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 the city database file for: KCLT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 87 SFC 986 214 30.8 20.3 54 10.5 23.2 205 12 305.2 308.0 296.9 351.1 15.37 2 950 541 26.0 19.5 68 6.5 21.3 205 15 303.5 306.3 296.3 348.6 15.17 3 900 1015 21.3 18.5 84 2.8 19.3 205 17 303.4 306.2 296.2 348.0 15.02 4 850 1508 17.3 14.3 82 3.0 15.3 220 27 304.3 306.6 294.4 340.5 12.14 5 800 2024 14.3 10.2 76 4.1 11.7 230 29 306.4 308.3 293.3 336.1 9.82 6 750 2567 11.1 8.8 86 2.2 9.7 232 29 308.6 310.4 293.7 337.6 9.55 7 700 3140 7.8 6.2 89 1.7 6.8 231 28 311.2 312.8 293.7 337.4 8.51 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 1.2 -1.6 82 2.8 -0.3 231 33 317.4 318.5 293.2 335.6 5.68 10 550 5093 -2.3 -9.3 59 7.0 -5.4 239 34 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.6 3.43 11 500 5843 -6.9 -25.2 22 18.4 -12.1 241 38 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.99 12 450 6656 -12.2 -14.9 80 2.7 -13.2 229 38 327.9 328.4 293.6 337.0 2.67 13 400 7547 -17.9 -25.0 54 7.1 -19.8 231 36 331.7 332.0 293.4 336.2 1.25 14 350 8532 -24.3 -26.5 82 2.2 -24.8 219 41 336.0 336.2 294.4 340.5 1.25 15 300 9640 -31.3 -35.3 68 4.0 -31.9 217 41 341.3 341.4 295.2 343.7 0.63 16 250 10907 -40.7 -54.3 22 13.7 -41.5 226 44 345.6 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.09 17 200 12385 -52.7 -64.1 24 11.3 -53.0 226 42 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14181 -65.8 -75.8 23 10.0 -65.9 227 38 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16597 -68.5 -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: 5756.07 m Freezing level: 583.57 mb = 4625.70 m = 15175.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.64 mb = 4347.89 m = 14264.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.03 mb = 1537.58 m = 5044.48 ft T: 17.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 15.06 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1460.39 m = 4791.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.71 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.15 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 999.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.46 mb = 1402.41 m = 4601.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.46 mb = 1553.44 m = 5096.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.46 mb = 11891.88 m = 39014.89 ft B at Equ Level: 997.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.46 mb = 15740.35 m = 51640.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 260.1 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.4 neg: -3.0 tot: 99.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 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: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 25.61 Bulk Shear: 39.05 m/s