MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 25.8 21.7 78 4.1 22.9 187 9 298.8 301.8 296.0 347.0 16.57 1 1000 83 25.5 21.7 79 3.9 22.8 188 9 298.7 301.7 295.9 346.8 16.52 2 950 534 24.5 20.0 76 4.4 21.3 222 29 302.0 304.9 296.3 348.3 15.70 3 900 1006 20.8 18.3 85 2.6 19.1 227 25 303.0 305.7 296.0 346.9 14.82 4 850 1499 16.6 16.1 96 0.6 16.3 220 24 303.6 306.1 295.3 344.0 13.63 5 800 2014 14.6 11.2 80 3.5 12.4 222 21 306.7 308.7 293.9 338.3 10.47 6 750 2558 11.7 5.7 67 5.9 8.2 224 18 309.2 310.7 292.5 332.8 7.70 7 700 3132 8.5 5.3 81 3.1 6.6 220 21 311.8 313.4 293.5 336.7 8.03 8 650 3742 4.8 2.5 85 2.3 3.5 219 25 314.4 315.8 293.4 336.6 7.07 9 600 4391 1.3 -2.5 75 3.9 -0.6 219 30 317.7 318.7 293.0 334.6 5.30 10 550 5087 -2.6 -7.4 70 4.8 -4.8 218 30 321.0 321.7 292.8 334.0 3.99 11 500 5837 -6.6 -26.5 19 20.0 -12.1 211 30 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.1 0.87 12 450 6649 -12.7 -25.8 33 13.0 -16.2 214 36 327.2 327.4 292.0 330.9 1.04 13 400 7537 -18.5 -27.3 46 8.9 -20.6 218 38 331.0 331.2 293.0 334.7 1.02 14 350 8521 -24.2 -26.0 85 1.8 -24.6 219 33 336.1 336.3 294.5 340.8 1.31 15 300 9628 -31.9 -34.1 81 2.2 -32.3 207 35 340.4 340.5 295.1 343.1 0.71 16 250 10890 -41.8 -49.0 46 7.1 -42.3 220 39 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.6 0.18 17 200 12359 -54.2 -59.7 50 5.5 -54.3 244 46 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14151 -65.0 -81.4 9 16.4 -65.0 225 41 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.00 19 100 16585 -69.6 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 216 30 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.29 m Freezing level: 583.16 mb = 4625.12 m = 15174.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.51 mb = 4289.93 m = 14074.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.79 mb = 582.14 m = 1909.88 ft T: 24.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 15.48 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1252.92 m = 4110.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.31 C = 86.56 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 36.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 960.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.32 mb = 1012.90 m = 3323.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.32 mb = 1455.13 m = 4774.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.32 mb = 12538.14 m = 41135.12 ft B at Equ Level: 951.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.32 mb = 15278.70 m = 50126.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.1 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 249.1 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.5 neg: -22.3 tot: 70.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 209.39 Bulk Shear: 4.59 m/s