MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 10Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 39.68,-74.67 Latitude: 39.68 Longitude: -74.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 20.8 19.9 95 0.9 20.2 293 4 293.4 296.0 293.1 335.2 14.70 1 1000 66 20.2 19.8 97 0.5 19.9 292 5 293.4 296.0 293.1 335.1 14.67 2 950 511 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.6 310 6 296.8 299.4 293.6 337.2 13.98 3 900 976 18.5 14.5 77 4.0 15.8 260 12 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.6 11.58 4 850 1465 16.3 11.7 74 4.6 13.4 243 15 303.3 305.1 292.7 333.6 10.20 5 800 1980 14.3 9.9 75 4.5 11.6 238 19 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.4 9.61 6 750 2523 10.8 7.1 78 3.7 8.6 224 24 308.3 309.9 292.8 334.0 8.45 7 700 3095 7.7 1.3 64 6.4 4.2 224 22 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.6 5.99 8 650 3702 3.5 -1.9 67 5.5 0.7 226 31 313.0 313.9 291.5 329.0 5.11 9 600 4347 -0.2 -9.5 49 9.3 -4.2 232 33 315.9 316.5 290.6 326.0 3.10 10 550 5037 -4.6 -8.1 77 3.4 -6.1 231 34 318.6 319.3 292.0 330.9 3.79 11 500 5781 -9.1 -11.6 82 2.5 -10.1 232 43 322.0 322.6 292.4 332.4 3.15 12 450 6590 -13.4 -15.5 84 2.1 -14.2 230 53 326.3 326.8 293.0 335.0 2.54 13 400 7478 -18.1 -24.8 56 6.6 -19.9 228 62 331.4 331.7 293.3 336.0 1.28 14 350 8462 -24.2 -29.0 64 4.9 -25.2 222 64 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.8 0.99 15 300 9568 -32.9 -38.1 59 5.3 -33.6 224 68 339.1 339.2 294.6 340.9 0.48 16 250 10822 -43.3 -47.6 62 4.4 -43.6 217 66 341.7 341.8 294.9 342.6 0.21 17 200 12283 -53.7 -66.7 19 13.0 -54.0 231 66 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14079 -63.9 -84.4 5 20.4 -64.1 233 61 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16532 -69.1 -84.9 8 15.9 -69.1 236 31 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.41 m Freezing level: 602.38 mb = 4316.03 m = 14160.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.66 mb = 3793.40 m = 12445.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.01 mb = 118.58 m = 389.04 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.45 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1539.64 m = 5051.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: 0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 30.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.34 mb = 644.60 m = 2114.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.34 mb = 4078.15 m = 13379.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.34 mb = 6583.96 m = 21600.67 ft B at Equ Level: 61.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 380.34 mb = 7849.48 m = 25752.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: -15.3 tot: 9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 70.82 m/s