MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 27.5 20.6 66 6.9 22.6 177 4 301.1 303.9 295.9 346.7 15.53 2 950 536 23.4 19.2 77 4.2 20.4 181 6 300.9 303.6 295.4 344.6 14.87 3 900 1005 19.7 16.1 79 3.7 17.2 214 9 301.9 304.2 294.3 339.8 12.85 4 850 1497 17.6 13.3 76 4.4 14.8 226 14 304.6 306.7 294.0 338.6 11.36 5 800 2013 14.3 10.1 76 4.2 11.7 232 14 306.4 308.2 293.3 335.9 9.78 6 750 2556 10.9 8.6 86 2.3 9.5 227 15 308.4 310.2 293.6 337.0 9.40 7 700 3129 7.9 5.5 85 2.4 6.5 219 15 311.2 312.8 293.4 336.3 8.12 8 650 3738 4.6 1.1 78 3.5 2.7 215 16 314.2 315.4 292.9 334.2 6.38 9 600 4385 0.6 -4.3 70 4.9 -1.7 211 22 316.9 317.8 292.2 331.8 4.65 10 550 5080 -3.2 -8.1 69 4.9 -5.4 222 23 320.3 321.1 292.4 332.7 3.78 11 500 5828 -7.3 -17.2 45 9.9 -10.8 207 27 324.2 324.6 292.0 331.0 1.99 12 450 6642 -12.2 -15.9 73 3.8 -13.5 212 34 327.9 328.4 293.4 336.3 2.45 13 400 7531 -18.5 -20.5 84 2.1 -19.1 212 38 331.0 331.3 293.7 337.5 1.87 14 350 8514 -24.9 -27.1 82 2.2 -25.4 203 44 335.2 335.4 294.2 339.5 1.18 15 300 9621 -31.6 -37.2 58 5.6 -32.4 207 52 340.8 340.9 295.0 342.8 0.52 16 250 10883 -41.7 -45.7 64 4.1 -42.0 222 53 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.25 17 200 12355 -53.4 -59.0 51 5.6 -53.6 224 68 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.07 18 150 14155 -65.4 -78.3 15 12.9 -65.5 217 52 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16593 -69.1 -85.6 7 16.5 -69.2 223 30 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.39 m Freezing level: 591.51 mb = 4503.49 m = 14775.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.78 mb = 4123.24 m = 13527.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.18 mb = 1003.62 m = 3292.66 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.83 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.18 mb = 1657.15 m = 5436.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.60 C = 88.89 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 432.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.65 mb = 1172.88 m = 3847.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.65 mb = 2251.35 m = 7386.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.65 mb = 9674.99 m = 31741.70 ft B at Equ Level: 429.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.65 mb = 13458.64 m = 44155.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 19.27 Bulk Shear: 22.44 m/s