MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 1004 65 29.2 21.3 63 7.8 23.5 229 5 302.0 305.0 296.5 349.6 16.13 1 1000 99 27.5 21.2 68 6.4 23.0 230 4 300.7 303.6 296.1 347.7 16.01 2 950 551 22.6 20.4 87 2.3 21.1 234 6 300.2 303.1 296.0 347.2 16.06 3 900 1020 19.0 17.4 90 1.6 17.9 240 11 301.1 303.7 294.9 342.5 14.06 4 850 1510 16.5 15.2 92 1.3 15.6 236 17 303.4 305.8 294.7 341.5 12.85 5 800 2025 13.8 11.5 86 2.3 12.3 220 20 305.9 307.9 293.9 338.1 10.71 6 750 2567 10.5 8.5 87 2.0 9.3 216 19 308.0 309.8 293.4 336.4 9.36 7 700 3139 6.7 5.7 94 0.9 6.1 225 24 309.9 311.4 293.1 335.2 8.25 8 650 3745 3.8 0.4 79 3.3 2.0 222 27 313.2 314.4 292.3 332.2 6.07 9 600 4391 -0.4 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.5 228 27 315.7 316.9 293.0 335.0 6.11 10 550 5083 -4.0 -6.6 82 2.6 -5.3 235 32 319.3 320.1 292.5 333.0 4.23 11 500 5829 -7.8 -11.4 75 3.7 -9.3 224 30 323.6 324.2 292.9 334.2 3.19 12 450 6642 -12.4 -16.9 69 4.5 -14.0 214 33 327.7 328.1 293.2 335.5 2.26 13 400 7532 -17.8 -21.2 75 3.4 -18.8 212 40 331.8 332.1 293.8 338.0 1.76 14 350 8518 -24.4 -28.7 67 4.3 -25.3 211 42 335.9 336.1 294.3 339.7 1.02 15 300 9625 -31.9 -40.9 40 9.0 -33.0 215 46 340.5 340.6 294.8 341.9 0.36 16 250 10887 -41.8 -51.6 34 9.7 -42.5 214 51 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.4 0.13 17 200 12355 -53.7 -62.9 31 9.3 -53.9 203 54 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14156 -64.2 -80.1 10 15.9 -64.4 228 45 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.00 19 100 16583 -69.0 -84.9 8 15.9 -69.1 217 31 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.19 m Freezing level: 604.32 mb = 4334.98 m = 14222.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.31 mb = 4253.32 m = 13954.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.22 mb = 1055.84 m = 3463.99 ft T: 18.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 17.34 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.68 mb = 1013.16 m = 3323.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.92 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 38.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 901.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.57 mb = 937.59 m = 3076.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.57 mb = 1177.77 m = 3864.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.57 mb = 11622.59 m = 38131.39 ft B at Equ Level: 898.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.57 mb = 15316.61 m = 50250.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.3 neg: -9.0 tot: 25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 24.22 Bulk Shear: 37.22 m/s