MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 17Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-79.42 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -79.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 99 SFC 997 127 24.7 22.4 87 2.3 23.0 210 7 298.1 301.2 296.3 348.5 17.35 2 950 546 21.6 16.3 72 5.3 18.1 209 18 299.1 301.4 293.1 335.2 12.36 3 900 1014 19.8 14.2 70 5.6 16.1 211 17 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.7 11.42 4 850 1504 16.4 11.8 74 4.6 13.4 208 19 303.3 305.2 292.7 333.8 10.25 5 800 2018 13.3 10.6 84 2.7 11.6 201 21 305.3 307.2 293.2 335.6 10.08 6 750 2559 10.4 7.7 83 2.7 8.8 204 20 307.9 309.5 293.0 334.6 8.81 7 700 3132 7.7 6.9 94 0.9 7.2 226 20 311.1 312.8 294.0 338.6 8.95 8 650 3739 3.4 3.1 97 0.4 3.2 237 23 312.9 314.3 293.3 335.8 7.36 9 600 4385 -0.1 -3.7 77 3.6 -1.9 249 26 316.0 316.9 292.1 331.5 4.86 10 550 5079 -3.5 -8.2 70 4.7 -5.6 242 31 319.9 320.6 292.3 332.1 3.74 11 500 5825 -8.2 -9.7 89 1.5 -8.9 227 36 323.0 323.8 293.1 335.1 3.65 12 450 6639 -12.5 -14.2 87 1.7 -13.2 212 34 327.5 328.1 293.6 337.1 2.83 13 400 7530 -17.2 -18.8 88 1.6 -17.7 212 34 332.6 333.0 294.4 340.2 2.16 14 350 8517 -24.1 -26.5 80 2.4 -24.6 214 37 336.3 336.6 294.6 340.9 1.25 15 300 9623 -32.2 -35.3 74 3.1 -32.7 216 52 340.0 340.1 294.9 342.4 0.63 16 250 10883 -42.5 -46.0 68 3.5 -42.8 211 56 342.9 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.25 17 200 12349 -53.6 -62.6 32 9.0 -53.8 212 58 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14155 -63.3 -80.5 8 17.2 -63.4 224 42 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16591 -69.2 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.3 220 32 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.21 m Freezing level: 601.76 mb = 4362.37 m = 14312.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.38 mb = 4141.64 m = 13587.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.58 mb = 413.05 m = 1355.12 ft T: 22.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 13.29 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.84 mb = 1687.45 m = 5536.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.70 mb = 1161.16 m = 3809.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.70 mb = 3494.50 m = 11464.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.70 mb = 6643.58 m = 21796.26 ft B at Equ Level: 82.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 349.70 mb = 8522.77 m = 27961.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 55.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.79 Bulk Shear: 17.34 m/s