MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241800F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 5Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 31.03,-75.77 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -75.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -0 26.9 25.4 91 1.5 25.8 173 14 298.9 302.6 298.5 358.9 20.53 1 1000 118 25.6 24.7 95 0.9 24.9 173 14 298.7 302.3 298.1 356.9 19.95 2 950 570 22.0 21.4 96 0.6 21.6 174 15 299.5 302.7 296.5 349.6 17.14 3 900 1041 20.7 16.7 78 4.0 17.9 183 14 302.8 305.3 294.9 342.5 13.40 4 850 1534 18.4 13.8 75 4.6 15.4 190 12 305.4 307.6 294.5 340.7 11.77 5 800 2052 15.7 11.0 74 4.7 12.7 201 8 307.9 309.9 294.1 339.4 10.38 6 750 2597 12.5 7.5 72 4.9 9.5 205 9 310.1 311.7 293.6 336.9 8.73 7 700 3173 8.9 5.9 81 3.0 7.1 204 12 312.3 313.9 293.9 338.2 8.35 8 650 3784 5.4 0.8 72 4.6 2.9 194 15 315.0 316.2 293.0 334.7 6.25 9 600 4434 1.4 0.1 92 1.2 0.7 182 14 317.7 318.9 293.9 338.2 6.46 10 550 5130 -2.7 -4.5 87 1.8 -3.6 186 14 320.9 321.8 293.6 337.0 4.98 11 500 5880 -7.0 -7.1 100 0.0 -7.0 182 16 324.5 325.4 294.1 339.4 4.51 12 450 6696 -11.4 -12.3 93 1.0 -11.8 185 15 328.9 329.6 294.4 340.2 3.30 13 400 7591 -16.3 -20.2 72 3.8 -17.6 177 12 333.7 334.1 294.4 340.5 1.92 14 350 8582 -23.0 -25.4 80 2.4 -23.6 170 13 337.8 338.1 295.0 342.9 1.39 15 300 9693 -31.3 -33.9 77 2.6 -31.7 170 17 341.3 341.5 295.3 344.1 0.73 16 250 10957 -42.0 -45.1 71 3.1 -42.2 193 16 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.27 17 200 12424 -54.1 -61.5 40 7.4 -54.3 214 21 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.05 18 150 14215 -66.2 -71.9 45 5.7 -66.2 244 18 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16625 -72.5 -85.5 12 13.0 -72.5 217 9 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.30 m Freezing level: 583.42 mb = 4664.47 m = 15303.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.23 mb = 4537.87 m = 14887.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.05 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.97 mb = 189.34 m = 621.19 ft T: 25.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 22.05 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.97 mb = 634.98 m = 2083.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1444.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.60 mb = 592.35 m = 1943.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.60 mb = 1918.51 m = 6294.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.60 mb = 13341.13 m = 43769.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1439.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.1 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 218.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -4.2 tot: 3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 764.44 Bulk Shear: 1.89 m/s