MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 14Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 24.21,-78.32 Latitude: 24.21 Longitude: -78.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 -0 26.2 26.1 99 0.1 26.1 32 41 299.2 303.2 299.2 362.8 21.69 1 1000 7 25.0 24.9 100 0.1 25.0 27 43 298.2 301.8 298.1 357.2 20.26 2 950 457 22.1 22.0 99 0.1 22.1 52 59 299.6 302.9 297.0 351.6 17.77 3 900 927 20.2 19.9 98 0.3 20.0 70 62 302.4 305.4 296.8 351.1 16.49 4 850 1421 18.7 18.3 98 0.4 18.4 84 60 305.7 308.6 297.3 353.0 15.78 5 800 1942 16.8 16.4 97 0.4 16.5 97 56 309.1 311.9 297.5 354.2 14.86 6 750 2493 15.0 14.6 97 0.5 14.7 108 51 312.9 315.6 298.0 356.2 14.05 7 700 3078 12.5 12.0 97 0.5 12.1 117 46 316.3 318.8 297.9 356.0 12.69 8 650 3699 9.0 8.2 95 0.8 8.5 125 42 319.1 321.1 297.2 352.5 10.57 9 600 4359 6.5 5.7 94 0.9 6.0 130 38 323.7 325.5 297.6 354.6 9.60 10 100 16835 -83.7 -87.7 50 4.0 -83.7 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.33 m Freezing level: 563.94 mb = 5258.56 m = 17252.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 566.59 mb = 4757.70 m = 15609.06 ft Precipitable water: 3.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.11 mb = 5.98 m = 19.63 ft T: 25.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 11.71 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.10 mb = 418.99 m = 1374.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 39.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 327.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.73 mb = 468.41 m = 1536.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 943.73 mb = 514.37 m = 1687.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 863.73 mb = 1282.64 m = 4208.10 ft B at Equ Level: 20.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 753.73 mb = 2451.01 m = 8041.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.5 at 51.1 knts Storm direction: 123.5 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 890.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 890.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 296.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.4 stream: 11.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 257.51 m/s