MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 10Z THU 25 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 1006 65 23.0 21.7 93 1.2 22.1 159 6 295.6 298.6 295.1 343.1 16.51 1 1000 113 22.3 21.5 95 0.8 21.8 163 7 295.5 298.4 294.9 342.5 16.39 2 950 561 23.3 19.3 78 4.0 20.5 215 17 300.8 303.6 295.5 344.9 15.02 3 900 1033 21.1 15.7 71 5.4 17.5 222 18 303.3 305.6 294.5 340.7 12.60 4 850 1525 16.9 14.9 88 2.0 15.6 223 18 303.9 306.2 294.7 341.5 12.65 5 800 2040 14.2 9.9 75 4.3 11.6 209 15 306.3 308.1 293.2 335.4 9.64 6 750 2583 12.2 3.4 55 8.7 7.2 215 19 309.8 311.0 291.7 329.9 6.53 7 700 3159 9.6 0.7 54 8.9 4.7 217 25 313.1 314.2 292.0 331.1 5.75 8 650 3769 5.2 -0.9 65 6.1 2.0 219 25 314.8 315.8 292.3 332.2 5.51 9 600 4418 1.4 -3.0 73 4.4 -0.9 221 24 317.7 318.7 292.8 334.0 5.10 10 550 5116 -0.8 -12.5 41 11.6 -5.7 227 31 323.1 323.6 292.3 332.0 2.67 11 500 5871 -5.2 -21.6 26 16.5 -10.5 223 36 326.7 327.0 292.1 331.5 1.36 12 450 6688 -11.3 -26.6 27 15.3 -15.4 223 35 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.6 0.97 13 400 7580 -17.3 -36.0 18 18.7 -20.8 220 34 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.2 0.44 14 350 8569 -22.7 -49.3 7 26.6 -25.9 222 40 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.12 15 300 9679 -31.5 -46.2 22 14.6 -33.1 223 31 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.7 0.20 16 250 10944 -41.0 -57.1 16 16.2 -41.8 223 28 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.07 17 200 12417 -53.7 -60.2 45 6.5 -53.8 254 29 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.06 18 150 14210 -67.2 -72.2 50 4.9 -67.3 247 31 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.01 19 100 16627 -71.7 -84.3 13 12.7 -71.7 256 15 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.75 m Freezing level: 569.25 mb = 4847.29 m = 15903.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.27 mb = 4214.43 m = 13826.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.35 mb = 215.35 m = 706.52 ft T: 22.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 11.60 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.11 mb = 1443.46 m = 4735.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.03 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.09 C K Index: 28.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 128.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.01 mb = 936.49 m = 3072.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.01 mb = 3581.33 m = 11749.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 555.01 mb = 5043.17 m = 16545.64 ft B at Equ Level: 64.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.01 mb = 11352.06 m = 37243.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: -8.8 tot: 76.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 6.07 Bulk Shear: 21.14 m/s