MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 13Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.15,-79.21 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -79.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 109 24.0 21.6 87 2.4 22.3 188 7 296.9 299.9 295.4 344.5 16.44 1 1000 128 23.2 21.4 89 1.9 21.9 188 7 296.4 299.3 295.1 343.1 16.20 2 950 576 23.6 18.3 72 5.3 19.9 215 23 301.2 303.8 295.0 342.7 14.11 3 900 1047 20.6 17.0 80 3.5 18.1 213 25 302.7 305.2 295.1 343.3 13.71 4 850 1540 17.3 13.5 78 3.8 14.8 221 23 304.3 306.4 294.0 338.8 11.56 5 800 2055 13.7 9.8 77 3.9 11.3 217 22 305.8 307.6 292.9 334.6 9.57 6 750 2596 11.0 5.1 67 5.9 7.5 208 24 308.5 309.8 292.0 330.9 7.34 7 700 3169 8.2 1.2 61 7.1 4.4 215 26 311.6 312.7 291.7 330.2 5.96 8 650 3779 4.6 0.0 72 4.5 2.1 216 27 314.1 315.2 292.4 332.7 5.91 9 600 4425 0.5 -4.5 69 5.1 -1.9 227 27 316.7 317.6 292.1 331.3 4.55 10 550 5120 -2.0 -13.0 43 10.9 -6.4 227 30 321.7 322.2 291.7 330.2 2.56 11 500 5872 -5.8 -20.3 31 14.5 -10.6 218 34 325.9 326.2 292.0 331.2 1.52 12 450 6688 -11.5 -24.0 35 12.5 -15.2 216 31 328.7 329.0 292.6 333.1 1.22 13 400 7579 -17.5 -35.6 19 18.1 -21.0 218 31 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.0 0.46 14 350 8567 -23.9 -51.7 6 27.9 -26.8 216 31 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.09 15 300 9673 -32.7 -44.1 31 11.5 -33.9 221 28 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.4 0.25 16 250 10931 -41.8 -52.4 31 10.6 -42.5 207 29 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.4 0.12 17 200 12406 -53.0 -68.4 14 15.3 -53.4 204 17 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14201 -65.9 -74.8 28 8.9 -66.0 243 27 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16625 -70.0 -84.5 10 14.5 -70.0 221 16 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.61 m Freezing level: 589.69 mb = 4568.64 m = 14988.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.67 mb = 4112.69 m = 13492.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.55 mb = 407.07 m = 1335.51 ft T: 23.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 13.08 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.51 mb = 1584.57 m = 5198.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.48 C = 88.66 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.18 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 29.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 235.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.70 mb = 1069.31 m = 3508.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.70 mb = 2131.54 m = 6993.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.70 mb = 10083.14 m = 33080.78 ft B at Equ Level: 233.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.70 mb = 12638.54 m = 41464.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.4 neg: -6.5 tot: 73.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 14.43 Bulk Shear: 16.32 m/s