MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 28 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 1005 65 23.9 20.1 79 3.8 21.2 11 2 296.6 299.3 294.2 339.4 14.86 1 1000 109 23.3 19.8 81 3.5 20.9 13 2 296.4 299.1 294.0 338.7 14.68 2 950 555 20.9 17.2 79 3.8 18.4 48 8 298.4 300.8 293.4 336.5 13.10 3 900 1022 18.3 15.0 81 3.3 16.1 218 4 300.3 302.5 293.2 335.5 11.98 4 850 1510 15.4 14.2 93 1.1 14.6 223 8 302.2 304.5 293.8 338.0 12.10 5 800 2023 12.4 11.6 95 0.7 11.9 219 14 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.6 10.82 6 750 2563 10.1 7.8 86 2.3 8.7 210 19 307.5 309.2 292.9 334.5 8.89 7 700 3135 7.6 5.0 83 2.6 6.1 205 22 310.9 312.4 293.1 335.1 7.84 8 650 3743 3.7 1.0 83 2.7 2.2 219 16 313.1 314.3 292.5 332.9 6.33 9 600 4388 -0.5 -1.6 92 1.2 -1.1 226 11 315.6 316.7 292.7 333.6 5.67 10 550 5079 -4.3 -4.8 97 0.5 -4.6 207 19 319.0 319.9 293.0 334.7 4.88 11 500 5826 -7.8 -9.5 87 1.7 -8.5 213 21 323.6 324.3 293.3 336.0 3.73 12 450 6639 -12.1 -20.3 51 8.1 -14.7 214 31 328.0 328.3 292.7 333.9 1.70 13 400 7530 -17.4 -19.8 82 2.3 -18.1 205 35 332.3 332.7 294.1 339.4 2.00 14 350 8519 -23.8 -31.0 52 7.1 -25.3 197 39 336.6 336.8 294.3 339.7 0.82 15 300 9626 -31.7 -40.5 41 8.9 -32.8 203 51 340.7 340.8 294.8 342.2 0.37 16 250 10893 -40.5 -51.5 30 11.0 -41.2 200 62 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.13 17 200 12371 -52.4 -64.4 22 11.9 -52.7 199 71 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14175 -64.5 -77.3 15 12.9 -64.6 219 48 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16620 -68.7 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.8 211 35 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.04 m Freezing level: 605.54 mb = 4316.10 m = 14160.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.36 mb = 4170.83 m = 13683.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.06 mb = 545.65 m = 1790.18 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 3.99 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.18 mb = 1418.53 m = 4653.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 34.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.60 mb = 968.44 m = 3177.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.60 mb = 3860.14 m = 12664.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 510.60 mb = 5661.71 m = 18574.93 ft B at Equ Level: 48.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 420.60 mb = 7150.06 m = 23457.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.6 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 242.6 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.0 neg: -7.7 tot: 52.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 49.93 m/s