MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 1Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 38.39,-75.3 Latitude: 38.39 Longitude: -75.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 9 22.5 19.4 83 3.1 20.4 129 2 294.7 297.2 293.1 335.2 14.15 1 1000 105 22.9 16.7 68 6.1 18.8 132 6 296.0 298.2 291.9 330.8 12.07 2 950 553 21.2 17.6 80 3.5 18.8 15 2 298.7 301.1 293.8 337.9 13.49 3 900 1019 17.4 15.1 86 2.3 15.8 310 3 299.4 301.6 292.9 334.6 12.04 4 850 1505 13.7 11.4 86 2.3 12.2 267 6 300.5 302.3 291.7 329.9 9.99 5 800 2016 12.4 8.3 76 4.1 9.9 260 10 304.4 306.0 291.7 330.2 8.60 6 750 2555 9.9 1.8 57 8.2 5.5 246 17 307.3 308.4 290.3 325.1 5.80 7 700 3125 7.2 1.2 66 6.0 3.9 246 23 310.5 311.6 291.4 329.0 5.97 8 650 3731 3.8 -4.4 55 8.2 -0.2 243 28 313.3 314.1 290.8 326.8 4.26 9 600 4378 0.9 -11.7 38 12.6 -4.3 244 27 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.6 2.60 10 550 5072 -2.8 -16.0 35 13.2 -7.7 244 28 320.7 321.1 291.0 327.4 1.99 11 500 5821 -6.7 -23.0 26 16.4 -11.6 239 30 324.9 325.2 291.5 329.1 1.20 12 450 6635 -11.7 -21.8 43 10.1 -14.8 240 38 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.8 1.49 13 400 7526 -18.1 -40.9 12 22.9 -21.8 244 44 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.27 14 350 8510 -24.5 -27.5 76 3.0 -25.2 236 39 335.7 336.0 294.3 339.9 1.15 15 300 9611 -33.5 -36.1 78 2.6 -33.9 233 50 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.3 0.58 16 250 10865 -43.7 -46.7 72 3.1 -43.9 229 62 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.1 0.23 17 200 12326 -53.8 -67.2 18 13.4 -54.1 222 66 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14124 -63.3 -79.9 9 16.5 -63.5 233 60 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16576 -69.2 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.3 230 26 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.73 m Freezing level: 588.51 mb = 4537.10 m = 14885.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.90 mb = 3707.49 m = 12163.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.93 mb = 398.67 m = 1307.94 ft T: 21.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 8.05 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1239.46 m = 4066.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.85 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 4.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.32 C Cross Totals Index: 18.02 C K Index: 25.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.47 mb = 976.42 m = 3203.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.47 mb = 1509.93 m = 4953.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.47 mb = 1609.74 m = 5281.24 ft B at Equ Level: 14.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 779.47 mb = 2232.75 m = 7325.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.1 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 275.1 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: -30.6 tot: 4.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 60.05 m/s