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: 35.15,-78.95 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -78.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 24.8 22.1 85 2.7 22.9 209 3 297.7 300.7 295.9 346.7 16.92 1 1000 100 24.4 21.9 86 2.5 22.6 223 3 297.6 300.6 295.8 346.1 16.76 2 950 549 22.6 19.7 84 2.9 20.6 248 8 300.1 302.9 295.6 345.3 15.42 3 900 1019 20.5 16.6 78 3.9 17.8 246 18 302.6 305.1 294.8 342.0 13.30 4 850 1511 17.4 14.1 81 3.3 15.2 241 22 304.3 306.5 294.3 340.0 11.96 5 800 2027 14.2 10.2 77 4.1 11.7 232 21 306.3 308.2 293.3 335.9 9.82 6 750 2570 10.9 7.8 81 3.0 9.0 223 21 308.4 310.1 293.2 335.5 8.92 7 700 3142 6.8 6.5 98 0.3 6.6 220 23 310.0 311.7 293.5 336.7 8.73 8 650 3748 3.2 3.0 99 0.2 3.1 226 26 312.5 313.9 293.2 335.3 7.33 9 600 4392 -1.2 -1.6 97 0.4 -1.4 226 28 314.7 315.8 292.4 332.7 5.67 10 550 5084 -3.7 -10.2 61 6.5 -6.4 218 30 319.8 320.4 291.8 330.3 3.21 11 500 5831 -7.8 -15.6 54 7.8 -10.6 211 34 323.5 324.0 292.0 331.2 2.27 12 450 6643 -12.5 -15.9 76 3.3 -13.7 214 36 327.5 327.9 293.3 335.9 2.46 13 400 7533 -18.1 -20.1 84 2.0 -18.7 217 39 331.5 331.9 293.9 338.3 1.93 14 350 8516 -25.3 -27.9 79 2.6 -25.9 218 40 334.6 334.9 294.0 338.7 1.10 15 300 9620 -32.2 -36.9 63 4.7 -32.8 217 44 340.1 340.2 294.8 342.1 0.54 16 250 10880 -42.4 -47.3 59 4.9 -42.8 216 48 343.0 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.21 17 200 12345 -53.7 -62.0 36 8.2 -53.9 207 47 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 14143 -64.2 -81.3 8 17.1 -64.3 231 40 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16566 -71.7 -84.7 13 13.1 -71.8 225 29 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.41 m Freezing level: 613.72 mb = 4215.49 m = 13830.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.79 mb = 4183.20 m = 13724.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.97 mb = 412.31 m = 1352.69 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 11.20 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1395.41 m = 4578.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 38.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 775.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.95 mb = 904.41 m = 2967.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.95 mb = 2059.09 m = 6755.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.95 mb = 11232.23 m = 36850.70 ft B at Equ Level: 771.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.95 mb = 14686.70 m = 48184.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -13.0 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 18.04 Bulk Shear: 42.97 m/s