MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 40.01,-76.03 Latitude: 40.01 Longitude: -76.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 990 137 24.3 22.6 90 1.7 23.1 178 9 298.3 301.5 296.6 349.9 17.74 2 950 501 23.7 20.9 84 2.8 21.7 186 30 301.2 304.3 296.6 350.0 16.56 3 900 972 19.6 19.2 98 0.4 19.4 199 31 301.7 304.6 296.3 348.3 15.80 4 850 1463 17.2 13.2 77 4.1 14.6 228 26 304.2 306.3 293.8 337.8 11.27 5 800 1979 14.5 9.4 71 5.2 11.3 232 28 306.6 308.4 293.0 334.7 9.28 6 750 2522 10.8 6.9 77 3.9 8.5 228 32 308.3 309.9 292.7 333.8 8.37 7 700 3094 7.6 3.9 77 3.7 5.4 224 34 310.9 312.2 292.6 333.2 7.23 8 650 3701 3.7 0.7 81 3.0 2.1 228 38 313.1 314.3 292.4 332.5 6.20 9 600 4347 0.5 -7.0 57 7.5 -3.0 229 39 316.7 317.4 291.4 328.9 3.77 10 550 5041 -3.0 -15.0 39 12.0 -7.5 227 44 320.5 320.9 291.1 327.8 2.18 11 500 5789 -6.8 -24.3 23 17.5 -12.0 226 49 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.4 1.07 12 450 6604 -11.5 -31.7 17 20.2 -16.2 230 53 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.0 0.60 13 400 7497 -16.7 -48.6 4 32.0 -21.1 231 62 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 14 350 8483 -24.7 -32.5 48 7.8 -26.2 226 61 335.5 335.6 293.9 338.1 0.71 15 300 9588 -32.7 -36.1 72 3.4 -33.2 222 67 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.5 0.58 16 250 10846 -42.3 -47.7 56 5.4 -42.8 223 71 343.1 343.1 295.3 343.9 0.20 17 200 12316 -53.4 -58.1 56 4.7 -53.5 221 74 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.07 18 150 14117 -64.1 -78.3 13 14.2 -64.2 228 61 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16560 -67.2 -85.9 5 18.7 -67.3 245 23 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.36 m Freezing level: 592.77 mb = 4447.56 m = 14591.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.46 mb = 3960.34 m = 12993.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.01 mb = 345.36 m = 1133.04 ft T: 23.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 22.14 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.88 mb = 924.85 m = 3034.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.83 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1307.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.93 mb = 819.14 m = 2687.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.93 mb = 1059.04 m = 3474.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.93 mb = 12606.91 m = 41360.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1296.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.93 mb = 15935.38 m = 52280.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.2 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 253.2 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 211.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 19.61 Bulk Shear: 66.65 m/s