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,-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 84 SFC 995 127 28.2 20.7 64 7.5 22.9 205 4 301.8 304.7 296.2 348.0 15.67 2 950 535 23.0 19.1 79 3.9 20.3 218 5 300.6 303.3 295.3 344.0 14.81 3 900 1005 19.7 15.8 78 3.9 17.1 208 17 301.8 304.1 294.1 339.1 12.65 4 850 1496 16.6 14.6 88 2.0 15.3 203 19 303.6 305.8 294.4 340.4 12.40 5 800 2011 14.3 11.0 80 3.3 12.1 212 14 306.4 308.3 293.7 337.5 10.35 6 750 2554 10.6 10.4 99 0.2 10.4 222 14 308.1 310.1 294.4 340.2 10.60 7 700 3126 7.6 5.1 84 2.5 6.2 206 16 310.9 312.4 293.2 335.3 7.91 8 650 3734 4.2 2.0 86 2.2 2.9 215 16 313.7 315.0 293.0 334.9 6.80 9 600 4382 0.5 -3.2 76 3.8 -1.4 218 17 316.7 317.7 292.4 332.8 5.02 10 550 5077 -3.2 -7.4 73 4.2 -5.1 212 25 320.3 321.1 292.6 333.4 4.00 11 500 5824 -7.5 -12.9 66 5.3 -9.6 214 30 323.8 324.4 292.6 333.4 2.84 12 450 6638 -11.9 -17.5 63 5.6 -13.9 213 34 328.3 328.7 293.2 335.7 2.14 13 400 7530 -17.6 -23.2 61 5.6 -19.1 215 37 332.1 332.4 293.7 337.4 1.47 14 350 8514 -24.7 -27.8 75 3.1 -25.4 207 42 335.5 335.7 294.2 339.6 1.11 15 300 9621 -31.7 -37.9 55 6.1 -32.6 214 53 340.6 340.7 294.9 342.5 0.49 16 250 10881 -42.5 -48.1 54 5.6 -42.9 220 56 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.6 0.20 17 200 12350 -52.3 -63.3 26 11.0 -52.6 228 62 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.04 18 150 14149 -65.2 -78.9 13 13.8 -65.3 221 51 357.9 357.9 298.2 357.9 0.01 19 100 16582 -69.6 -85.4 8 15.7 -69.7 219 33 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.46 m Freezing level: 592.67 mb = 4483.55 m = 14709.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.76 mb = 4172.07 m = 13687.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.94 mb = 1072.31 m = 3518.05 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 8.88 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.08 mb = 1444.41 m = 4738.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 36.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 390.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.09 mb = 1177.35 m = 3862.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.09 mb = 2255.33 m = 7399.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.09 mb = 9453.52 m = 31015.09 ft B at Equ Level: 390.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.09 mb = 13111.04 m = 43014.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.5 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 242.5 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: -6.6 tot: 17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 17.08 Bulk Shear: 22.87 m/s