MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 38.61,-77.37 Latitude: 38.61 Longitude: -77.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 998 72 28.7 23.0 71 5.8 24.5 175 8 302.1 305.4 297.7 355.1 17.96 2 950 510 24.3 21.1 82 3.2 22.1 185 17 301.9 305.0 297.0 351.5 16.82 3 900 982 20.2 18.6 90 1.6 19.1 197 26 302.3 305.1 296.0 347.0 15.13 4 850 1474 17.2 12.7 75 4.4 14.3 218 42 304.1 306.2 293.5 336.8 10.94 5 800 1988 13.8 12.4 91 1.4 12.9 226 42 305.9 308.0 294.3 339.9 11.35 6 750 2531 10.7 10.5 99 0.2 10.5 232 38 308.2 310.2 294.4 340.5 10.67 7 700 3105 8.3 4.6 77 3.7 6.2 236 37 311.7 313.2 293.2 335.4 7.64 8 650 3714 4.7 2.3 85 2.4 3.3 229 40 314.2 315.6 293.3 336.0 6.95 9 600 4362 0.9 -3.9 70 4.8 -1.4 231 40 317.2 318.1 292.4 332.6 4.79 10 550 5057 -3.2 -11.2 54 8.0 -6.5 233 39 320.3 320.9 291.7 330.1 2.96 11 500 5803 -8.6 -14.0 65 5.5 -10.6 232 40 322.6 323.1 292.0 331.2 2.58 12 450 6616 -12.1 -12.2 100 0.0 -12.2 228 48 328.0 328.6 294.1 339.3 3.35 13 400 7507 -17.8 -24.0 58 6.2 -19.5 228 55 331.9 332.2 293.5 336.8 1.38 14 350 8492 -24.1 -31.2 52 7.0 -25.6 218 59 336.2 336.4 294.1 339.2 0.81 15 300 9600 -31.5 -35.4 68 3.9 -32.1 214 59 341.1 341.2 295.1 343.5 0.63 16 250 10866 -41.1 -46.1 58 5.0 -41.5 225 65 344.9 345.0 295.7 345.9 0.24 17 200 12340 -53.2 -62.3 32 9.2 -53.4 233 64 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14143 -65.4 -78.0 16 12.6 -65.5 229 54 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16581 -68.4 -85.5 7 17.1 -68.5 241 33 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.71 m Freezing level: 588.52 mb = 4521.57 m = 14834.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.22 mb = 4159.25 m = 13645.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.60 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.22 mb = 806.90 m = 2647.27 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.68 mb = 1013.56 m = 3325.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.14 C = 84.46 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -6.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.58 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1568.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.18 mb = 960.61 m = 3151.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.18 mb = 1105.16 m = 3625.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.18 mb = 13099.05 m = 42975.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1552.94 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.3 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 256.3 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 313.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 313.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.96 Bulk Rich Number: 15.40 Bulk Shear: 101.79 m/s