MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 19Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 38.61,-78.80 Latitude: 38.61 Longitude: -78.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 973 354 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.5 13 7 294.8 297.2 292.7 333.7 13.60 2 950 563 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 13 11 294.9 297.3 292.4 332.7 13.20 3 900 1025 16.2 14.8 92 1.3 15.3 80 6 298.2 300.3 292.4 332.6 11.86 4 850 1510 13.7 13.0 95 0.8 13.3 89 4 300.5 302.6 292.6 333.2 11.13 5 800 2020 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.7 180 11 303.1 305.0 292.4 332.6 9.90 6 750 2558 8.8 8.5 98 0.3 8.6 165 19 306.1 307.8 292.9 334.2 9.32 7 700 3127 5.6 4.3 91 1.3 4.9 165 29 308.7 310.1 292.2 331.5 7.47 8 650 3730 1.7 1.2 97 0.5 1.4 177 25 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.8 6.44 9 600 4372 -1.2 -1.9 95 0.7 -1.5 182 24 314.8 315.8 292.4 332.4 5.57 10 550 5062 -4.9 -5.3 98 0.3 -5.1 182 21 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.4 4.71 11 500 5806 -8.8 -9.6 94 0.8 -9.2 185 26 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.4 3.68 12 450 6616 -13.5 -14.2 94 0.8 -13.7 197 29 326.3 326.9 293.3 335.9 2.82 13 400 7503 -18.9 -21.1 83 2.1 -19.6 198 42 330.4 330.7 293.5 336.6 1.78 14 350 8482 -25.7 -28.2 79 2.6 -26.2 197 43 334.1 334.3 293.9 338.0 1.07 15 300 9579 -34.3 -43.5 39 9.1 -35.3 201 58 337.0 337.0 293.9 338.1 0.27 16 250 10832 -42.6 -51.0 39 8.5 -43.1 200 75 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.14 17 200 12298 -54.3 -59.5 52 5.2 -54.4 197 77 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14099 -62.7 -79.3 9 16.6 -62.8 214 43 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16566 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 230 21 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.71 m Freezing level: 620.42 mb = 4109.67 m = 13483.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.66 mb = 4035.85 m = 13240.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.27 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.40 mb = 505.01 m = 1656.85 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 3.34 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.23 mb = 1194.02 m = 3917.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.53 C = 74.36 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 34.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.24 mb = 918.70 m = 3014.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.24 mb = 3407.64 m = 11179.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 606.24 mb = 4288.97 m = 14071.25 ft B at Equ Level: 28.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 496.24 mb = 5864.39 m = 19239.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.9 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 204.9 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.7 neg: -5.8 tot: 115.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 101.45 m/s