MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 92 1.3 22.1 174 6 295.6 298.6 295.0 342.9 16.44 1 1000 120 22.1 21.5 96 0.6 21.7 177 8 295.3 298.2 294.8 342.2 16.36 2 950 568 23.6 20.4 82 3.2 21.3 215 21 301.2 304.1 296.3 348.6 16.13 3 900 1040 20.7 16.8 78 4.0 18.0 216 18 302.9 305.4 295.0 342.8 13.47 4 850 1532 16.6 15.2 91 1.5 15.7 223 19 303.6 306.0 294.7 341.8 12.86 5 800 2046 13.1 11.9 93 1.1 12.3 215 20 305.1 307.1 293.9 338.1 11.03 6 750 2588 11.5 3.4 57 8.1 6.9 211 21 309.1 310.3 291.5 329.2 6.54 7 700 3163 9.7 1.3 56 8.3 5.1 217 26 313.2 314.3 292.3 332.1 6.03 8 650 3774 5.1 1.0 75 4.1 2.8 221 26 314.7 315.9 293.0 334.6 6.34 9 600 4423 1.6 -10.1 41 11.8 -3.4 227 26 318.0 318.6 291.0 327.7 2.94 10 550 5119 -1.4 -14.1 38 12.6 -6.4 229 30 322.4 322.8 291.8 330.3 2.34 11 500 5873 -5.4 -26.5 17 21.1 -11.4 217 37 326.5 326.7 291.6 329.6 0.88 12 450 6689 -11.1 -29.2 21 18.0 -15.7 219 34 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.0 0.76 13 400 7583 -16.5 -38.4 13 21.9 -20.5 218 35 333.5 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.35 14 350 8573 -23.4 -52.6 5 29.2 -26.5 213 40 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 15 300 9682 -32.0 -45.1 26 13.1 -33.3 223 31 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.23 16 250 10944 -41.5 -55.5 20 14.0 -42.2 220 29 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.08 17 200 12416 -53.7 -63.0 31 9.3 -53.9 213 34 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14209 -66.8 -70.5 60 3.7 -66.9 255 26 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16624 -71.7 -84.3 13 12.7 -71.7 240 15 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.38 m Freezing level: 573.38 mb = 4793.35 m = 15726.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.41 mb = 4060.46 m = 13321.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.43 mb = 230.61 m = 756.58 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 19.37 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1286.01 m = 4219.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 28.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 392.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.52 mb = 843.10 m = 2766.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.52 mb = 1576.48 m = 5172.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 715.52 mb = 2980.16 m = 9777.31 ft B at Equ Level: 61.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.52 mb = 14389.74 m = 47209.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.9 neg: -7.0 tot: 79.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 20.91 Bulk Shear: 18.79 m/s