MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 7Z 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 21.4 20.2 93 1.2 20.6 27 7 293.6 296.2 293.3 336.0 14.90 1 1000 163 20.2 19.9 98 0.3 19.9 30 10 293.3 295.9 293.1 335.2 14.74 2 950 605 18.3 18.3 100 -0.0 18.3 64 23 295.7 298.2 293.3 336.1 14.04 3 900 1069 17.0 17.0 100 -0.0 17.0 85 14 299.0 301.5 294.1 339.0 13.70 4 850 1556 15.4 13.6 89 1.8 14.2 94 8 302.2 304.4 293.4 336.4 11.57 5 800 2070 13.3 9.3 77 4.0 10.9 109 8 305.4 307.1 292.6 333.2 9.25 6 750 2611 10.5 6.1 74 4.4 7.9 134 9 308.0 309.5 292.3 332.2 7.92 7 700 3183 7.1 3.8 80 3.3 5.2 153 11 310.3 311.7 292.4 332.6 7.22 8 650 3788 3.2 0.8 84 2.4 1.9 147 14 312.6 313.7 292.3 332.1 6.25 9 600 4433 -0.1 -6.3 63 6.1 -3.0 136 12 315.9 316.7 291.3 328.8 3.98 10 550 5125 -3.9 -12.7 50 8.8 -7.4 152 10 319.4 319.9 291.2 328.0 2.61 11 500 5871 -8.0 -31.5 13 23.5 -13.5 148 10 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.3 0.55 12 450 6681 -12.7 -28.6 25 15.9 -16.6 158 11 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.1 0.80 13 400 7570 -18.3 -25.4 54 7.0 -20.2 173 14 331.1 331.4 293.2 335.5 1.21 14 350 8553 -25.0 -28.6 72 3.6 -25.8 175 18 335.0 335.2 294.0 338.8 1.03 15 300 9656 -32.4 -35.2 76 2.8 -32.9 176 35 339.7 339.8 294.8 342.1 0.64 16 250 10917 -41.9 -45.1 71 3.2 -42.2 196 60 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.27 17 200 12391 -52.0 -57.7 50 5.7 -52.2 206 77 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.7 0.08 18 150 14215 -61.6 -80.7 6 19.2 -61.7 214 34 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16660 -70.0 -84.7 10 14.6 -70.1 226 22 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.03 m Freezing level: 602.20 mb = 4404.94 m = 14451.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.64 mb = 4032.11 m = 13228.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.31 mb = 211.96 m = 695.39 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 6.82 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 962.11 mb = 495.55 m = 1625.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.92 C = 73.26 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 33.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 958.67 mb = 526.41 m = 1727.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 953.67 mb = 571.46 m = 1874.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 943.67 mb = 662.09 m = 2172.17 ft B at Equ Level: 19.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 853.67 mb = 1519.75 m = 4985.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 120.4 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 150.4 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.6 neg: -9.1 tot: 92.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 32.74 m/s