MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241200F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241200F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 28.4 22.2 69 6.2 23.9 188 8 300.9 304.0 296.8 350.6 16.91 1 1000 127 26.3 22.0 77 4.3 23.2 190 8 299.5 302.6 296.4 348.8 16.88 2 950 577 22.6 20.1 86 2.5 20.8 223 20 300.1 303.0 295.8 346.3 15.78 3 900 1047 19.7 17.2 85 2.5 18.0 221 22 301.8 304.4 295.0 342.6 13.84 4 850 1537 16.0 16.0 100 0.0 16.0 216 23 302.9 305.4 295.0 343.0 13.56 5 800 2052 14.7 10.6 76 4.1 12.1 216 22 306.8 308.7 293.6 337.2 10.06 6 750 2596 11.9 4.7 61 7.2 7.7 224 23 309.4 310.8 292.1 331.4 7.14 7 700 3169 8.7 -0.4 53 9.0 3.9 224 26 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.8 5.33 8 650 3779 5.2 -0.5 67 5.7 2.1 218 29 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.7 5.67 9 600 4428 0.7 -2.5 79 3.2 -0.9 227 29 317.0 318.0 292.8 334.0 5.32 10 550 5122 -2.5 -15.0 38 12.5 -7.3 234 31 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.3 2.16 11 500 5872 -6.5 -14.6 53 8.1 -9.6 225 34 325.1 325.5 292.6 333.4 2.46 12 450 6687 -12.0 -20.6 49 8.6 -14.7 225 33 328.1 328.4 292.7 333.8 1.65 13 400 7577 -17.7 -31.4 29 13.7 -20.7 225 32 332.0 332.2 292.9 334.6 0.69 14 350 8565 -23.5 -47.4 9 24.0 -26.4 210 33 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.8 0.15 15 300 9673 -32.3 -50.4 15 18.0 -33.9 210 36 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.3 0.13 16 250 10934 -41.1 -59.7 12 18.6 -41.9 208 35 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 17 200 12408 -53.8 -61.7 37 7.9 -53.9 209 35 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 14198 -65.5 -71.5 43 6.0 -65.6 229 29 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16617 -71.1 -84.6 12 13.5 -71.1 239 20 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.53 m Freezing level: 588.84 mb = 4582.60 m = 15034.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.06 mb = 4226.81 m = 13867.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.57 mb = 850.61 m = 2790.69 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.27 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.92 mb = 1134.03 m = 3720.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 29.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 658.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.05 mb = 912.33 m = 2993.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.05 mb = 1347.19 m = 4419.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.05 mb = 10958.80 m = 35953.64 ft B at Equ Level: 658.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.05 mb = 15095.00 m = 49523.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.3 neg: -5.7 tot: 62.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 28.36 Bulk Shear: 23.23 m/s