MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.22,-80.95 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -80.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 986 213 30.5 20.6 55 9.9 23.3 205 11 304.9 307.8 297.0 351.7 15.67 2 950 541 25.8 19.5 68 6.3 21.3 205 15 303.4 306.2 296.3 348.6 15.21 3 900 1015 21.2 18.5 85 2.7 19.3 205 17 303.3 306.1 296.2 347.9 15.04 4 850 1508 17.4 13.9 80 3.5 15.1 220 27 304.4 306.6 294.3 339.7 11.85 5 800 2024 14.4 10.0 75 4.4 11.6 230 29 306.5 308.3 293.3 335.7 9.69 6 750 2566 11.0 8.9 87 2.1 9.7 232 29 308.5 310.3 293.7 337.8 9.61 7 700 3140 7.8 6.1 89 1.7 6.8 231 28 311.2 312.8 293.7 337.3 8.50 8 650 3748 4.4 2.8 89 1.6 3.5 227 31 313.9 315.3 293.4 336.5 7.21 9 600 4397 1.1 -1.5 83 2.6 -0.3 231 33 317.4 318.5 293.2 335.7 5.74 10 550 5093 -2.3 -10.0 56 7.7 -5.6 239 34 321.4 322.0 292.3 332.2 3.26 11 500 5843 -6.9 -27.7 17 20.8 -12.5 241 38 324.7 324.8 291.0 327.5 0.79 12 450 6655 -12.3 -15.2 79 2.9 -13.3 228 38 327.8 328.4 293.5 336.8 2.62 13 400 7546 -17.8 -23.3 62 5.5 -19.4 231 36 331.8 332.1 293.6 337.0 1.46 14 350 8532 -24.3 -26.5 82 2.2 -24.8 219 41 336.0 336.3 294.4 340.6 1.25 15 300 9640 -31.3 -34.9 71 3.6 -31.9 217 41 341.2 341.4 295.2 343.7 0.66 16 250 10907 -40.7 -54.2 22 13.6 -41.5 226 45 345.6 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.10 17 200 12385 -52.8 -64.9 22 12.1 -53.1 226 42 349.1 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14180 -65.8 -76.3 22 10.5 -65.9 227 39 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16597 -68.4 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.5 230 26 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.88 m Freezing level: 583.73 mb = 4623.37 m = 15168.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.64 mb = 4347.69 m = 14263.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.77 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.28 mb = 1464.27 m = 4803.97 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 15.94 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.88 mb = 1458.17 m = 4783.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 36.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1009.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.02 mb = 1376.52 m = 4516.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.02 mb = 1628.38 m = 5342.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.02 mb = 11813.29 m = 38757.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1009.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.02 mb = 15609.20 m = 51210.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.1 neg: -2.7 tot: 101.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 25.37 Bulk Shear: 39.80 m/s