MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 22.7 19.4 82 3.3 20.4 15 8 294.9 297.5 293.2 335.4 14.15 1 1000 164 21.5 19.0 86 2.4 19.8 17 12 294.6 297.1 293.0 334.7 14.00 2 950 607 18.4 18.4 100 -0.0 18.4 48 16 295.8 298.4 293.4 336.4 14.13 3 900 1071 18.2 14.3 78 3.8 15.7 80 9 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.9 11.48 4 850 1559 15.9 11.7 76 4.2 13.2 84 8 302.8 304.7 292.6 333.1 10.22 5 800 2073 13.2 8.9 75 4.3 10.6 118 8 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.3 9.00 6 750 2613 10.2 4.1 66 6.0 6.7 136 8 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.6 6.86 7 700 3184 7.6 -7.9 32 15.5 0.7 149 8 311.0 311.5 288.9 320.6 3.02 8 650 3790 3.8 -10.8 33 14.6 -2.3 136 8 313.3 313.8 289.3 321.7 2.58 9 600 4435 0.1 -13.8 34 13.9 -5.3 130 6 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.4 2.18 10 550 5127 -3.5 -26.3 15 22.8 -9.9 150 6 319.9 320.0 289.6 322.7 0.81 11 500 5873 -7.4 -46.3 3 38.8 -14.0 172 8 324.0 324.0 290.1 324.4 0.12 12 450 6685 -12.2 -49.1 3 36.8 -17.6 197 11 327.8 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.10 13 400 7576 -17.8 -42.1 10 24.3 -21.7 190 13 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.24 14 350 8556 -25.9 -35.1 42 9.1 -27.5 221 14 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.55 15 300 9661 -31.7 -34.6 75 3.0 -32.1 182 34 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.3 0.68 16 250 10926 -41.7 -44.7 72 3.1 -41.9 191 55 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.29 17 200 12394 -52.8 -56.9 61 4.1 -52.9 205 81 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.5 0.09 18 150 14223 -59.1 -84.0 3 24.9 -59.3 228 22 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16679 -70.2 -85.3 9 15.1 -70.2 206 21 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.22 m Freezing level: 598.98 mb = 4448.99 m = 14596.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.66 mb = 3317.58 m = 10884.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.50 mb = 484.98 m = 1591.11 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 15.87 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1469.46 m = 4821.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.26 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 19.51 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5289.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.14 mb = 696.30 m = 2284.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.0 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 144.0 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 58.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 28.32 m/s