MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 22Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 38.99,-76.99 Latitude: 38.99 Longitude: -76.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 998 64 28.1 22.8 73 5.3 24.2 170 11 301.4 304.7 297.4 353.7 17.76 2 950 504 24.2 21.1 83 3.1 22.0 179 24 301.8 304.8 297.0 351.4 16.83 3 900 976 20.2 19.1 93 1.1 19.4 191 31 302.3 305.2 296.3 348.4 15.60 4 850 1467 17.1 13.9 82 3.1 15.0 216 46 304.0 306.2 294.1 339.3 11.86 5 800 1983 14.0 11.8 86 2.2 12.6 224 40 306.1 308.1 294.0 338.9 10.93 6 750 2526 11.4 7.5 77 3.9 9.0 231 38 309.0 310.6 293.2 335.6 8.72 7 700 3100 8.1 5.5 83 2.6 6.5 230 40 311.5 313.0 293.4 336.5 8.11 8 650 3709 4.5 2.6 87 1.9 3.4 228 39 314.1 315.5 293.4 336.4 7.13 9 600 4357 0.9 -4.4 67 5.4 -1.7 229 40 317.2 318.1 292.2 331.9 4.59 10 550 5052 -2.8 -13.5 43 10.7 -7.0 229 41 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.0 2.46 11 500 5800 -7.6 -13.6 62 5.9 -9.9 233 43 323.8 324.3 292.4 332.8 2.69 12 450 6613 -12.3 -13.5 91 1.1 -12.8 235 48 327.7 328.3 293.8 338.0 3.01 13 400 7504 -17.8 -23.4 62 5.6 -19.4 230 54 331.9 332.2 293.6 337.0 1.45 14 350 8488 -23.9 -31.0 52 7.1 -25.3 220 57 336.6 336.8 294.2 339.7 0.83 15 300 9597 -31.6 -36.2 63 4.7 -32.3 220 64 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.1 0.58 16 250 10862 -41.4 -46.4 58 5.0 -41.8 221 65 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.6 0.24 17 200 12334 -53.4 -58.1 56 4.8 -53.5 236 70 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.07 18 150 14137 -65.4 -80.4 11 15.0 -65.5 231 58 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.00 19 100 16574 -68.2 -85.4 7 17.3 -68.3 247 36 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.60 m Freezing level: 587.26 mb = 4533.89 m = 14874.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.38 mb = 4138.71 m = 13578.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.24 mb = 743.64 m = 2439.75 ft T: 22.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 18.15 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.80 mb = 977.42 m = 3206.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1543.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.34 mb = 914.32 m = 2999.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.34 mb = 1058.77 m = 3473.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.34 mb = 12947.94 m = 42479.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1537.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 380.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 380.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.59 Bulk Rich Number: 14.22 Bulk Shear: 108.56 m/s