MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 39.66,-76.17 Latitude: 39.66 Longitude: -76.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 999 62 27.5 23.7 80 3.8 24.7 179 12 300.8 304.2 297.9 355.9 18.74 2 950 501 23.7 21.4 87 2.4 22.1 186 30 301.3 304.4 297.0 351.6 17.08 3 900 972 19.8 18.9 95 0.8 19.2 202 36 301.9 304.7 296.1 347.5 15.47 4 850 1464 17.5 12.2 71 5.3 14.1 221 42 304.5 306.4 293.3 336.0 10.57 5 800 1979 14.3 10.3 77 4.0 11.8 224 38 306.4 308.3 293.4 336.3 9.91 6 750 2522 11.4 7.2 75 4.2 8.9 224 39 309.0 310.6 293.1 335.1 8.54 7 700 3096 7.8 4.2 78 3.7 5.7 224 42 311.2 312.6 292.8 334.0 7.39 8 650 3704 4.2 1.6 83 2.6 2.8 220 40 313.8 315.0 292.9 334.5 6.62 9 600 4351 0.4 -1.4 88 1.7 -0.5 221 39 316.6 317.7 293.0 334.9 5.78 10 550 5045 -3.5 -4.3 94 0.8 -3.8 221 41 320.0 321.0 293.4 336.4 5.07 11 500 5794 -7.2 -9.6 83 2.4 -8.2 224 43 324.3 325.0 293.4 336.6 3.71 12 450 6608 -11.6 -15.7 71 4.1 -13.1 224 49 328.7 329.2 293.6 337.3 2.50 13 400 7500 -17.8 -20.6 79 2.8 -18.7 228 52 331.9 332.2 293.9 338.4 1.85 14 350 8487 -24.2 -28.6 67 4.3 -25.2 226 52 336.1 336.3 294.3 339.9 1.04 15 300 9594 -32.3 -37.1 62 4.8 -32.9 227 66 339.9 340.0 294.8 341.9 0.53 16 250 10854 -41.7 -48.7 47 7.0 -42.2 223 71 344.1 344.1 295.5 344.9 0.18 17 200 12327 -53.2 -65.2 22 11.9 -53.5 223 71 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14126 -64.6 -78.1 14 13.6 -64.7 234 56 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16562 -68.7 -84.3 9 15.6 -68.8 237 30 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.02 m Freezing level: 595.05 mb = 4419.99 m = 14501.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.73 mb = 4247.77 m = 13936.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.75 mb = 549.43 m = 1802.58 ft T: 23.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 19.89 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 867.00 m = 2844.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1675.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.03 mb = 808.88 m = 2653.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.03 mb = 952.60 m = 3125.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.03 mb = 12915.78 m = 42374.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1667.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.5 neg: -4.6 tot: 296.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.03 Bulk Rich Number: 22.50 Bulk Shear: 74.46 m/s