MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 95 SFC 996 127 25.9 20.8 73 5.2 22.3 203 5 299.4 302.3 295.6 345.2 15.68 2 950 543 21.8 16.1 70 5.7 17.9 222 15 299.3 301.5 293.0 334.8 12.16 3 900 1012 20.4 14.3 68 6.0 16.4 232 13 302.5 304.6 293.4 336.5 11.48 4 850 1504 17.1 11.8 71 5.3 13.7 226 16 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.8 10.29 5 800 2019 14.0 10.2 78 3.8 11.6 220 18 306.0 307.9 293.2 335.6 9.83 6 750 2561 10.9 8.2 83 2.7 9.3 218 16 308.4 310.2 293.4 336.3 9.14 7 700 3134 7.5 5.8 89 1.7 6.5 230 17 310.8 312.4 293.4 336.2 8.27 8 650 3741 4.0 2.7 91 1.4 3.2 227 19 313.5 314.9 293.3 335.9 7.15 9 600 4389 0.9 -2.4 79 3.3 -0.8 236 24 317.2 318.2 292.9 334.3 5.35 10 550 5083 -3.4 -6.8 78 3.3 -5.0 231 30 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.7 4.19 11 500 5831 -7.7 -9.8 85 2.1 -8.6 223 31 323.7 324.4 293.3 335.8 3.64 12 450 6643 -12.7 -14.7 85 2.0 -13.5 209 30 327.3 327.8 293.4 336.5 2.71 13 400 7535 -17.3 -19.5 83 2.2 -18.0 204 38 332.5 332.9 294.3 339.7 2.04 14 350 8521 -24.1 -25.9 85 1.8 -24.6 203 39 336.2 336.5 294.6 341.0 1.32 15 300 9628 -32.2 -36.0 69 3.8 -32.8 214 49 339.9 340.1 294.8 342.2 0.59 16 250 10887 -42.6 -51.8 36 9.2 -43.2 212 55 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.13 17 200 12353 -53.4 -65.4 22 12.0 -53.7 209 60 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14157 -62.8 -80.2 8 17.3 -63.0 225 46 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16597 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.4 222 33 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.64 m Freezing level: 589.63 mb = 4533.04 m = 14872.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.90 mb = 4256.65 m = 13965.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.34 mb = 780.69 m = 2561.27 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.35 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.93 mb = 1987.65 m = 6521.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.47 C = 90.44 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 34.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.68 mb = 1296.95 m = 4255.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 545.68 mb = 5144.87 m = 16879.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 515.68 mb = 5588.59 m = 18335.06 ft B at Equ Level: 13.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 425.68 mb = 7063.85 m = 23175.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.9 neg: -8.0 tot: 29.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 12.85 m/s