MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 1012 9 21.5 19.7 90 1.8 20.2 148 2 293.6 296.2 293.0 334.7 14.42 1 1000 108 23.2 16.7 67 6.5 18.8 139 5 296.3 298.5 292.0 331.1 12.05 2 950 556 21.2 17.2 78 4.1 18.5 14 2 298.7 301.1 293.5 336.8 13.09 3 900 1023 17.4 14.9 85 2.5 15.7 313 2 299.4 301.6 292.9 334.2 11.91 4 850 1509 14.7 9.3 70 5.3 11.4 289 6 301.5 303.1 290.9 327.3 8.70 5 800 2020 12.2 7.1 71 5.1 9.2 261 8 304.1 305.6 291.1 327.9 7.92 6 750 2559 9.8 2.0 58 7.8 5.5 243 15 307.2 308.3 290.3 325.3 5.90 7 700 3129 7.2 -0.1 60 7.3 3.3 242 20 310.4 311.4 290.9 327.3 5.42 8 650 3735 3.9 -4.7 53 8.6 -0.3 242 24 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.5 4.14 9 600 4382 1.2 -12.1 36 13.3 -4.3 244 24 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.7 2.51 10 550 5076 -2.5 -17.7 30 15.2 -7.9 244 27 321.1 321.4 290.8 326.9 1.72 11 500 5826 -6.5 -24.3 23 17.7 -11.8 241 31 325.1 325.3 291.4 328.8 1.07 12 450 6640 -12.0 -22.8 40 10.7 -15.2 241 38 328.1 328.4 292.5 332.9 1.36 13 400 7531 -18.0 -39.5 13 21.4 -21.7 244 41 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.7 0.31 14 350 8513 -25.6 -29.3 71 3.7 -26.4 224 43 334.2 334.4 293.7 337.7 0.97 15 300 9615 -32.8 -35.7 75 2.9 -33.2 227 48 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.5 0.61 16 250 10870 -43.5 -46.7 71 3.2 -43.7 227 55 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.4 0.23 17 200 12332 -54.0 -69.1 14 15.0 -54.3 222 68 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14127 -64.4 -76.8 17 12.3 -64.6 235 61 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16577 -68.9 -84.8 8 15.9 -69.0 225 27 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.90 m Freezing level: 584.46 mb = 4597.65 m = 15083.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.82 mb = 3687.05 m = 12096.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.85 mb = 232.82 m = 763.83 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1432.74 m = 4700.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 2.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 6.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.21 C Cross Totals Index: 15.88 C K Index: 23.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4909.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.12 mb = 1021.40 m = 3351.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: -30.8 tot: -2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 49.22 m/s