MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 1011 65 24.7 20.0 75 4.7 21.4 34 9 296.9 299.6 294.2 339.5 14.72 1 1000 158 23.4 19.6 79 3.8 20.7 33 12 296.5 299.1 293.9 338.2 14.46 2 950 603 19.0 18.6 98 0.3 18.8 32 14 296.4 299.0 293.8 337.9 14.37 3 900 1067 17.7 13.3 75 4.4 14.9 49 8 299.8 301.8 292.0 331.3 10.73 4 850 1555 15.7 12.4 81 3.2 13.6 83 3 302.5 304.5 292.9 334.3 10.72 5 800 2068 13.1 10.0 81 3.2 11.2 114 4 305.2 307.0 292.8 334.1 9.66 6 750 2609 10.2 5.9 74 4.4 7.7 109 6 307.7 309.2 292.1 331.4 7.79 7 700 3180 7.4 -2.4 50 9.8 2.5 140 3 310.7 311.6 290.3 325.1 4.59 8 650 3786 3.8 -8.9 39 12.7 -1.8 161 3 313.2 313.8 289.6 322.9 3.00 9 600 4431 0.2 -16.1 28 16.3 -5.8 185 8 316.4 316.7 289.5 322.4 1.81 10 550 5122 -4.0 -18.6 31 14.6 -9.0 202 9 319.3 319.6 290.2 324.7 1.60 11 500 5867 -8.4 -28.3 18 19.8 -13.5 208 11 322.7 322.9 290.4 325.4 0.74 12 450 6676 -13.3 -42.2 7 28.9 -18.1 215 16 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.21 13 400 7563 -18.3 -48.7 5 30.4 -22.3 219 19 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.11 14 350 8546 -25.1 -51.0 7 25.9 -27.8 219 25 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.3 0.10 15 300 9646 -32.5 -37.1 64 4.5 -33.2 190 45 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.5 0.53 16 250 10908 -41.8 -45.1 70 3.3 -42.1 194 60 344.0 344.0 295.6 345.1 0.27 17 200 12380 -52.8 -59.2 46 6.4 -53.0 203 88 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.07 18 150 14200 -61.0 -79.4 7 18.3 -61.2 229 40 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16656 -68.7 -84.6 8 15.9 -68.8 212 20 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.33 m Freezing level: 597.36 mb = 4467.51 m = 14657.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.80 mb = 3528.42 m = 11576.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.03 mb = 657.18 m = 2156.07 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.88 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1296.15 m = 4252.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.94 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 26.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.53 mb = 790.03 m = 2591.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.53 mb = 4370.34 m = 14338.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 444.53 mb = 6768.14 m = 22204.90 ft B at Equ Level: 33.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 374.53 mb = 8047.35 m = 26401.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 139.9 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 169.9 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -2.7 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 34.08 m/s