MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 85 SFC 995 127 27.3 20.8 67 6.6 22.6 213 3 300.9 303.8 296.0 347.0 15.70 2 950 535 22.0 18.8 82 3.3 19.8 232 5 299.6 302.2 294.8 341.9 14.51 3 900 1005 20.5 15.4 72 5.2 17.1 226 14 302.7 304.9 294.1 339.1 12.30 4 850 1497 17.3 11.3 68 6.0 13.5 190 21 304.3 306.1 292.8 334.0 9.93 5 800 2012 14.1 10.4 79 3.6 11.7 186 18 306.1 308.0 293.3 336.1 9.96 6 750 2554 10.8 8.6 87 2.2 9.4 206 15 308.3 310.0 293.5 336.8 9.40 7 700 3127 7.5 6.2 92 1.3 6.8 217 16 310.8 312.4 293.6 337.1 8.55 8 650 3736 4.7 0.4 74 4.2 2.4 219 16 314.2 315.4 292.6 333.3 6.07 9 600 4383 0.6 -2.6 80 3.1 -1.0 222 20 316.8 317.8 292.7 333.7 5.29 10 550 5079 -2.9 -8.0 68 5.1 -5.2 226 28 320.7 321.4 292.6 333.2 3.82 11 500 5827 -7.4 -10.8 77 3.4 -8.9 217 34 324.0 324.6 293.1 335.1 3.35 12 450 6641 -12.3 -17.2 67 4.9 -14.0 208 36 327.7 328.2 293.2 335.3 2.20 13 400 7532 -17.5 -21.6 71 4.1 -18.7 209 43 332.3 332.6 293.9 338.3 1.71 14 350 8517 -24.7 -26.3 86 1.7 -25.1 205 39 335.5 335.8 294.3 340.1 1.27 15 300 9623 -32.1 -37.5 59 5.4 -32.9 212 51 340.1 340.2 294.8 342.1 0.50 16 250 10883 -42.7 -51.2 39 8.5 -43.3 215 55 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.14 17 200 12349 -52.9 -71.0 9 18.1 -53.2 220 58 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14148 -64.2 -79.3 11 15.1 -64.3 224 52 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16584 -69.4 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.5 219 33 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.70 m Freezing level: 591.79 mb = 4497.60 m = 14755.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.23 mb = 4180.61 m = 13715.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.80 mb = 958.96 m = 3146.17 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.79 mb = 1660.36 m = 5447.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.31 C = 88.36 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.74 C K Index: 34.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 263.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.88 mb = 1160.54 m = 3807.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.88 mb = 2455.47 m = 8055.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.88 mb = 9185.03 m = 30134.25 ft B at Equ Level: 263.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.88 mb = 12384.35 m = 40630.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: -17.4 tot: 2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.63 Bulk Shear: 30.55 m/s