MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F010.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KCLT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 16Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: KCLT Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -80.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 110 SFC 988 214 28.6 20.4 61 8.1 22.8 217 9 302.7 305.6 296.3 348.5 15.46 2 950 561 23.5 19.6 79 3.9 20.8 219 12 301.0 303.8 295.7 345.9 15.29 3 900 1031 19.5 17.5 88 2.0 18.1 230 23 301.6 304.2 295.1 343.2 14.12 4 850 1522 17.1 13.3 78 3.8 14.6 232 26 304.1 306.2 293.8 338.0 11.37 5 800 2037 13.8 11.4 86 2.3 12.3 234 27 305.8 307.8 293.8 337.9 10.68 6 750 2580 11.2 8.3 83 2.8 9.4 232 28 308.7 310.4 293.5 336.7 9.21 7 700 3154 8.1 5.3 83 2.8 6.5 224 30 311.4 313.0 293.4 336.2 8.02 8 650 3762 4.5 1.2 79 3.3 2.7 222 34 314.1 315.3 292.9 334.3 6.45 9 600 4410 0.2 -0.2 97 0.4 -0.0 227 37 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.3 6.29 10 550 5105 -3.3 -3.6 98 0.3 -3.5 227 39 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.3 5.32 11 500 5853 -6.9 -11.5 70 4.6 -8.8 221 44 324.6 325.2 293.1 335.2 3.17 12 450 6667 -12.0 -18.1 61 6.0 -14.1 218 43 328.1 328.5 293.1 335.2 2.05 13 400 7559 -17.2 -20.3 77 3.1 -18.2 217 38 332.6 333.0 294.1 339.3 1.90 14 350 8548 -23.5 -30.4 53 6.8 -25.0 210 34 337.0 337.2 294.4 340.3 0.87 15 300 9658 -31.2 -43.4 29 12.1 -32.7 206 34 341.3 341.4 294.9 342.4 0.28 16 250 10925 -40.5 -54.0 22 13.6 -41.3 208 38 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.10 17 200 12402 -52.5 -60.7 37 8.2 -52.8 206 41 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.05 18 150 14198 -65.7 -74.8 27 9.2 -65.7 219 39 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16623 -70.6 -84.9 10 14.3 -70.6 213 26 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.34 m Freezing level: 597.53 mb = 4444.42 m = 14581.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.70 mb = 4400.62 m = 14437.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.33 mb = 1240.37 m = 4069.39 ft T: 18.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 14.14 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.20 mb = 1439.59 m = 4723.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.25 C K Index: 34.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 522.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.75 mb = 1177.81 m = 3864.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.75 mb = 1830.10 m = 6004.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.75 mb = 9899.60 m = 32478.62 ft B at Equ Level: 522.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.75 mb = 14208.30 m = 46614.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.0 neg: -2.8 tot: 56.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 10.44 Bulk Shear: 50.01 m/s