MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 25.7 20.1 71 5.7 21.8 28 9 298.0 300.7 294.6 340.9 14.79 1 1000 152 24.3 19.6 75 4.7 21.0 27 11 297.4 300.0 294.1 339.4 14.49 2 950 599 19.8 18.7 93 1.1 19.0 25 13 297.2 299.8 294.0 338.9 14.39 3 900 1064 17.8 13.4 75 4.5 15.0 37 8 299.9 301.9 292.1 331.5 10.79 4 850 1552 15.7 12.5 81 3.2 13.7 79 2 302.6 304.6 293.0 334.7 10.80 5 800 2065 13.2 9.9 80 3.3 11.2 99 2 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.2 9.62 6 750 2606 10.2 4.7 69 5.5 7.1 92 5 307.7 309.0 291.6 329.6 7.18 7 700 3177 7.6 -4.0 44 11.5 1.9 186 2 310.8 311.6 289.9 323.6 4.07 8 650 3783 3.9 -6.6 46 10.4 -1.0 196 2 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.8 3.59 9 600 4429 0.4 -22.4 16 22.8 -6.8 187 6 316.6 316.8 288.8 320.2 1.05 10 550 5120 -3.8 -21.5 24 17.7 -9.4 206 10 319.6 319.9 289.9 323.9 1.25 11 500 5865 -8.2 -35.2 9 27.1 -14.0 210 14 323.1 323.2 290.1 324.5 0.38 12 450 6675 -13.3 -42.1 7 28.7 -18.1 210 19 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.21 13 400 7561 -18.5 -51.0 4 32.6 -22.4 214 21 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.09 14 350 8543 -25.0 -51.5 7 26.5 -27.8 217 28 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.09 15 300 9643 -32.7 -39.5 51 6.7 -33.6 204 49 339.2 339.3 294.5 340.9 0.41 16 250 10906 -42.0 -45.0 72 3.1 -42.2 192 60 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.28 17 200 12376 -52.7 -56.6 63 3.9 -52.9 203 86 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.09 18 150 14201 -60.6 -81.8 5 21.2 -60.7 212 36 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16655 -69.5 -84.7 9 15.2 -69.5 202 18 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.22 m Freezing level: 595.46 mb = 4491.36 m = 14735.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.00 mb = 3572.10 m = 11719.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.13 mb = 780.67 m = 2561.22 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 11.01 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1327.17 m = 4354.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.69 C K Index: 24.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.63 mb = 878.26 m = 2881.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.63 mb = 3725.31 m = 12222.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 414.63 mb = 7290.90 m = 23919.99 ft B at Equ Level: 55.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 334.63 mb = 8863.71 m = 29080.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.2 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 194.2 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -3.5 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.51 Bulk Shear: 37.06 m/s