MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 64 28.8 19.6 58 9.2 22.3 198 5 301.7 304.4 295.4 344.4 14.48 1 1000 85 27.5 19.5 62 8.1 21.9 199 4 300.7 303.3 295.0 342.8 14.37 2 950 536 23.3 16.6 66 6.7 18.8 223 14 300.8 303.1 293.8 337.9 12.62 3 900 1007 20.5 16.4 77 4.2 17.7 230 16 302.7 305.1 294.7 341.5 13.12 4 850 1499 17.4 13.7 78 3.8 15.0 209 21 304.4 306.6 294.1 339.1 11.64 5 800 2014 14.0 10.3 78 3.7 11.7 211 24 306.1 307.9 293.3 335.8 9.87 6 750 2556 11.0 6.0 72 4.9 8.0 212 21 308.5 309.9 292.4 332.5 7.86 7 700 3129 7.7 4.5 80 3.2 5.8 208 12 311.0 312.5 292.9 334.4 7.56 8 650 3737 4.3 1.3 81 3.0 2.7 204 15 313.8 315.0 292.8 334.1 6.48 9 600 4385 1.1 -1.7 82 2.8 -0.3 210 16 317.4 318.5 293.2 335.5 5.65 10 550 5080 -2.8 -6.6 75 3.8 -4.6 219 22 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.5 4.23 11 500 5829 -7.5 -9.9 83 2.3 -8.5 217 30 323.9 324.6 293.3 335.9 3.62 12 450 6642 -11.9 -20.5 49 8.5 -14.6 213 34 328.2 328.5 292.8 334.0 1.66 13 400 7535 -17.3 -23.1 61 5.7 -19.0 217 40 332.4 332.7 293.7 337.8 1.49 14 350 8521 -24.3 -27.9 73 3.5 -25.1 209 40 335.9 336.2 294.3 340.0 1.11 15 300 9628 -31.8 -38.7 51 6.8 -32.8 219 49 340.5 340.6 294.8 342.2 0.45 16 250 10889 -42.3 -51.1 38 8.8 -42.9 219 53 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.7 0.14 17 200 12358 -53.3 -65.9 20 12.6 -53.5 218 57 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 14155 -64.4 -80.8 9 16.3 -64.6 222 47 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.00 19 100 16586 -70.1 -85.8 8 15.8 -70.1 217 33 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.20 m Freezing level: 585.74 mb = 4583.10 m = 15036.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.55 mb = 4310.28 m = 14141.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.57 mb = 1224.03 m = 4015.81 ft T: 19.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1886.53 m = 6189.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.94 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 35.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.64 mb = 1341.88 m = 4402.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.64 mb = 3239.37 m = 10627.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 430.64 mb = 6975.54 m = 22885.35 ft B at Equ Level: 60.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 310.64 mb = 9377.52 m = 30765.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.0 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 244.0 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.1 neg: -23.8 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.12 Bulk Shear: 11.90 m/s