MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 39.94,-74.63 Latitude: 39.94 Longitude: -74.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 20 26.8 23.9 84 2.9 24.7 159 7 299.3 302.7 297.6 354.4 18.86 1 1000 84 25.7 23.2 86 2.5 23.9 165 7 298.8 302.1 297.0 351.8 18.15 2 950 535 22.0 21.1 95 0.8 21.4 174 18 299.5 302.5 296.3 348.7 16.85 3 900 1004 20.6 16.6 78 4.0 17.8 200 40 302.7 305.1 294.8 342.1 13.32 4 850 1497 17.2 13.6 79 3.6 14.8 206 40 304.2 306.4 294.0 338.8 11.59 5 800 2012 13.6 11.4 87 2.1 12.2 214 44 305.6 307.6 293.7 337.6 10.68 6 750 2553 9.8 9.2 96 0.6 9.4 220 46 307.2 309.0 293.5 336.8 9.79 7 700 3124 6.4 6.0 97 0.5 6.2 222 44 309.6 311.2 293.2 335.4 8.40 8 650 3729 3.2 2.7 97 0.5 2.9 224 45 312.5 313.9 293.0 334.8 7.17 9 600 4375 -0.0 -1.7 89 1.6 -0.9 223 45 316.1 317.2 292.8 334.0 5.65 10 550 5069 -3.2 -5.2 86 2.0 -4.1 221 45 320.3 321.3 293.2 335.7 4.73 11 500 5818 -7.3 -9.6 84 2.3 -8.4 224 47 324.1 324.8 293.4 336.3 3.69 12 450 6631 -12.3 -14.9 81 2.6 -13.2 227 46 327.8 328.4 293.6 337.0 2.68 13 400 7522 -17.8 -20.3 81 2.5 -18.6 226 47 331.8 332.2 293.9 338.5 1.90 14 350 8508 -24.1 -27.2 76 3.0 -24.8 225 49 336.2 336.4 294.4 340.5 1.18 15 300 9614 -32.6 -35.8 73 3.2 -33.1 227 54 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.7 0.60 16 250 10872 -42.2 -47.6 55 5.5 -42.5 231 59 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.2 0.21 17 200 12340 -54.0 -59.5 51 5.4 -54.2 236 67 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14133 -66.1 -76.2 23 10.1 -66.2 242 56 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16569 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 252 23 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.92 m Freezing level: 600.62 mb = 4366.58 m = 14325.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.46 mb = 4222.03 m = 13851.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.77 mb = 380.93 m = 1249.75 ft T: 23.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.45 mb = 1105.87 m = 3628.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.48 C = 86.87 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.77 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 37.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1328.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.64 mb = 713.72 m = 2341.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.64 mb = 1439.70 m = 4723.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.64 mb = 12804.56 m = 42009.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1315.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.64 mb = 16239.36 m = 53278.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 388.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 388.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.97 Bulk Rich Number: 8.89 Bulk Shear: 149.41 m/s