MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 29.9 20.8 58 9.2 23.3 190 6 302.9 305.8 296.4 349.1 15.60 1 1000 83 29.6 20.8 59 8.8 23.3 192 6 302.8 305.7 296.4 349.1 15.64 2 950 538 25.1 19.7 72 5.3 21.3 196 9 302.6 305.4 296.2 348.2 15.40 3 900 1011 20.5 18.7 90 1.8 19.2 199 9 302.6 305.4 296.1 347.6 15.23 4 850 1502 16.7 15.1 90 1.6 15.6 224 9 303.7 306.0 294.7 341.6 12.78 5 800 2018 14.4 9.3 72 5.0 11.2 239 14 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.4 9.25 6 750 2560 11.0 7.8 81 3.1 9.0 230 16 308.5 310.2 293.2 335.7 8.92 7 700 3134 8.0 5.0 81 3.0 6.3 221 17 311.4 312.9 293.2 335.6 7.84 8 650 3742 4.2 2.1 86 2.1 3.0 215 17 313.7 315.0 293.1 335.1 6.86 9 600 4389 0.9 -2.1 80 3.0 -0.7 213 16 317.1 318.2 292.9 334.6 5.47 10 550 5084 -3.2 -6.3 79 3.1 -4.7 216 23 320.3 321.2 292.9 334.5 4.34 11 500 5832 -7.6 -12.9 66 5.3 -9.7 216 32 323.7 324.3 292.6 333.2 2.83 12 450 6646 -11.8 -23.2 39 11.3 -15.2 215 35 328.3 328.6 292.5 333.0 1.32 13 400 7538 -17.6 -28.2 39 10.6 -20.1 219 31 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.6 0.94 14 350 8522 -24.7 -28.9 69 4.1 -25.6 222 39 335.4 335.6 294.1 339.1 1.01 15 300 9627 -31.6 -39.8 45 8.1 -32.7 208 45 340.8 340.9 294.9 342.4 0.40 16 250 10892 -41.4 -50.4 37 9.0 -42.1 208 49 344.4 344.5 295.5 345.1 0.15 17 200 12364 -53.5 -70.1 11 16.6 -53.8 231 56 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14164 -64.0 -81.2 8 17.2 -64.1 209 44 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16596 -69.2 -84.4 9 15.3 -69.2 229 26 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.90 m Freezing level: 589.18 mb = 4539.77 m = 14894.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.26 mb = 4265.48 m = 13994.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.81 mb = 1225.24 m = 4019.75 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 14.73 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.07 mb = 1281.64 m = 4204.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1066.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.02 mb = 1213.36 m = 3980.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.02 mb = 1361.36 m = 4466.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.02 mb = 12232.73 m = 40133.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1064.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.02 mb = 15304.66 m = 50211.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.4 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 247.4 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 73.88 Bulk Shear: 14.43 m/s