MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 34.89,-79.43 Latitude: 34.89 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 74 SFC 999 84 30.1 20.9 58 9.2 23.5 333 4 303.3 306.2 296.6 350.0 15.75 2 950 529 25.6 19.4 69 6.1 21.2 330 4 303.1 305.9 296.2 347.9 15.13 3 900 1002 21.0 18.5 86 2.4 19.2 323 3 303.1 305.9 296.1 347.8 15.07 4 850 1495 17.5 14.5 83 3.0 15.5 233 13 304.4 306.7 294.6 341.1 12.30 5 800 2011 14.4 10.6 78 3.7 12.0 236 14 306.4 308.3 293.6 336.9 10.11 6 750 2554 11.1 7.9 81 3.1 9.2 233 17 308.6 310.3 293.3 335.9 8.98 7 700 3127 7.7 4.4 80 3.2 5.8 238 15 311.0 312.4 292.9 334.2 7.53 8 650 3735 3.9 0.6 79 3.3 2.1 225 17 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.7 6.17 9 600 4381 0.8 -3.3 74 4.1 -1.2 213 22 317.1 318.0 292.6 333.1 5.01 10 550 5074 -3.7 -10.3 60 6.6 -6.5 206 24 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.2 3.18 11 500 5822 -7.2 -22.7 28 15.4 -11.9 208 27 324.2 324.5 291.3 328.5 1.24 12 450 6635 -12.0 -24.3 35 12.3 -15.5 206 35 328.1 328.3 292.3 332.3 1.19 13 400 7525 -18.0 -31.4 30 13.4 -20.8 201 43 331.7 331.8 292.9 334.2 0.69 14 350 8510 -24.4 -40.2 22 15.8 -26.7 202 51 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.2 0.33 15 300 9618 -32.0 -35.7 69 3.8 -32.5 201 46 340.3 340.5 295.0 342.7 0.61 16 250 10878 -41.8 -49.2 45 7.3 -42.3 203 50 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.6 0.17 17 200 12349 -53.6 -59.3 50 5.7 -53.8 200 50 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.06 18 150 14151 -64.1 -73.6 26 9.4 -64.3 201 39 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16582 -68.6 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 214 30 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.99 m Freezing level: 590.74 mb = 4509.65 m = 14795.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.40 mb = 4137.24 m = 13573.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.85 mb = 1246.56 m = 4089.72 ft T: 19.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 17.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1425.83 m = 4677.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.00 C = 87.79 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 35.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1143.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.58 mb = 1288.69 m = 4227.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.58 mb = 1640.48 m = 5382.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.58 mb = 12488.95 m = 40973.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1135.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.58 mb = 15713.61 m = 51553.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -8.2 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 27.12 Bulk Shear: 42.15 m/s