MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241200F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241200F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 1007 65 26.2 21.8 77 4.4 23.0 182 7 298.8 301.8 296.0 347.0 16.56 1 1000 127 24.5 21.6 84 2.8 22.5 184 8 297.6 300.6 295.6 345.4 16.48 2 950 576 23.3 18.8 76 4.5 20.1 224 20 300.8 303.5 295.1 343.4 14.49 3 900 1046 19.8 17.9 89 1.9 18.5 218 23 301.9 304.6 295.4 344.7 14.49 4 850 1537 15.9 15.4 97 0.4 15.6 215 22 302.8 305.2 294.7 341.5 13.09 5 800 2051 14.5 9.3 71 5.1 11.3 215 23 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.6 9.26 6 750 2595 11.6 6.3 70 5.3 8.4 222 23 309.1 310.6 292.7 333.6 8.01 7 700 3169 8.9 -1.6 48 10.5 3.4 219 25 312.3 313.2 291.0 327.6 4.85 8 650 3779 5.3 -2.4 57 7.7 1.3 215 30 314.9 315.9 291.9 330.6 4.92 9 600 4427 0.6 -3.1 77 3.6 -1.3 227 29 316.8 317.7 292.5 333.0 5.09 10 550 5121 -2.7 -6.1 77 3.4 -4.4 234 30 320.8 321.7 293.1 335.2 4.39 11 500 5872 -6.4 -11.6 67 5.1 -8.6 225 33 325.2 325.8 293.3 335.8 3.16 12 450 6687 -11.8 -20.8 47 8.9 -14.7 227 32 328.3 328.7 292.8 334.0 1.62 13 400 7578 -17.5 -31.8 28 14.2 -20.6 225 33 332.2 332.3 293.0 334.7 0.67 14 350 8566 -23.3 -48.5 8 25.2 -26.3 211 34 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.8 0.13 15 300 9674 -32.2 -51.5 13 19.3 -33.8 210 36 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.11 16 250 10936 -41.1 -62.9 8 21.8 -42.0 216 34 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.03 17 200 12411 -53.7 -58.5 56 4.8 -53.9 216 33 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.07 18 150 14202 -66.2 -71.2 50 4.9 -66.3 233 32 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16618 -71.2 -85.2 11 14.0 -71.3 244 22 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.20 m Freezing level: 591.57 mb = 4543.96 m = 14907.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.62 mb = 4101.48 m = 13456.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.64 mb = 625.16 m = 2051.04 ft T: 22.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 17.11 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1243.98 m = 4081.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 27.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 367.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.96 mb = 969.61 m = 3181.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.96 mb = 1506.75 m = 4943.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 812.96 mb = 1914.73 m = 6281.84 ft B at Equ Level: 18.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.96 mb = 13685.67 m = 44899.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.0 neg: -4.6 tot: 59.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 16.06 Bulk Shear: 22.85 m/s