MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 5Z 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 1012 65 22.1 19.7 87 2.3 20.5 28 7 294.2 296.8 293.2 335.6 14.46 1 1000 166 20.9 19.5 92 1.3 19.9 29 10 294.0 296.6 293.1 335.2 14.42 2 950 608 18.0 18.0 100 -0.0 18.0 53 20 295.4 297.9 293.0 335.0 13.78 3 900 1072 17.4 16.9 97 0.5 17.1 78 16 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.0 13.57 4 850 1560 15.3 12.9 86 2.3 13.7 93 9 302.1 304.2 293.0 334.9 11.08 5 800 2073 12.9 10.0 82 2.9 11.2 114 8 304.9 306.8 292.8 334.0 9.71 6 750 2613 10.2 7.0 81 3.2 8.3 131 10 307.6 309.2 292.6 333.1 8.40 7 700 3184 6.9 1.8 70 5.1 4.1 134 12 310.2 311.3 291.6 329.4 6.23 8 650 3791 3.5 -3.2 62 6.6 0.2 139 11 312.9 313.8 291.0 327.6 4.66 9 600 4435 0.2 -22.7 16 22.8 -7.0 155 9 316.3 316.5 288.7 319.8 1.03 10 550 5126 -3.9 -29.1 12 25.3 -10.5 159 9 319.5 319.6 289.3 321.7 0.62 11 500 5872 -7.8 -31.6 13 23.8 -13.5 165 9 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.6 0.54 12 450 6683 -12.7 -32.2 18 19.5 -17.1 183 12 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.3 0.57 13 400 7572 -18.1 -31.9 29 13.8 -21.0 186 14 331.5 331.6 292.8 333.9 0.66 14 350 8553 -25.9 -36.1 38 10.2 -27.6 190 13 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.7 0.50 15 300 9659 -31.7 -34.9 73 3.3 -32.2 182 38 340.7 340.9 295.1 343.2 0.66 16 250 10921 -42.4 -46.2 67 3.7 -42.7 199 56 343.0 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.24 17 200 12392 -51.3 -63.3 23 12.0 -51.7 208 78 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.04 18 150 14221 -59.7 -84.6 3 24.9 -59.9 207 27 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16663 -71.5 -85.1 12 13.5 -71.6 227 22 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.83 m Freezing level: 598.13 mb = 4461.01 m = 14635.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.64 mb = 3807.45 m = 12491.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.98 mb = 358.00 m = 1174.52 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 19.19 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.25 mb = 551.73 m = 1810.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 30.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.60 mb = 584.72 m = 1918.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 947.60 mb = 630.01 m = 2066.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 937.60 mb = 721.08 m = 2365.73 ft B at Equ Level: 16.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 877.60 mb = 1287.35 m = 4223.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.3 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 148.3 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.3 neg: -5.3 tot: 82.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 30.98 m/s