MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 8Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 34.95,-79.43 Latitude: 34.95 Longitude: -79.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 998 96 24.4 22.1 87 2.3 22.8 200 6 297.7 300.8 296.0 347.0 16.99 2 950 533 23.3 19.2 78 4.1 20.4 232 21 300.9 303.6 295.4 344.6 14.88 3 900 1003 20.4 14.0 66 6.4 16.2 235 25 302.5 304.6 293.3 335.7 11.21 4 850 1494 16.9 14.2 85 2.6 15.1 229 24 303.8 306.0 294.3 339.8 12.10 5 800 2009 13.8 11.2 84 2.6 12.1 226 22 305.9 307.8 293.7 337.4 10.49 6 750 2552 11.6 7.0 73 4.6 8.8 218 19 309.2 310.7 293.0 334.9 8.42 7 700 3127 9.3 -4.7 37 14.0 2.5 238 22 312.8 313.6 290.3 325.1 3.87 8 650 3737 4.9 -1.8 62 6.6 1.4 240 22 314.5 315.5 291.9 330.9 5.18 9 600 4385 1.0 -1.2 85 2.2 -0.2 223 29 317.3 318.4 293.3 335.9 5.83 10 550 5080 -3.5 -6.3 80 2.9 -4.8 214 28 320.0 320.8 292.8 334.1 4.33 11 500 5828 -7.0 -25.6 21 18.6 -12.3 212 32 324.5 324.7 291.1 327.9 0.95 12 450 6640 -13.1 -25.0 36 11.9 -16.3 214 37 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.7 1.11 13 400 7527 -18.3 -20.6 82 2.4 -19.0 221 36 331.2 331.6 293.7 337.7 1.85 14 350 8512 -24.5 -27.0 80 2.5 -25.1 219 34 335.7 335.9 294.3 340.1 1.19 15 300 9618 -31.9 -34.9 75 3.0 -32.4 211 40 340.4 340.5 295.0 342.9 0.66 16 250 10880 -42.0 -46.3 62 4.4 -42.3 207 42 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.7 0.24 17 200 12347 -54.1 -58.7 57 4.6 -54.2 225 39 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.07 18 150 14143 -65.5 -80.7 10 15.3 -65.5 228 47 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.00 19 100 16574 -70.0 -83.6 12 13.5 -70.1 224 30 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.20 m Freezing level: 588.83 mb = 4540.42 m = 14896.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.54 mb = 4297.39 m = 14098.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.72 mb = 388.67 m = 1275.14 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 14.66 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1486.06 m = 4875.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 24.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.08 mb = 1088.49 m = 3571.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.08 mb = 3535.95 m = 11600.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.08 mb = 9473.85 m = 31081.82 ft B at Equ Level: 330.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.08 mb = 13142.25 m = 43117.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.0 neg: -21.6 tot: 45.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 26.21 Bulk Shear: 12.71 m/s