MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 26 SEP 25 Station: 35.11,-79.27 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -79.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 97 23.2 22.0 93 1.2 22.3 214 2 296.3 299.3 295.4 344.8 16.84 1 1000 101 23.0 22.0 94 1.0 22.3 227 2 296.1 299.2 295.4 344.7 16.85 2 950 549 22.2 19.5 85 2.6 20.3 248 8 299.7 302.4 295.3 344.1 15.21 3 900 1019 20.5 17.0 80 3.5 18.1 246 18 302.7 305.2 295.1 343.1 13.67 4 850 1511 17.4 14.1 81 3.3 15.2 239 23 304.3 306.5 294.3 340.0 11.96 5 800 2027 14.4 10.2 76 4.2 11.7 232 21 306.4 308.3 293.3 336.0 9.80 6 750 2569 10.8 7.8 82 3.0 8.9 221 21 308.2 309.9 293.1 335.3 8.88 7 700 3141 6.7 6.5 98 0.3 6.6 221 23 310.0 311.6 293.5 336.6 8.71 8 650 3747 3.0 2.2 95 0.8 2.5 225 24 312.3 313.6 292.7 333.8 6.90 9 600 4391 -1.2 -1.3 99 0.1 -1.3 223 27 314.8 315.9 292.5 333.0 5.80 10 550 5082 -4.2 -7.4 79 3.1 -5.7 215 30 319.1 319.9 292.3 332.1 4.00 11 500 5828 -7.8 -12.5 69 4.6 -9.7 210 35 323.5 324.0 292.6 333.3 2.93 12 450 6640 -12.7 -14.7 85 1.9 -13.5 214 38 327.2 327.8 293.4 336.5 2.73 13 400 7530 -18.1 -20.1 85 1.9 -18.7 218 41 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.2 1.94 14 350 8513 -25.2 -27.7 80 2.5 -25.8 217 42 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.8 1.12 15 300 9617 -32.2 -35.7 71 3.5 -32.7 217 47 340.0 340.1 294.8 342.3 0.60 16 250 10877 -42.6 -46.2 68 3.6 -42.9 215 51 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.24 17 200 12341 -53.7 -62.2 35 8.5 -53.9 207 49 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14139 -64.0 -81.7 7 17.7 -64.1 233 43 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16565 -71.7 -84.8 13 13.1 -71.8 220 30 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.22 m Freezing level: 614.30 mb = 4206.95 m = 13802.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4170.72 m = 13683.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.68 mb = 244.74 m = 802.93 ft T: 22.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 9.54 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1416.63 m = 4647.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 39.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 706.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.44 mb = 861.48 m = 2826.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.44 mb = 2224.19 m = 7297.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.44 mb = 10837.47 m = 35555.57 ft B at Equ Level: 705.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.44 mb = 14490.90 m = 47541.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -14.3 tot: -1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 16.13 Bulk Shear: 43.79 m/s