MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 1Z 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 1002 64 28.7 24.1 76 4.7 25.3 163 10 301.7 305.2 298.3 358.2 19.13 1 1000 84 28.3 23.9 77 4.3 25.1 163 10 301.4 304.9 298.2 357.6 19.05 2 950 538 24.7 22.7 88 2.1 23.2 184 23 302.3 305.7 298.1 357.2 18.55 3 900 1012 22.2 18.9 81 3.3 19.9 206 24 304.4 307.3 296.7 350.4 15.43 4 850 1507 18.1 17.0 94 1.1 17.4 212 25 305.1 307.8 296.3 348.6 14.54 5 800 2025 14.4 10.2 75 4.3 11.7 232 21 306.5 308.4 293.3 336.0 9.78 6 750 2569 12.2 6.5 68 5.7 8.8 236 23 309.8 311.3 293.0 334.7 8.11 7 700 3145 9.5 1.4 57 8.0 5.0 232 23 312.9 314.1 292.3 332.0 6.07 8 650 3756 5.8 1.7 75 4.1 3.5 219 25 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.5 6.65 9 600 4407 2.0 -2.7 71 4.7 -0.4 213 26 318.5 319.5 293.2 335.3 5.24 10 550 5105 -1.9 -9.7 55 7.8 -5.3 223 24 321.9 322.5 292.5 332.9 3.34 11 500 5856 -6.7 -13.7 57 7.0 -9.4 226 26 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.9 2.66 12 450 6669 -12.0 -17.7 63 5.7 -14.0 226 33 328.1 328.5 293.2 335.4 2.11 13 400 7562 -16.9 -26.5 43 9.5 -19.4 229 36 333.0 333.2 293.6 337.0 1.10 14 350 8551 -23.3 -33.9 37 10.6 -25.4 229 35 337.3 337.4 294.2 339.6 0.62 15 300 9660 -32.0 -38.5 52 6.5 -32.9 238 30 340.3 340.4 294.8 342.1 0.46 16 250 10921 -41.7 -49.8 41 8.1 -42.3 241 36 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.7 0.16 17 200 12392 -53.5 -71.5 9 18.0 -53.8 242 41 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 14184 -66.7 -74.5 33 7.8 -66.8 214 41 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 19 100 16609 -69.2 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 218 25 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.41 m Freezing level: 573.87 mb = 4771.56 m = 15654.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.05 mb = 4338.90 m = 14235.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.14 mb = 657.74 m = 2157.92 ft T: 24.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 26.22 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.06 mb = 1157.24 m = 3796.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -5.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2330.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.06 mb = 895.63 m = 2938.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.06 mb = 1335.13 m = 4380.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.06 mb = 14302.08 m = 46922.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2310.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 131.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 73.49 Bulk Shear: 31.72 m/s