MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 40.44,-76.54 Latitude: 40.44 Longitude: -76.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 58 SFC 987 167 18.8 16.8 88 2.0 17.5 255 5 293.0 295.2 291.1 327.9 12.25 2 950 498 18.4 15.3 82 3.1 16.4 285 21 295.8 297.9 291.5 329.1 11.56 3 900 962 17.5 9.9 61 7.6 12.9 305 27 299.5 301.1 290.2 324.7 8.56 4 850 1449 16.2 6.3 52 9.9 10.4 278 26 303.2 304.5 290.0 324.3 7.06 5 800 1962 13.3 7.5 68 5.8 9.8 259 28 305.3 306.9 291.7 329.9 8.16 6 750 2503 10.2 5.8 74 4.3 7.6 253 29 307.6 309.1 292.0 331.2 7.75 7 700 3074 7.1 3.3 77 3.8 4.9 245 36 310.4 311.7 292.2 331.8 6.95 8 650 3681 4.6 -1.2 66 5.8 1.6 243 40 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.2 5.40 9 600 4330 1.3 -6.5 56 7.8 -2.4 235 44 317.6 318.3 291.8 330.2 3.91 10 550 5024 -3.1 -10.7 56 7.5 -6.3 232 42 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.5 3.08 11 500 5773 -7.1 -11.7 70 4.5 -9.0 226 50 324.4 325.0 293.0 334.9 3.13 12 450 6587 -11.9 -28.0 25 16.0 -16.0 227 49 328.2 328.4 292.0 331.3 0.85 13 400 7479 -16.8 -45.2 7 28.4 -21.0 226 62 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.17 14 350 8465 -25.1 -30.1 63 5.0 -26.1 218 60 335.0 335.2 293.9 338.3 0.90 15 300 9568 -32.7 -36.5 69 3.8 -33.3 207 67 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.4 0.56 16 250 10826 -42.2 -46.7 61 4.5 -42.5 208 72 343.4 343.4 295.4 344.3 0.23 17 200 12297 -52.7 -65.4 20 12.7 -53.0 205 69 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14107 -63.6 -82.7 6 19.1 -63.7 214 58 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16557 -65.5 -84.1 6 18.6 -65.7 256 26 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.73 m Freezing level: 585.64 mb = 4529.15 m = 14859.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.90 mb = 3935.59 m = 12911.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.22 mb = 424.34 m = 1392.18 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 4.81 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.98 mb = 2491.66 m = 8174.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.32 C = 91.98 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: 5.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Showalter Index: 6.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.35 C Cross Totals Index: 13.42 C K Index: 25.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7376.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.31 mb = 1198.80 m = 3933.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.6 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 275.6 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 4.8 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -34.5 tot: -17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 82.00 m/s