MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 23.5 21.6 89 2.0 22.2 192 5 296.2 299.1 295.1 343.3 16.35 1 1000 119 22.8 21.4 92 1.5 21.8 196 7 296.0 298.9 295.0 342.6 16.21 2 950 567 23.5 16.0 63 7.4 18.5 226 26 301.0 303.2 293.5 336.7 12.14 3 900 1037 20.2 18.2 88 2.0 18.8 225 24 302.4 305.1 295.7 346.1 14.78 4 850 1529 16.7 15.6 93 1.1 16.0 226 20 303.7 306.1 295.0 343.0 13.24 5 800 2044 13.7 10.9 83 2.8 12.0 208 14 305.8 307.7 293.5 336.8 10.31 6 750 2587 11.8 3.7 58 8.0 7.2 209 20 309.4 310.6 291.7 329.9 6.68 7 700 3161 9.2 1.7 60 7.4 5.0 215 23 312.6 313.8 292.3 332.0 6.20 8 650 3771 5.0 -0.5 68 5.5 2.1 220 23 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.5 5.68 9 600 4420 1.3 -1.0 85 2.3 0.0 230 23 317.6 318.7 293.4 336.5 5.93 10 550 5117 -1.4 -7.2 65 5.7 -4.1 227 25 322.4 323.2 293.2 335.7 4.06 11 500 5871 -5.5 -16.4 42 10.9 -9.6 223 32 326.3 326.7 292.7 333.5 2.12 12 450 6688 -11.0 -23.5 35 12.5 -14.7 219 31 329.3 329.6 292.7 333.9 1.27 13 400 7581 -16.8 -34.6 20 17.7 -20.4 220 35 333.1 333.2 293.0 335.0 0.51 14 350 8572 -22.3 -46.9 9 24.6 -25.5 230 37 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.16 15 300 9685 -31.6 -47.1 20 15.6 -33.1 229 35 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.18 16 250 10950 -40.7 -57.4 15 16.6 -41.6 233 31 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.07 17 200 12423 -54.0 -59.4 52 5.3 -54.2 241 30 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.06 18 150 14214 -66.5 -74.8 30 8.4 -66.5 222 23 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16628 -72.1 -84.3 14 12.2 -72.1 262 17 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.18 m Freezing level: 576.80 mb = 4743.58 m = 15562.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.41 mb = 4427.95 m = 14527.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.31 mb = 310.37 m = 1018.25 ft T: 23.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 16.14 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.82 mb = 1621.60 m = 5320.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 30.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.65 mb = 1088.73 m = 3571.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.65 mb = 4029.21 m = 13219.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 579.65 mb = 4696.52 m = 15408.33 ft B at Equ Level: 26.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 509.65 mb = 5719.84 m = 18765.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: -30.7 tot: 69.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.05 Bulk Shear: 6.70 m/s