MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 39.54,-76.82 Latitude: 39.54 Longitude: -76.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 985 180 27.9 21.8 69 6.1 23.5 180 16 302.3 305.4 297.1 352.3 16.89 2 950 501 24.3 20.2 78 4.1 21.4 184 24 301.8 304.8 296.4 348.7 15.91 3 900 972 19.7 19.1 96 0.6 19.2 187 27 301.8 304.7 296.1 347.8 15.60 4 850 1463 17.4 12.0 70 5.4 13.9 215 38 304.4 306.3 293.2 335.4 10.39 5 800 1978 14.0 10.2 78 3.8 11.6 221 41 306.0 307.8 293.2 335.5 9.81 6 750 2520 10.7 7.9 83 2.8 8.9 222 41 308.1 309.8 293.2 335.3 8.93 7 700 3093 7.7 4.0 78 3.7 5.5 224 44 311.0 312.3 292.7 333.5 7.29 8 650 3701 4.1 2.3 89 1.7 3.1 222 42 313.6 314.9 293.2 335.4 6.99 9 600 4348 0.3 -0.9 92 1.2 -0.3 222 39 316.5 317.7 293.2 335.6 6.00 10 550 5042 -2.8 -6.0 79 3.1 -4.3 221 43 320.7 321.6 293.1 335.2 4.45 11 500 5792 -6.5 -11.2 69 4.7 -8.5 223 45 325.1 325.7 293.3 336.0 3.25 12 450 6609 -11.1 -15.4 71 4.2 -12.7 226 49 329.3 329.8 293.9 338.1 2.57 13 400 7503 -17.1 -23.6 57 6.5 -19.0 227 56 332.7 333.0 293.8 337.8 1.42 14 350 8490 -24.3 -29.2 64 4.8 -25.4 223 51 335.9 336.1 294.2 339.5 0.98 15 300 9598 -32.0 -38.7 51 6.7 -32.9 228 64 340.3 340.4 294.8 342.1 0.45 16 250 10859 -41.7 -52.5 30 10.8 -42.3 221 68 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.12 17 200 12331 -53.7 -64.4 26 10.7 -53.9 222 73 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14131 -64.0 -79.8 10 15.8 -64.1 231 54 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16574 -67.9 -84.5 8 16.7 -67.9 241 31 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.01 m Freezing level: 594.69 mb = 4421.40 m = 14505.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.02 mb = 4293.62 m = 14086.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.49 mb = 957.47 m = 3141.25 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 16.87 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1110.97 m = 3644.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: 2.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 18.47 C K Index: 32.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1098.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.00 mb = 1038.93 m = 3408.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.00 mb = 1483.00 m = 4865.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.00 mb = 12393.62 m = 40661.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1096.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.00 mb = 15576.72 m = 51104.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.2 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 248.2 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.8 neg: -1.8 tot: 245.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.58 Bulk Rich Number: 13.87 Bulk Shear: 79.19 m/s