MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 24.89,-78.37 Latitude: 24.89 Longitude: -78.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -40 SFC 996 0 26.8 26.5 99 0.2 26.6 313 54 300.3 304.4 299.9 366.4 22.43 2 950 411 23.6 22.8 96 0.8 23.0 326 82 301.1 304.6 298.0 356.4 18.76 3 900 885 22.3 21.1 93 1.1 21.5 330 71 304.5 307.8 298.2 357.7 17.82 4 850 1383 20.4 19.5 94 0.9 19.8 326 63 307.5 310.7 298.5 358.9 17.01 5 800 1906 18.0 17.4 97 0.5 17.6 319 58 310.3 313.3 298.4 358.7 15.87 6 750 2459 15.5 15.1 98 0.4 15.3 312 53 313.4 316.2 298.4 358.5 14.59 7 700 3044 12.6 11.9 96 0.6 12.1 305 52 316.4 318.8 297.9 356.0 12.66 8 650 3664 9.2 7.2 87 2.1 7.9 299 53 319.4 321.3 296.8 350.6 9.84 9 600 4323 4.5 0.3 74 4.2 2.2 295 54 321.3 322.6 294.9 342.5 6.55 10 550 5028 0.7 -1.8 84 2.5 -0.6 290 53 324.9 326.1 295.5 345.0 6.13 11 500 5788 -3.5 -5.1 88 1.6 -4.3 289 48 328.8 329.8 295.8 346.3 5.24 12 450 6617 -7.1 -7.2 99 0.1 -7.1 294 41 334.4 335.4 296.9 351.3 4.97 13 400 7528 -11.8 -12.3 97 0.4 -12.1 302 33 339.6 340.4 297.2 352.7 3.73 14 350 8540 -17.5 -19.0 88 1.5 -18.0 322 26 345.2 345.7 297.5 354.0 2.43 15 300 9678 -24.8 -25.9 90 1.2 -25.1 344 29 350.5 350.8 298.0 356.3 1.54 16 250 10981 -34.2 -35.8 85 1.6 -34.4 356 33 355.3 355.4 298.3 358.1 0.72 17 200 12496 -47.9 -51.5 66 3.6 -48.1 5 33 356.9 357.0 298.2 357.6 0.17 18 150 14323 -64.1 -68.1 58 4.0 -64.2 355 39 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.03 19 100 16691 -79.9 -84.3 48 4.4 -79.9 0 25 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.72 m Freezing level: 541.54 mb = 5156.62 m = 16917.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 561.11 mb = 4866.10 m = 15964.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.09 % Est. max temperature: 34.21 C = 93.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.76 mb = 24.41 m = 80.09 ft T: 26.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 16.40 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 719.24 m = 2359.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 42.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 659.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.33 mb = 547.74 m = 1797.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.33 mb = 2684.13 m = 8806.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.33 mb = 13516.06 m = 44343.49 ft B at Equ Level: 659.41 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.7 at 57.2 knts Storm direction: 338.7 at 42.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 5.1 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.4 neg: -176.7 tot: 57.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 12.99 Bulk Shear: 50.76 m/s