MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 39.07,-75.54 Latitude: 39.07 Longitude: -75.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 12 24.5 22.9 91 1.6 23.3 190 9 297.1 300.3 296.3 348.3 17.70 1 1000 68 24.3 22.6 90 1.7 23.1 190 12 297.5 300.7 296.3 348.4 17.56 2 950 520 24.9 19.5 72 5.4 21.1 224 34 302.4 305.2 296.0 347.2 15.17 3 900 993 20.8 18.3 86 2.5 19.1 232 39 302.9 305.6 296.0 347.0 14.87 4 850 1485 16.5 16.4 100 0.1 16.5 230 39 303.4 306.0 295.5 344.8 13.96 5 800 2001 13.6 12.5 93 1.1 12.9 230 32 305.7 307.8 294.3 340.1 11.48 6 750 2541 10.3 7.7 84 2.6 8.8 229 32 307.8 309.4 292.9 334.6 8.83 7 700 3113 7.2 5.3 88 1.9 6.1 228 38 310.5 312.0 293.1 335.2 8.03 8 650 3720 4.0 -2.7 62 6.6 0.6 228 37 313.4 314.4 291.3 328.7 4.84 9 600 4367 1.2 -10.1 43 11.3 -3.7 223 39 317.5 318.0 290.9 327.1 2.95 10 550 5062 -2.6 -17.5 31 15.0 -7.9 223 43 321.0 321.3 290.9 327.0 1.75 11 500 5809 -8.4 -17.3 49 8.9 -11.5 220 43 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.5 1.97 12 450 6619 -12.4 -25.5 33 13.1 -15.9 234 47 327.7 327.9 292.1 331.5 1.07 13 400 7508 -18.7 -28.3 42 9.6 -21.0 233 43 330.6 330.8 292.8 334.0 0.92 14 350 8488 -25.9 -31.1 62 5.2 -26.9 223 49 333.8 334.0 293.5 336.8 0.82 15 300 9591 -32.5 -35.4 76 2.8 -33.0 221 63 339.5 339.6 294.8 341.9 0.63 16 250 10851 -41.4 -47.4 53 5.9 -41.9 235 59 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.3 0.21 17 200 12327 -53.2 -58.8 51 5.6 -53.4 235 50 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.07 18 150 14123 -65.0 -78.2 14 13.3 -65.1 227 53 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.01 19 100 16567 -67.6 -85.0 7 17.4 -67.7 244 26 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.73 m Freezing level: 584.61 mb = 4580.42 m = 15027.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.92 mb = 3808.30 m = 12494.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.07 mb = 218.61 m = 717.22 ft T: 24.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.82 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1204.61 m = 3952.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.55 C = 86.99 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.69 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.82 C K Index: 39.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1163.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.93 mb = 935.38 m = 3068.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.93 mb = 1374.84 m = 4510.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.93 mb = 11668.43 m = 38281.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1163.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.93 mb = 15421.74 m = 50595.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.3 neg: -28.1 tot: 179.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 31.66 Bulk Shear: 36.77 m/s