14 350 8537 -25.1 -57.2 3 32.1 -27.9 221 27 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 15 300 9640 -32.1 -34.9 76 2.8 -32.6 196 52 340.1 340.2 295.0 342.6 0.66 16 250 10904 -41.5 -44.8 70 3.3 -41.8 190 65 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.28 17 200 12376 -53.2 -59.1 49 5.9 -53.3 198 81 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.07 18 150 14196 -60.5 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.7 211 34 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16650 -69.7 -84.3 10 14.7 -69.7 201 17 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.97 m Freezing level: 604.40 mb = 4366.89 m = 14326.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.21 mb = 3541.68 m = 11619.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.01 mb = 864.48 m = 2836.20 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 13.28 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1295.87 m = 4251.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.81 C = 83.87 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 26.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 113.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.12 mb = 910.29 m = 2986.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.12 mb = 2481.06 m = 8139.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.12 mb = 7348.78 m = 24109.87 ft B at Equ Level: 112.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.12 mb = 9613.73 m = 31540.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.4 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 232.4 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.9 neg: -4.2 tot: 24.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.75 Bulk Shear: 30.11 m/s