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: 35.29,-81.02 Latitude: 35.29 Longitude: -81.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 988 198 25.4 22.1 82 3.3 23.0 159 2 299.6 302.7 296.6 349.9 17.19 2 950 538 21.1 21.1 100 0.0 21.1 158 4 298.6 301.7 296.1 347.5 16.79 3 900 1005 19.0 17.8 93 1.2 18.2 202 6 301.1 303.8 295.2 343.6 14.43 4 850 1495 16.5 13.4 82 3.1 14.4 209 9 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.3 11.43 5 800 2009 13.0 11.7 92 1.3 12.2 223 11 305.0 307.0 293.7 337.6 10.87 6 750 2550 9.6 9.6 100 0.1 9.6 226 15 307.0 308.9 293.7 337.4 10.05 7 700 3122 7.3 5.1 86 2.2 6.0 219 19 310.6 312.1 293.0 334.9 7.91 8 650 3729 4.4 0.4 76 3.9 2.2 216 22 313.9 315.1 292.5 333.0 6.08 9 600 4376 0.6 -4.5 68 5.1 -1.9 220 21 316.8 317.7 292.1 331.5 4.56 10 550 5071 -3.0 -10.5 56 7.4 -6.2 223 23 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.9 3.14 11 500 5818 -7.6 -19.2 39 11.6 -11.5 228 27 323.8 324.1 291.6 329.5 1.67 12 450 6631 -12.4 -18.0 63 5.7 -14.3 206 33 327.7 328.1 293.0 334.8 2.06 13 400 7520 -18.1 -24.0 59 6.0 -19.7 215 46 331.5 331.8 293.4 336.4 1.37 14 350 8504 -25.4 -28.8 73 3.4 -26.1 209 42 334.5 334.7 293.9 338.3 1.01 15 300 9606 -32.8 -37.1 65 4.4 -33.4 205 57 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.2 0.53 16 250 10862 -42.9 -48.7 53 5.9 -43.2 215 72 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.1 0.18 17 200 12331 -51.8 -68.7 11 16.9 -52.1 218 69 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14140 -64.6 -80.3 10 15.8 -64.7 213 60 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16583 -69.4 -84.6 9 15.2 -69.5 231 32 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.21 m Freezing level: 591.62 mb = 4492.64 m = 14739.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.00 mb = 4072.15 m = 13359.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.67 mb = 613.75 m = 2013.60 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 12.55 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 867.29 m = 2845.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.10 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 35.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 989.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.70 mb = 789.63 m = 2590.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.70 mb = 1123.04 m = 3684.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.70 mb = 11477.32 m = 37654.79 ft B at Equ Level: 984.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.70 mb = 15109.69 m = 49571.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 31.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 31.59 Bulk Shear: 31.33 m/s