MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 22Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 41.31,-75.53 Latitude: 41.31 Longitude: -75.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 490 SFC 944 545 21.0 20.4 96 0.7 20.6 160 7 299.1 302.0 295.8 346.1 16.14 3 900 958 18.3 18.3 100 0.0 18.2 178 27 300.3 303.0 295.2 343.7 14.82 4 850 1447 15.5 15.2 98 0.3 15.3 203 33 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.3 12.86 5 800 1960 12.6 12.4 98 0.3 12.4 222 27 304.6 306.7 294.0 338.6 11.36 6 750 2500 10.7 6.8 77 3.9 8.3 220 36 308.1 309.7 292.6 333.4 8.29 7 700 3072 7.0 6.2 95 0.8 6.6 223 37 310.3 311.9 293.4 336.5 8.55 8 650 3678 3.3 2.7 96 0.6 3.0 225 37 312.7 314.1 293.1 335.1 7.19 9 600 4325 0.1 -1.1 92 1.2 -0.6 226 37 316.2 317.3 293.0 334.9 5.89 10 550 5017 -4.0 -7.9 74 3.9 -5.7 229 35 319.3 320.1 292.2 331.8 3.83 11 500 5763 -8.2 -14.1 62 6.0 -10.4 226 40 323.1 323.6 292.2 331.7 2.57 12 450 6575 -12.5 -20.0 54 7.5 -14.9 225 52 327.5 327.9 292.7 333.6 1.74 13 400 7465 -17.3 -33.4 23 16.1 -20.6 227 60 332.5 332.6 293.0 334.6 0.57 14 350 8450 -24.8 -34.6 40 9.8 -26.6 229 69 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.5 0.58 15 300 9556 -31.9 -35.7 69 3.8 -32.5 230 75 340.4 340.5 295.0 342.7 0.61 16 250 10815 -42.5 -46.2 67 3.7 -42.8 229 81 342.8 342.9 295.2 343.8 0.24 17 200 12282 -53.4 -63.3 29 10.0 -53.6 229 85 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.04 18 150 14080 -63.9 -79.2 11 15.2 -64.0 232 71 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16549 -66.2 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 248 25 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.00 m Freezing level: 599.34 mb = 4333.91 m = 14218.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.92 mb = 4218.82 m = 13841.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.90 C = 80.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.14 mb = 626.75 m = 2056.23 ft T: 20.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.04 mb = 1052.98 m = 3454.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.66 C = 72.79 F Cap Strength: -0.00 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 38.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 514.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.52 mb = 1048.32 m = 3439.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.52 mb = 1096.47 m = 3597.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.52 mb = 9425.12 m = 30921.93 ft B at Equ Level: 514.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.52 mb = 13464.69 m = 44174.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.4 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 250.4 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 295.8 neg: -2.7 tot: 293.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 5.90 Bulk Shear: 87.25 m/s