MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 38.28,-77.81 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -77.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 992 126 26.6 21.9 75 4.7 23.2 191 8 300.4 303.5 296.7 350.0 16.91 2 950 509 25.3 20.5 75 4.8 21.8 201 29 302.9 305.8 296.8 350.7 16.15 3 900 982 21.6 18.2 81 3.3 19.2 205 36 303.7 306.5 296.1 347.7 14.79 4 850 1475 17.7 11.9 69 5.8 13.9 218 40 304.6 306.6 293.2 335.5 10.32 5 800 1992 14.6 10.5 76 4.1 12.0 233 39 306.7 308.6 293.6 337.0 10.02 6 750 2535 11.2 4.2 62 7.0 7.2 235 41 308.7 310.0 291.7 329.9 6.90 7 700 3107 7.5 3.2 74 4.2 5.1 228 38 310.7 312.0 292.3 332.1 6.90 8 650 3714 4.8 -14.0 24 18.7 -2.6 232 40 314.4 314.7 289.0 320.9 2.00 9 600 4362 1.6 -17.0 24 18.5 -5.3 231 39 317.9 318.3 289.9 323.6 1.69 10 550 5057 -2.9 -16.2 35 13.2 -7.8 228 38 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.2 1.97 11 500 5805 -6.9 -17.3 43 10.3 -10.6 220 34 324.6 325.0 292.1 331.3 1.97 12 450 6620 -11.5 -19.0 54 7.5 -14.0 225 43 328.7 329.1 293.2 335.3 1.89 13 400 7511 -18.2 -35.3 21 17.1 -21.4 213 45 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.2 0.48 14 350 8494 -25.0 -30.2 62 5.2 -26.0 213 51 335.1 335.3 293.9 338.4 0.89 15 300 9600 -32.2 -43.4 32 11.2 -33.4 218 55 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.2 0.28 16 250 10859 -42.2 -45.8 68 3.6 -42.4 224 55 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.4 0.25 17 200 12330 -53.7 -58.2 57 4.6 -53.8 220 57 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.07 18 150 14126 -64.4 -80.6 9 16.3 -64.4 220 45 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.00 19 100 16572 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 247 21 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.64 m Freezing level: 582.50 mb = 4605.35 m = 15109.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.05 mb = 3502.18 m = 11489.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.31 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.64 mb = 726.56 m = 2383.70 ft T: 23.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 15.20 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1357.17 m = 4452.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 18.78 C K Index: 32.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1320.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.01 mb = 1136.78 m = 3729.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.01 mb = 1586.27 m = 5204.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.01 mb = 12683.19 m = 41611.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1311.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.01 mb = 16051.92 m = 52663.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.4 neg: -24.8 tot: 264.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.34 Bulk Rich Number: 25.46 Bulk Shear: 51.86 m/s