MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.11,-79.39 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -79.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 999 126 27.0 22.9 78 4.1 24.0 178 7 300.3 303.5 297.3 352.8 17.90 2 950 567 24.4 15.8 59 8.6 18.6 219 22 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.2 11.95 3 900 1039 21.0 15.3 70 5.7 17.2 212 23 303.2 305.4 294.2 339.6 12.27 4 850 1530 16.4 14.1 86 2.4 14.9 209 24 303.4 305.6 294.0 338.9 11.97 5 800 2044 13.3 12.8 97 0.5 13.0 208 27 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.4 11.72 6 750 2586 11.4 2.5 54 9.0 6.5 214 27 309.0 310.1 291.1 327.8 6.11 7 700 3161 9.5 0.7 54 8.8 4.7 215 28 313.0 314.1 292.0 331.0 5.75 8 650 3772 5.7 -0.7 63 6.4 2.2 217 28 315.4 316.4 292.6 333.1 5.59 9 600 4421 1.5 -2.1 77 3.6 -0.4 228 28 317.9 318.9 293.2 335.4 5.47 10 550 5118 -2.0 -7.6 66 5.6 -4.6 232 33 321.7 322.4 292.9 334.5 3.92 11 500 5870 -6.4 -14.1 54 7.7 -9.4 221 39 325.3 325.8 292.8 334.0 2.57 12 450 6684 -12.1 -25.2 33 13.0 -15.7 216 39 328.0 328.2 292.2 331.9 1.10 13 400 7574 -17.3 -37.3 16 20.1 -21.0 215 36 332.6 332.6 292.8 334.0 0.39 14 350 8564 -23.5 -45.5 11 21.9 -26.4 203 36 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.8 0.19 15 300 9672 -32.1 -53.2 10 21.1 -33.8 206 32 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.09 16 250 10933 -41.0 -54.9 21 13.9 -41.8 214 29 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.09 17 200 12409 -53.5 -61.1 39 7.6 -53.7 206 30 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14206 -65.3 -70.9 46 5.5 -65.4 236 35 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16626 -71.5 -83.5 15 11.9 -71.6 219 26 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.31 m Freezing level: 578.69 mb = 4718.51 m = 15480.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.40 mb = 4321.95 m = 14179.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.36 mb = 646.57 m = 2121.28 ft T: 23.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 15.52 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.91 mb = 1661.83 m = 5452.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 28.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.10 mb = 1418.76 m = 4654.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.10 mb = 4206.48 m = 13800.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 376.10 mb = 8030.75 m = 26347.29 ft B at Equ Level: 68.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.10 mb = 9999.99 m = 32807.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 90.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.15 Bulk Shear: 22.11 m/s