MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1004 65 23.8 22.1 90 1.7 22.6 181 4 296.6 299.7 295.6 345.5 16.93 1 1000 98 23.2 22.1 93 1.1 22.4 186 4 296.4 299.4 295.6 345.2 16.95 2 950 545 21.2 19.8 92 1.4 20.2 226 17 298.7 301.5 295.2 343.8 15.50 3 900 1013 20.0 14.6 71 5.4 16.4 224 16 302.2 304.3 293.5 336.7 11.69 4 850 1505 17.9 12.8 72 5.1 14.6 246 19 304.9 307.0 293.8 337.8 11.00 5 800 2022 14.3 11.6 84 2.7 12.6 247 18 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.8 10.79 6 750 2564 10.9 9.2 89 1.7 9.8 242 17 308.4 310.3 293.9 338.1 9.76 7 700 3137 7.0 6.7 98 0.3 6.8 239 18 310.2 311.9 293.6 337.3 8.83 8 650 3743 3.5 1.3 86 2.2 2.3 236 22 312.9 314.1 292.6 333.2 6.49 9 600 4389 -0.3 -1.0 95 0.7 -0.7 227 29 315.7 316.9 292.9 334.5 5.92 10 550 5081 -4.0 -5.5 89 1.6 -4.7 224 35 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.3 4.60 11 500 5827 -8.2 -11.6 77 3.4 -9.6 223 35 323.0 323.7 292.7 333.6 3.16 12 450 6639 -12.7 -17.5 67 4.8 -14.3 215 35 327.3 327.7 293.0 334.7 2.15 13 400 7529 -18.1 -20.4 82 2.3 -18.8 220 33 331.5 331.9 293.9 338.2 1.89 14 350 8512 -24.8 -28.2 74 3.3 -25.6 213 38 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.2 1.07 15 300 9618 -32.5 -36.6 67 4.1 -33.1 215 34 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.6 0.55 16 250 10877 -42.0 -45.7 67 3.8 -42.3 217 36 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.7 0.26 17 200 12348 -53.2 -58.1 55 4.8 -53.4 210 42 348.4 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.07 18 150 14142 -65.4 -73.3 32 8.0 -65.4 224 43 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16566 -71.0 -85.4 10 14.5 -71.0 217 27 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.35 m Freezing level: 604.46 mb = 4330.97 m = 14209.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.43 mb = 4236.36 m = 13898.64 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.04 mb = 273.41 m = 897.00 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 8.78 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.24 mb = 1563.11 m = 5128.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 38.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 483.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.97 mb = 785.39 m = 2576.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.97 mb = 2463.95 m = 8083.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.97 mb = 9876.16 m = 32401.71 ft B at Equ Level: 481.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.97 mb = 13399.41 m = 43960.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.8 neg: -3.8 tot: 55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 21.59 Bulk Shear: 22.40 m/s