MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1003 65 30.9 21.2 56 9.7 23.9 200 3 303.8 306.7 296.9 351.3 16.00 1 1000 92 29.3 21.1 61 8.2 23.4 205 3 302.5 305.4 296.5 349.6 15.95 2 950 546 24.3 20.1 77 4.2 21.3 215 4 301.9 304.8 296.3 348.4 15.78 3 900 1017 19.7 19.3 97 0.4 19.4 222 4 301.8 304.8 296.3 348.6 15.84 4 850 1508 16.5 14.9 91 1.5 15.4 232 17 303.4 305.7 294.6 341.0 12.66 5 800 2023 13.5 11.8 90 1.6 12.4 212 22 305.5 307.5 293.9 338.4 10.96 6 750 2564 10.2 8.7 91 1.5 9.3 207 21 307.6 309.4 293.4 336.3 9.47 7 700 3137 8.0 4.5 79 3.4 5.9 210 20 311.3 312.7 293.0 334.7 7.59 8 650 3745 4.2 -0.4 72 4.6 1.8 206 24 313.7 314.8 292.2 331.8 5.73 9 600 4392 0.7 -1.1 88 1.8 -0.3 217 23 316.9 318.0 293.2 335.6 5.88 10 550 5086 -3.8 -6.1 84 2.4 -4.9 225 28 319.6 320.5 292.8 333.9 4.40 11 500 5832 -8.1 -10.5 83 2.4 -9.1 216 29 323.2 323.9 293.0 334.7 3.44 12 450 6644 -12.5 -14.8 84 2.2 -13.4 207 34 327.5 328.0 293.5 336.7 2.71 13 400 7534 -18.2 -23.3 64 5.1 -19.7 210 47 331.3 331.6 293.4 336.5 1.46 14 350 8517 -24.8 -27.8 76 3.0 -25.5 212 46 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.3 1.11 15 300 9623 -32.3 -35.0 76 2.8 -32.7 218 44 339.9 340.0 294.9 342.4 0.65 16 250 10882 -42.1 -51.8 34 9.8 -42.6 218 51 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.13 17 200 12353 -53.9 -59.4 51 5.5 -54.0 207 53 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14155 -63.7 -79.5 10 15.9 -63.8 222 40 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16591 -69.3 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.4 215 34 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.60 m Freezing level: 592.26 mb = 4499.42 m = 14761.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.66 mb = 4302.76 m = 14116.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.41 mb = 1284.67 m = 4214.75 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 16.80 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.82 mb = 1105.32 m = 3626.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 36.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1365.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.12 mb = 1092.76 m = 3585.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.12 mb = 1141.02 m = 3743.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.12 mb = 12769.45 m = 41894.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1347.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.12 mb = 16177.82 m = 53076.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -12.0 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 38.11 Bulk Shear: 35.84 m/s