MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.15,-79.45 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -79.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 118 SFC 998 131 21.9 21.3 96 0.6 21.5 171 6 295.2 298.1 294.7 341.5 16.14 2 950 565 24.1 18.7 72 5.4 20.4 218 23 301.7 304.3 295.3 344.3 14.47 3 900 1037 21.2 15.7 71 5.5 17.5 217 22 303.3 305.7 294.4 340.5 12.53 4 850 1529 16.6 14.7 89 1.9 15.4 218 22 303.5 305.9 294.5 340.7 12.50 5 800 2043 12.9 12.0 94 0.9 12.3 213 21 304.9 306.9 293.9 338.1 11.10 6 750 2585 11.4 7.2 76 4.1 8.9 206 24 308.9 310.5 293.0 335.0 8.55 7 700 3159 9.1 2.7 65 6.3 5.5 215 27 312.5 313.8 292.6 333.3 6.68 8 650 3770 5.2 -0.7 66 5.8 2.1 222 28 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.6 5.62 9 600 4419 1.6 -7.9 50 9.4 -2.7 232 26 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.4 3.53 10 550 5116 -1.3 -14.0 37 12.8 -6.3 228 31 322.6 323.1 291.9 330.5 2.35 11 500 5869 -5.5 -17.7 38 12.2 -9.9 217 38 326.3 326.7 292.5 332.9 1.91 12 450 6686 -10.9 -28.4 22 17.4 -15.4 220 38 329.5 329.6 292.4 332.5 0.82 13 400 7580 -16.8 -39.6 12 22.8 -20.8 220 37 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.31 14 350 8569 -23.3 -47.7 9 24.4 -26.3 215 34 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.15 15 300 9677 -32.0 -46.9 22 14.9 -33.5 218 34 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.19 16 250 10939 -41.4 -47.8 50 6.4 -41.8 223 28 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.4 0.20 17 200 12412 -53.7 -61.1 40 7.4 -53.8 216 30 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14207 -67.0 -70.0 65 3.0 -67.0 244 25 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16622 -71.7 -84.7 13 13.1 -71.7 238 16 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.48 m Freezing level: 572.32 mb = 4804.46 m = 15762.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.45 mb = 4043.12 m = 13264.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.45 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.58 mb = 209.05 m = 685.84 ft T: 22.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 11.30 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1497.64 m = 4913.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 30.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.01 mb = 1133.25 m = 3717.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.01 mb = 1782.03 m = 5846.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 755.01 mb = 2528.87 m = 8296.71 ft B at Equ Level: 39.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.01 mb = 10801.97 m = 35439.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.7 neg: -10.2 tot: 97.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.37 Bulk Shear: 14.99 m/s