MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 1Z MON 29 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 23.5 19.9 80 3.7 21.0 26 8 295.8 298.4 293.7 337.7 14.58 1 1000 161 22.4 19.5 84 2.8 20.4 27 12 295.5 298.1 293.6 337.0 14.45 2 950 605 18.6 18.0 96 0.6 18.2 38 18 296.1 298.6 293.3 335.8 13.80 3 900 1068 17.2 15.3 89 1.8 16.0 79 10 299.2 301.4 293.0 334.9 12.24 4 850 1556 15.5 12.4 81 3.2 13.5 74 5 302.4 304.4 292.8 334.1 10.68 5 800 2069 13.3 9.3 77 4.0 10.8 114 5 305.3 307.0 292.5 333.0 9.22 6 750 2610 10.5 5.1 69 5.3 7.3 120 7 307.9 309.3 291.8 330.4 7.37 7 700 3182 7.8 -5.6 38 13.3 1.5 131 8 311.1 311.8 289.5 322.5 3.61 8 650 3788 4.2 -11.5 31 15.6 -2.3 148 6 313.7 314.1 289.2 321.6 2.44 9 600 4434 0.0 -7.3 58 7.4 -3.3 173 7 316.2 316.9 291.2 328.0 3.67 10 550 5126 -3.8 -18.4 31 14.6 -8.8 172 7 319.5 319.9 290.3 325.0 1.62 11 500 5872 -7.7 -44.8 3 37.2 -14.1 195 8 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.3 0.14 12 450 6683 -12.8 -46.3 4 33.6 -17.9 211 13 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.13 13 400 7571 -18.1 -49.1 5 31.0 -22.1 214 14 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.11 14 350 8554 -25.1 -44.8 14 19.7 -27.6 213 22 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.20 15 300 9656 -32.6 -35.6 75 2.9 -33.1 198 40 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.7 0.62 16 250 10917 -42.0 -45.3 70 3.3 -42.2 193 55 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.27 17 200 12386 -53.0 -57.4 58 4.4 -53.1 203 88 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.08 18 150 14212 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.2 226 31 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16674 -69.0 -84.9 8 15.9 -69.1 210 20 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.65 m Freezing level: 599.42 mb = 4441.57 m = 14571.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.51 mb = 3412.79 m = 11196.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.26 mb = 530.10 m = 1739.16 ft T: 19.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 16.09 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1061.01 m = 3480.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: 0.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.01 C K Index: 22.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4353.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.76 mb = 716.15 m = 2349.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 117.6 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 147.6 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.8 neg: -9.0 tot: 47.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 30.72 m/s