MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 29.3 21.8 64 7.5 23.8 189 8 301.9 304.9 296.8 350.6 16.53 1 1000 119 27.5 21.6 70 5.9 23.2 191 8 300.6 303.6 296.4 348.8 16.42 2 950 571 23.2 19.3 79 3.8 20.5 210 20 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.8 15.02 3 900 1042 20.8 17.3 80 3.5 18.4 214 24 303.0 305.5 295.3 344.3 13.95 4 850 1535 17.5 13.3 76 4.2 14.8 219 22 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.5 11.38 5 800 2050 14.2 9.3 72 5.0 11.2 219 23 306.3 308.1 292.9 334.2 9.23 6 750 2593 10.9 8.1 83 2.8 9.2 216 25 308.4 310.1 293.3 335.9 9.06 7 700 3166 8.4 0.8 59 7.5 4.2 219 25 311.7 312.8 291.7 329.9 5.81 8 650 3775 5.1 -1.3 64 6.3 1.7 216 26 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.7 5.37 9 600 4424 1.4 -2.4 76 3.8 -0.6 227 25 317.7 318.7 293.0 334.8 5.35 10 550 5121 -1.3 -15.9 32 14.6 -6.8 221 30 322.6 323.0 291.6 329.4 2.02 11 500 5875 -5.4 -23.8 22 18.4 -11.1 220 35 326.4 326.6 291.8 330.4 1.12 12 450 6690 -11.6 -26.9 27 15.3 -15.7 214 31 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.0 0.94 13 400 7581 -17.3 -39.3 13 21.9 -21.1 216 29 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.7 0.32 14 350 8570 -23.1 -52.5 5 29.4 -26.3 206 26 337.5 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.08 15 300 9679 -32.0 -47.2 21 15.1 -33.6 203 25 340.2 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.18 16 250 10940 -41.3 -57.0 17 15.6 -42.2 198 31 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.07 17 200 12417 -52.7 -65.9 19 13.3 -52.9 198 26 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.03 18 150 14216 -65.3 -76.4 20 11.1 -65.4 225 31 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16632 -71.1 -85.1 11 14.0 -71.1 211 18 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.43 m Freezing level: 574.04 mb = 4785.95 m = 15701.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.23 mb = 4260.53 m = 13977.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.89 mb = 1014.07 m = 3326.96 ft T: 20.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 16.46 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.88 mb = 1485.26 m = 4872.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 18.76 C K Index: 28.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 484.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.62 mb = 1084.04 m = 3556.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.62 mb = 1938.22 m = 6358.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.62 mb = 10923.24 m = 35836.98 ft B at Equ Level: 483.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.62 mb = 14190.00 m = 46554.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 68.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 23.57 Bulk Shear: 20.54 m/s