MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 40.15,-76.80 Latitude: 40.15 Longitude: -76.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 988 149 25.4 22.7 85 2.7 23.5 156 9 299.6 302.8 297.0 351.8 17.87 2 950 494 22.4 21.9 97 0.5 22.1 168 18 299.9 303.1 297.0 351.5 17.65 3 900 964 19.0 19.1 100 -0.0 19.1 194 30 301.1 304.0 296.0 347.0 15.61 4 850 1454 17.0 14.0 83 2.9 15.0 218 27 303.9 306.1 294.2 339.4 11.94 5 800 1969 13.4 12.4 94 1.0 12.7 217 31 305.4 307.5 294.2 339.5 11.39 6 750 2511 10.4 9.7 95 0.8 10.0 223 34 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.6 10.12 7 700 3083 7.0 5.2 89 1.7 5.9 220 38 310.2 311.7 293.0 334.7 7.98 8 650 3689 4.0 2.0 87 2.0 2.8 218 40 313.4 314.7 293.0 334.7 6.80 9 600 4337 1.0 -1.6 83 2.6 -0.4 220 37 317.2 318.3 293.2 335.3 5.67 10 550 5032 -3.2 -6.3 79 3.1 -4.6 216 33 320.3 321.2 292.9 334.5 4.35 11 500 5781 -7.0 -17.4 43 10.4 -10.7 223 41 324.5 324.8 292.0 331.1 1.95 12 450 6596 -11.2 -32.0 16 20.9 -16.0 224 50 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.4 0.58 13 400 7490 -17.0 -34.7 20 17.6 -20.5 224 58 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.7 0.50 14 350 8475 -23.9 -27.4 73 3.5 -24.8 216 60 336.5 336.7 294.5 340.7 1.15 15 300 9581 -32.7 -35.4 77 2.7 -33.1 216 61 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.6 0.63 16 250 10837 -42.7 -47.6 58 5.0 -43.0 217 67 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.5 0.21 17 200 12305 -53.7 -60.6 42 6.9 -53.8 222 75 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14108 -64.4 -79.1 12 14.7 -64.4 230 57 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16566 -66.5 -83.4 8 16.8 -66.7 249 26 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.40 m Freezing level: 588.36 mb = 4498.91 m = 14760.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.06 mb = 4255.81 m = 13962.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.79 mb = 487.14 m = 1598.22 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 12.40 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.49 mb = 721.40 m = 2366.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.32 C = 79.37 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.61 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1448.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.96 mb = 698.28 m = 2290.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.96 mb = 745.19 m = 2444.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.96 mb = 12863.48 m = 42202.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1430.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.96 mb = 15827.36 m = 51926.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 226.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.91 Bulk Rich Number: 16.45 Bulk Shear: 88.08 m/s