MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 21.4 20.2 93 1.3 20.6 24 7 293.6 296.3 293.3 336.0 14.86 1 1000 164 20.2 19.8 98 0.3 19.9 26 10 293.3 295.9 293.1 335.2 14.73 2 950 606 18.2 18.2 100 -0.0 18.2 64 24 295.7 298.2 293.3 335.9 14.01 3 900 1071 16.7 16.8 100 -0.0 16.8 84 14 298.8 301.2 293.8 337.9 13.45 4 850 1558 15.5 13.2 86 2.3 14.0 93 7 302.4 304.5 293.3 335.9 11.33 5 800 2071 13.4 10.4 82 2.9 11.5 120 8 305.4 307.2 293.2 335.3 9.97 6 750 2612 10.2 6.6 78 3.6 8.0 146 12 307.7 309.2 292.4 332.6 8.19 7 700 3183 6.8 3.1 77 3.7 4.7 149 15 310.0 311.3 292.0 331.1 6.85 8 650 3790 2.8 0.4 84 2.5 1.5 131 15 312.2 313.3 292.0 331.1 6.06 9 600 4434 0.1 -0.5 96 0.6 -0.2 131 12 316.2 317.4 293.3 335.8 6.18 10 550 5126 -4.3 -15.6 41 11.3 -8.4 154 8 319.0 319.4 290.5 325.9 2.06 11 500 5871 -7.8 -36.5 8 28.7 -13.9 157 8 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.34 12 450 6682 -12.5 -25.0 34 12.5 -16.0 169 11 327.5 327.7 292.1 331.4 1.11 13 400 7572 -18.1 -36.0 19 18.0 -21.4 180 14 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.44 14 350 8554 -25.5 -33.0 49 7.6 -26.8 190 14 334.4 334.6 293.6 337.0 0.68 15 300 9660 -32.1 -35.2 74 3.1 -32.6 182 39 340.2 340.3 295.0 342.6 0.64 16 250 10920 -41.9 -45.4 69 3.4 -42.2 197 60 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.26 17 200 12396 -51.3 -54.4 69 3.1 -51.5 207 77 351.5 351.5 297.1 352.0 0.12 18 150 14224 -60.8 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.0 212 34 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16663 -70.5 -85.1 10 14.6 -70.6 230 22 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.41 m Freezing level: 598.79 mb = 4450.86 m = 14602.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.10 mb = 4352.67 m = 14280.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.67 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.35 mb = 221.93 m = 728.12 ft T: 19.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 960.16 mb = 514.68 m = 1688.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.02 C = 73.43 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 32.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 958.72 mb = 527.61 m = 1730.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 953.72 mb = 572.65 m = 1878.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 943.72 mb = 663.29 m = 2176.13 ft B at Equ Level: 18.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 853.72 mb = 1520.74 m = 4989.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.9 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 149.9 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.1 neg: -12.7 tot: 98.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 34.28 m/s