MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 86 SFC 995 127 26.8 20.7 70 6.0 22.5 169 3 300.3 303.2 295.8 346.2 15.65 2 950 538 23.1 19.7 81 3.4 20.6 175 7 300.6 303.4 295.7 345.6 15.35 3 900 1008 20.8 14.0 65 6.9 16.3 212 11 303.0 305.0 293.4 336.2 11.21 4 850 1500 17.3 13.4 78 3.8 14.7 222 11 304.2 306.4 293.9 338.4 11.46 5 800 2015 14.0 11.2 83 2.8 12.2 224 13 306.0 308.0 293.7 337.6 10.49 6 750 2557 11.0 7.7 80 3.4 9.0 221 15 308.6 310.2 293.2 335.4 8.81 7 700 3131 7.9 4.8 80 3.2 6.1 217 16 311.3 312.7 293.1 335.1 7.71 8 650 3739 4.4 0.0 73 4.4 2.1 210 17 314.0 315.1 292.4 332.5 5.90 9 600 4386 0.8 -3.1 75 3.9 -1.2 208 19 317.0 318.0 292.6 333.2 5.08 10 550 5081 -3.2 -8.3 68 5.0 -5.5 198 20 320.2 321.0 292.4 332.4 3.73 11 500 5828 -7.6 -14.2 59 6.5 -10.1 203 28 323.7 324.2 292.3 332.4 2.56 12 450 6642 -12.4 -14.5 84 2.1 -13.2 211 33 327.6 328.1 293.6 337.0 2.75 13 400 7531 -18.5 -20.6 84 2.0 -19.1 207 34 330.9 331.3 293.7 337.4 1.86 14 350 8513 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.6 -25.5 198 39 335.2 335.4 294.1 339.4 1.14 15 300 9620 -31.5 -36.9 59 5.4 -32.3 205 49 341.0 341.2 295.1 343.1 0.54 16 250 10886 -41.1 -46.0 59 4.9 -41.5 218 57 345.0 345.0 295.7 346.0 0.25 17 200 12358 -53.8 -57.7 62 3.9 -53.9 225 66 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.9 0.08 18 150 14157 -65.7 -73.6 33 7.9 -65.7 215 48 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16591 -68.8 -84.7 8 15.9 -68.9 230 25 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.32 m Freezing level: 590.58 mb = 4517.26 m = 14820.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.45 mb = 4141.40 m = 13587.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.95 mb = 892.92 m = 2929.49 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 9.95 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.52 mb = 1635.48 m = 5365.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.16 C = 88.10 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 35.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 386.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.26 mb = 1208.30 m = 3964.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.26 mb = 2399.06 m = 7870.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.26 mb = 9286.64 m = 30467.62 ft B at Equ Level: 385.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.26 mb = 12870.42 m = 42225.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.2 neg: -0.5 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 19.57 Bulk Shear: 19.77 m/s