MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 35.05,-79.35 Latitude: 35.05 Longitude: -79.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 998 115 23.5 21.8 90 1.7 22.3 243 3 296.8 299.8 295.6 345.1 16.73 2 950 549 21.5 18.1 81 3.4 19.2 324 2 299.0 301.6 294.2 339.6 13.92 3 900 1015 17.0 17.0 100 -0.0 17.0 321 3 299.0 301.5 294.1 339.0 13.70 4 850 1504 15.7 15.0 96 0.7 15.3 251 3 302.6 304.9 294.4 340.3 12.73 5 800 2016 12.5 9.8 84 2.7 10.9 226 4 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.1 9.57 6 750 2556 10.3 2.2 57 8.0 5.9 223 9 307.7 308.8 290.6 326.1 6.00 7 700 3127 6.4 4.9 90 1.6 5.5 170 9 309.6 311.0 292.6 333.4 7.76 8 650 3731 2.8 -8.5 43 11.3 -2.1 197 17 312.1 312.7 289.3 322.0 3.10 9 600 4375 0.2 -21.8 17 22.0 -6.8 203 19 316.3 316.5 288.8 320.1 1.11 10 550 5065 -4.0 -28.1 13 24.1 -10.4 207 25 319.3 319.5 289.3 321.8 0.69 11 500 5812 -7.3 -24.6 24 17.3 -12.3 205 36 324.2 324.4 291.1 327.8 1.04 12 450 6624 -12.3 -37.1 11 24.8 -17.1 203 41 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.35 13 400 7513 -17.9 -45.5 7 27.5 -21.9 204 44 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.16 14 350 8500 -23.4 -54.3 4 30.8 -26.5 202 56 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.07 15 300 9608 -31.7 -40.8 40 9.0 -32.9 196 67 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.0 0.36 16 250 10871 -41.5 -52.0 31 10.5 -42.2 191 70 344.4 344.4 295.5 344.9 0.13 17 200 12345 -52.7 -67.8 14 15.2 -53.0 187 64 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14152 -62.8 -79.0 10 16.2 -63.0 218 52 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16620 -69.3 -84.0 10 14.7 -69.4 228 24 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.92 m Freezing level: 598.04 mb = 4401.67 m = 14441.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.99 mb = 3557.76 m = 11672.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.36 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.91 mb = 322.70 m = 1058.71 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 14.12 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.70 mb = 894.37 m = 2934.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 250.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.16 mb = 824.08 m = 2703.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.16 mb = 965.84 m = 3168.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 865.16 mb = 1352.47 m = 4437.20 ft B at Equ Level: 11.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 245.16 mb = 10999.75 m = 36087.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -7.4 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.58 Bulk Shear: 26.13 m/s