MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 23.2 21.7 91 1.5 22.1 170 5 295.8 298.8 295.1 343.1 16.42 1 1000 113 22.5 21.4 94 1.1 21.8 175 6 295.7 298.6 294.9 342.5 16.28 2 950 561 23.1 18.9 77 4.2 20.2 234 20 300.6 303.3 295.1 343.5 14.62 3 900 1032 20.2 19.4 95 0.8 19.6 225 22 302.3 305.2 296.5 349.5 15.98 4 850 1524 16.8 14.8 88 2.0 15.5 224 18 303.8 306.1 294.6 341.0 12.54 5 800 2039 14.4 9.5 72 4.9 11.4 208 14 306.5 308.3 293.0 334.8 9.37 6 750 2582 12.0 4.4 60 7.6 7.6 217 19 309.5 310.9 292.0 331.1 6.99 7 700 3157 9.4 1.2 57 8.1 4.9 216 23 312.9 314.0 292.2 331.6 5.99 8 650 3768 5.1 -0.2 69 5.3 2.2 218 24 314.7 315.8 292.5 333.0 5.79 9 600 4417 1.6 -1.2 82 2.7 0.1 226 23 317.9 319.0 293.4 336.6 5.85 10 550 5115 -0.7 -11.0 46 10.3 -5.2 227 29 323.2 323.8 292.6 333.2 2.99 11 500 5870 -5.3 -16.4 41 11.1 -9.5 223 36 326.5 326.9 292.7 333.8 2.12 12 450 6687 -11.1 -25.7 29 14.5 -15.2 220 34 329.2 329.4 292.5 333.0 1.05 13 400 7580 -16.8 -39.6 12 22.8 -20.8 219 35 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.31 14 350 8570 -22.5 -50.4 6 28.0 -25.7 228 39 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.11 15 300 9681 -31.6 -48.7 17 17.1 -33.2 228 33 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.15 16 250 10947 -40.7 -57.8 14 17.1 -41.6 227 30 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.06 17 200 12419 -54.0 -59.3 52 5.3 -54.2 242 34 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.06 18 150 14213 -66.6 -75.7 27 9.1 -66.7 229 33 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 19 100 16630 -72.2 -84.5 14 12.3 -72.2 257 15 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.62 m Freezing level: 566.03 mb = 4891.07 m = 16046.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.25 mb = 4426.65 m = 14522.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.12 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.08 mb = 253.37 m = 831.27 ft T: 22.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 18.46 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1297.81 m = 4257.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.78 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.17 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 28.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 169.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.71 mb = 843.42 m = 2767.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.71 mb = 3339.14 m = 10955.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 544.71 mb = 5191.34 m = 17031.76 ft B at Equ Level: 77.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.71 mb = 12586.27 m = 41293.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: -22.5 tot: 57.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 11.79 Bulk Shear: 14.38 m/s