MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 10Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 36.10,-73.30 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -73.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 -0 26.3 25.0 93 1.3 25.3 187 24 298.4 302.0 298.1 356.9 20.08 1 1000 107 24.9 24.0 95 0.9 24.2 188 28 298.0 301.5 297.4 353.5 19.07 2 950 558 22.5 21.9 96 0.6 22.1 202 29 300.1 303.3 297.1 352.0 17.71 3 900 1029 19.8 19.0 96 0.7 19.3 217 27 301.9 304.7 296.1 347.9 15.59 4 850 1520 17.2 13.3 77 4.0 14.6 223 23 304.2 306.3 293.8 338.0 11.33 5 800 2036 14.6 10.1 75 4.4 11.7 224 19 306.7 308.5 293.3 336.1 9.76 6 750 2579 11.3 6.5 72 4.8 8.4 223 17 308.8 310.4 292.7 333.6 8.12 7 700 3152 7.7 3.8 77 3.8 5.5 224 17 311.0 312.3 292.6 333.2 7.21 8 650 3760 4.2 1.7 84 2.5 2.8 223 18 313.8 315.0 293.0 334.7 6.68 9 600 4407 0.7 -1.2 87 1.9 -0.3 222 18 317.0 318.1 293.2 335.6 5.87 10 550 5102 -3.1 -5.0 87 1.9 -4.0 217 21 320.4 321.3 293.3 336.0 4.80 11 500 5851 -7.0 -12.3 66 5.2 -9.2 218 24 324.4 325.0 292.9 334.4 2.98 12 450 6667 -10.4 -30.6 17 20.2 -15.4 223 30 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.5 0.66 13 400 7563 -16.5 -27.4 39 10.8 -19.3 218 35 333.5 333.7 293.6 337.2 1.01 14 350 8551 -24.2 -33.5 42 9.3 -25.9 220 35 336.1 336.2 294.0 338.5 0.64 15 300 9660 -31.7 -43.5 30 11.8 -33.1 216 40 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.7 0.27 16 250 10920 -42.5 -47.3 59 4.8 -42.9 207 42 342.8 342.9 295.2 343.7 0.21 17 200 12385 -54.0 -58.0 61 4.0 -54.1 211 39 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.08 18 150 14178 -66.7 -71.9 47 5.3 -66.7 239 35 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16590 -71.5 -83.8 14 12.3 -71.5 224 26 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.91 m Freezing level: 590.63 mb = 4537.42 m = 14886.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.40 mb = 4348.19 m = 14265.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.09 mb = 159.01 m = 521.68 ft T: 24.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 23.71 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.43 mb = 645.93 m = 2119.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.53 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.31 C K Index: 33.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1796.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.80 mb = 541.15 m = 1775.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.80 mb = 773.05 m = 2536.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.80 mb = 13516.13 m = 44343.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1791.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.3 neg: -10.5 tot: 71.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 89.59 Bulk Shear: 20.06 m/s