MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 23.2 19.7 81 3.5 20.8 25 9 295.4 298.0 293.5 336.7 14.39 1 1000 163 22.0 19.3 85 2.6 20.2 26 12 295.1 297.7 293.3 336.0 14.26 2 950 607 18.4 18.4 100 -0.0 18.4 52 17 295.8 298.4 293.4 336.5 14.14 3 900 1070 17.4 15.3 87 2.2 16.0 80 10 299.5 301.7 293.1 335.2 12.22 4 850 1558 15.7 11.7 77 4.0 13.2 79 8 302.6 304.5 292.5 333.0 10.25 5 800 2071 13.2 9.1 77 4.0 10.7 109 7 305.2 306.9 292.4 332.6 9.13 6 750 2612 10.2 4.3 67 5.8 6.8 125 8 307.6 308.9 291.4 328.9 6.98 7 700 3183 7.3 -3.4 46 10.8 2.0 138 8 310.6 311.4 289.9 323.9 4.23 8 650 3789 3.9 -11.7 31 15.6 -2.5 145 7 313.4 313.9 289.1 321.2 2.40 9 600 4434 -0.0 -8.9 51 8.9 -3.9 152 5 316.1 316.7 290.7 326.6 3.24 10 550 5126 -3.5 -20.5 25 17.0 -9.1 163 5 319.9 320.2 290.1 324.5 1.36 11 500 5872 -7.4 -28.2 17 20.7 -12.9 194 9 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.6 0.75 12 450 6684 -12.4 -46.3 4 34.0 -17.6 207 13 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.13 13 400 7573 -18.1 -56.6 2 38.4 -22.3 201 14 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.05 14 350 8554 -26.3 -41.0 24 14.8 -28.2 221 15 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.30 15 300 9660 -31.8 -34.5 77 2.7 -32.3 193 34 340.5 340.7 295.1 343.1 0.69 16 250 10921 -41.7 -44.9 71 3.2 -42.0 187 52 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.28 17 200 12391 -53.1 -56.2 68 3.1 -53.2 204 89 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.2 0.09 18 150 14220 -59.0 -84.0 3 25.1 -59.2 232 24 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16680 -69.5 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.5 210 20 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.21 m Freezing level: 600.63 mb = 4425.43 m = 14518.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.70 mb = 3447.34 m = 11310.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.68 mb = 510.00 m = 1673.21 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 15.26 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1174.45 m = 3853.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: 0.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: 2.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 24.18 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4840.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.52 mb = 674.34 m = 2212.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.4 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 144.4 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.2 neg: -3.8 tot: 54.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 26.65 m/s