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: 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 25.2 21.5 80 3.7 22.6 195 7 298.2 301.2 295.7 345.7 16.33 1 1000 82 25.1 21.5 80 3.6 22.5 197 7 298.3 301.2 295.7 345.7 16.33 2 950 532 23.9 19.3 75 4.7 20.6 230 25 301.5 304.2 295.7 345.6 14.98 3 900 1003 20.6 15.7 73 4.9 17.2 228 29 302.7 305.0 294.3 339.8 12.53 4 850 1495 16.7 15.4 92 1.4 15.8 221 27 303.7 306.1 294.9 342.4 13.04 5 800 2010 14.2 10.4 78 3.8 11.9 220 21 306.3 308.2 293.4 336.4 9.97 6 750 2554 11.8 7.7 76 4.0 9.3 220 18 309.3 311.0 293.4 336.3 8.84 7 700 3128 8.6 1.2 60 7.4 4.6 234 21 312.1 313.2 291.9 330.7 5.99 8 650 3737 4.7 2.0 83 2.6 3.2 228 24 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.7 6.84 9 600 4386 0.7 -2.6 78 3.4 -1.0 222 29 317.0 318.0 292.7 333.8 5.26 10 550 5080 -3.3 -7.5 73 4.2 -5.3 212 30 320.1 320.9 292.5 333.0 3.94 11 500 5828 -7.0 -23.0 27 15.9 -11.9 211 32 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.7 1.21 12 450 6641 -12.6 -26.4 31 13.8 -16.3 216 36 327.4 327.6 291.9 330.9 0.98 13 400 7530 -18.3 -31.5 30 13.2 -21.1 220 36 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.8 0.69 14 350 8513 -24.3 -27.2 77 2.9 -24.9 222 36 336.1 336.3 294.4 340.4 1.18 15 300 9619 -32.2 -35.4 73 3.2 -32.6 210 35 340.1 340.2 294.9 342.5 0.63 16 250 10881 -41.9 -47.8 53 5.8 -42.3 209 37 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.6 0.20 17 200 12349 -54.3 -58.6 60 4.2 -54.5 233 41 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.07 18 150 14144 -64.4 -83.9 5 19.5 -64.5 231 46 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.00 19 100 16576 -70.2 -83.0 14 12.8 -70.2 225 30 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.44 m Freezing level: 590.85 mb = 4512.96 m = 14806.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.73 mb = 4229.02 m = 13874.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.00 mb = 541.42 m = 1776.29 ft T: 23.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 11.67 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1400.65 m = 4595.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 31.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 490.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.79 mb = 1082.18 m = 3550.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.79 mb = 2815.57 m = 9237.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.79 mb = 10431.15 m = 34222.51 ft B at Equ Level: 489.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.79 mb = 13867.48 m = 45496.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.2 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 251.2 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.2 neg: -39.3 tot: 30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 46.86 Bulk Shear: 10.47 m/s