MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 8Z FRI 26 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 1003 65 24.5 22.8 90 1.7 23.3 201 8 297.4 300.6 296.3 348.6 17.67 1 1000 89 24.1 22.6 91 1.5 23.0 202 8 297.3 300.5 296.2 348.1 17.55 2 950 537 23.1 20.2 84 2.9 21.1 227 28 300.6 303.5 296.0 347.2 15.87 3 900 1008 20.4 17.4 83 3.0 18.4 226 24 302.6 305.2 295.3 344.1 14.03 4 850 1500 16.9 14.3 85 2.6 15.2 221 25 303.9 306.1 294.3 340.1 12.16 5 800 2015 14.0 12.1 88 1.9 12.7 216 24 306.0 308.1 294.2 339.5 11.13 6 750 2558 11.1 9.0 87 2.0 9.8 218 24 308.6 310.4 293.8 338.0 9.66 7 700 3131 8.1 6.2 88 1.9 6.9 225 23 311.4 313.0 293.7 337.7 8.52 8 650 3741 4.3 2.3 87 2.0 3.2 224 24 313.8 315.1 293.2 335.6 6.97 9 600 4387 0.4 -0.7 92 1.2 -0.2 219 27 316.6 317.8 293.3 335.8 6.05 10 550 5082 -3.4 -6.9 76 3.5 -5.0 214 25 320.1 320.9 292.7 333.6 4.14 11 500 5829 -7.7 -11.8 73 4.0 -9.4 211 29 323.6 324.2 292.8 334.0 3.11 12 450 6641 -12.4 -34.4 14 22.1 -17.0 209 38 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.4 0.46 13 400 7530 -18.4 -38.3 16 19.8 -21.9 220 40 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.35 14 350 8511 -25.1 -30.4 61 5.4 -26.1 229 34 335.0 335.2 293.9 338.2 0.87 15 300 9617 -31.9 -35.4 71 3.6 -32.4 220 32 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.8 0.62 16 250 10879 -41.5 -48.6 46 7.1 -42.1 214 37 344.3 344.4 295.6 345.1 0.18 17 200 12354 -52.8 -60.6 38 7.8 -53.1 219 42 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.05 18 150 14150 -66.4 -70.8 53 4.5 -66.4 220 42 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16582 -70.0 -85.7 8 15.8 -70.0 206 21 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.46 m Freezing level: 594.28 mb = 4466.86 m = 14654.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.16 mb = 4344.95 m = 14254.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.78 mb = 276.37 m = 906.73 ft T: 23.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 12.98 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1210.46 m = 3971.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 924.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.48 mb = 840.84 m = 2758.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.48 mb = 1575.47 m = 5168.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.48 mb = 11359.35 m = 37267.77 ft B at Equ Level: 921.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.48 mb = 15365.90 m = 50412.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.7 neg: -16.1 tot: 52.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 154.91 Bulk Shear: 5.97 m/s