MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 4Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 38.28,-82.72 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -82.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 984 239 19.8 19.8 100 0.0 19.8 198 0 294.3 297.0 293.6 336.9 14.92 2 950 543 19.4 17.0 86 2.4 17.8 350 5 296.8 299.2 292.9 334.2 12.93 3 900 1006 16.1 14.8 92 1.3 15.2 283 5 298.1 300.2 292.4 332.4 11.81 4 850 1491 13.1 10.9 87 2.2 11.7 266 9 299.8 301.6 291.2 328.2 9.67 5 800 1998 10.0 8.7 92 1.3 9.2 249 8 301.8 303.5 291.2 328.1 8.87 6 750 2532 7.4 4.3 80 3.1 5.6 241 9 304.6 305.9 290.5 325.5 6.94 7 700 3099 4.6 0.6 75 4.0 2.5 247 13 307.6 308.7 290.3 325.1 5.71 8 650 3698 1.0 -2.4 78 3.4 -0.7 241 15 310.1 311.0 290.4 325.4 4.92 9 600 4338 -2.3 -7.7 66 5.5 -4.7 246 20 313.5 314.2 290.2 324.9 3.56 10 550 5025 -5.8 -14.8 49 9.0 -9.1 245 26 317.1 317.6 290.1 324.4 2.20 11 500 5764 -10.6 -24.9 30 14.3 -14.5 236 31 320.1 320.3 289.8 323.6 1.01 12 450 6566 -16.1 -33.3 21 17.2 -19.5 239 35 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.9 0.51 13 400 7441 -22.2 -37.4 24 15.2 -24.6 234 43 326.1 326.1 291.0 327.5 0.38 14 350 8409 -27.9 -44.4 19 16.5 -29.7 224 72 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.21 15 300 9504 -33.7 -60.0 5 26.3 -35.3 223 90 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 16 250 10758 -42.7 -59.8 14 17.0 -43.5 225 96 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 17 200 12227 -52.3 -70.4 10 18.1 -52.6 228 84 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14056 -58.5 -80.3 4 21.9 -58.7 233 51 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.4 0.00 19 100 16557 -65.7 -85.8 4 20.2 -65.8 229 20 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.24 m Freezing level: 634.73 mb = 3893.88 m = 12775.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.80 mb = 3565.07 m = 11696.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.43 % Est. max temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.25 mb = 237.14 m = 778.02 ft T: -9999.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 11.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 1039.30 m = 3409.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.66 C = 74.59 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 30.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 283.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.57 mb = 887.31 m = 2911.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.57 mb = 1317.19 m = 4321.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 357.57 mb = 8253.95 m = 27079.57 ft B at Equ Level: 280.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 267.57 mb = 10291.00 m = 33762.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: -13.2 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.73 Bulk Shear: 36.72 m/s