MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241200F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241200F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 13Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 34.90,-79.26 Latitude: 34.90 Longitude: -79.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 24.5 22.0 86 2.5 22.7 180 7 297.1 300.1 295.6 345.5 16.72 1 1000 126 23.2 21.6 91 1.6 22.1 181 8 296.4 299.3 295.2 343.8 16.45 2 950 575 23.3 19.2 78 4.1 20.5 225 19 300.8 303.6 295.4 344.7 14.92 3 900 1045 19.7 17.9 90 1.8 18.4 218 21 301.8 304.4 295.4 344.4 14.47 4 850 1536 16.0 15.3 95 0.7 15.5 216 20 302.9 305.3 294.6 341.3 12.94 5 800 2050 14.7 10.0 74 4.7 11.7 214 21 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.0 9.69 6 750 2594 11.8 5.1 64 6.7 7.9 220 22 309.4 310.7 292.2 331.9 7.35 7 700 3168 9.1 -1.5 48 10.6 3.6 216 24 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.0 4.91 8 650 3779 5.6 -1.3 61 6.9 2.0 215 29 315.3 316.3 292.3 332.2 5.34 9 600 4428 1.1 -3.9 70 4.9 -1.4 233 28 317.3 318.3 292.4 332.7 4.79 10 550 5123 -1.9 -11.1 50 9.1 -5.8 238 29 321.8 322.4 292.2 331.7 2.98 11 500 5876 -6.0 -12.4 61 6.3 -8.7 229 33 325.7 326.3 293.2 335.7 2.96 12 450 6692 -11.6 -20.5 48 8.9 -14.5 229 31 328.6 328.9 292.9 334.4 1.66 13 400 7583 -17.1 -35.8 18 18.6 -20.7 225 33 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.4 0.45 14 350 8573 -23.2 -46.3 10 23.0 -26.2 214 32 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.1 0.17 15 300 9681 -32.2 -49.5 16 17.2 -33.8 216 38 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.14 16 250 10942 -41.2 -58.2 14 17.1 -42.0 219 32 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 17 200 12417 -53.8 -58.4 57 4.5 -54.0 223 29 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14207 -66.7 -70.2 61 3.5 -66.7 232 30 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.02 19 100 16619 -71.5 -85.1 12 13.5 -71.6 240 21 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.33 m Freezing level: 582.44 mb = 4672.07 m = 15328.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.76 mb = 4152.02 m = 13621.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.11 mb = 391.68 m = 1285.04 ft T: 23.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.66 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1203.07 m = 3947.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 26.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 302.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.86 mb = 893.12 m = 2930.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.86 mb = 1426.86 m = 4681.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 820.86 mb = 1831.76 m = 6009.65 ft B at Equ Level: 22.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.86 mb = 13397.03 m = 43952.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.9 neg: -3.2 tot: 57.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 14.93 Bulk Shear: 20.25 m/s