MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509231800F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509231800F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 13Z WED 24 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 1010 65 23.8 21.1 85 2.7 21.9 197 4 296.1 298.9 294.7 341.6 15.80 1 1000 152 22.2 20.9 93 1.2 21.3 203 4 295.3 298.1 294.4 340.6 15.76 2 950 602 24.0 13.1 51 10.8 17.0 231 7 301.5 303.3 292.0 331.1 10.04 3 900 1072 20.0 10.8 55 9.3 14.3 238 9 302.2 303.8 291.5 329.1 9.06 4 850 1561 16.5 9.5 63 7.0 12.2 242 9 303.5 305.1 291.6 329.7 8.80 5 800 2075 13.7 5.3 57 8.4 8.8 231 9 305.7 307.0 290.8 326.9 6.99 6 750 2616 10.9 3.4 60 7.5 6.6 231 15 308.4 309.6 291.2 328.4 6.51 7 700 3189 8.2 0.9 60 7.2 4.2 238 23 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.8 5.86 8 650 3797 4.7 -3.3 56 7.9 0.7 241 24 314.2 315.1 291.4 328.9 4.63 9 600 4444 0.4 -9.5 47 9.9 -3.9 240 24 316.5 317.1 290.7 326.6 3.09 10 550 5136 -3.4 -10.8 57 7.3 -6.5 235 23 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.1 3.05 11 500 5885 -6.8 -14.9 52 8.2 -9.9 236 25 324.8 325.3 292.5 333.0 2.40 12 450 6699 -12.3 -17.3 67 4.9 -14.0 258 31 327.7 328.2 293.2 335.3 2.19 13 400 7588 -18.7 -20.9 83 2.2 -19.3 264 32 330.7 331.1 293.6 337.1 1.81 14 350 8571 -24.5 -30.2 59 5.8 -25.6 251 38 335.8 336.0 294.1 339.1 0.88 15 300 9677 -32.3 -39.6 49 7.2 -33.3 246 42 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.4 0.41 16 250 10934 -42.7 -49.8 46 7.1 -43.1 254 35 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.3 0.16 17 200 12398 -54.8 -58.2 65 3.5 -54.9 275 34 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14188 -65.5 -70.4 50 4.9 -65.5 281 35 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16625 -68.8 -84.7 8 15.9 -68.8 246 17 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.90 m Freezing level: 595.23 mb = 4509.94 m = 14796.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.46 mb = 3891.29 m = 12766.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.98 mb = 401.57 m = 1317.47 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 12.52 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.25 mb = 2273.81 m = 7459.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.42 C = 93.96 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: 2.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 4.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.25 C K Index: 25.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4677.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.12 mb = 1410.20 m = 4626.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.4 neg: -0.8 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.37 Bulk Shear: 20.46 m/s