MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 16Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 39.32,-77.35 Latitude: 39.32 Longitude: -77.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 126 21.9 17.3 75 4.6 18.8 62 6 295.0 297.3 292.0 331.0 12.55 1 1000 126 21.7 17.1 75 4.6 18.6 63 5 294.8 297.1 291.7 330.2 12.33 2 950 569 18.9 14.0 73 4.9 15.8 96 17 296.4 298.3 290.9 327.2 10.67 3 900 1032 16.0 10.3 69 5.6 12.5 89 13 297.9 299.5 289.9 323.6 8.78 4 850 1515 12.7 7.3 70 5.4 9.6 74 8 299.5 300.9 289.3 321.8 7.57 5 800 2022 10.2 8.6 90 1.6 9.2 159 3 302.0 303.6 291.2 328.0 8.78 6 750 2559 8.4 8.4 100 0.0 8.3 171 9 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.5 9.24 7 700 3126 4.6 4.6 100 0.0 4.6 175 12 307.6 309.0 291.9 330.8 7.63 8 650 3727 1.4 1.2 99 0.1 1.3 197 24 310.5 311.7 291.9 330.5 6.45 9 600 4368 -2.1 -2.1 100 0.0 -2.1 207 24 313.7 314.7 292.0 330.9 5.47 10 550 5057 -5.0 -5.0 100 0.0 -5.0 190 26 318.2 319.1 292.7 333.6 4.80 11 500 5801 -8.6 -8.8 98 0.2 -8.7 196 34 322.6 323.4 293.2 335.5 3.93 12 450 6613 -12.4 -16.1 74 3.7 -13.7 213 31 327.6 328.1 293.3 335.9 2.41 13 400 7503 -18.5 -21.9 75 3.4 -19.5 209 36 330.9 331.2 293.5 336.7 1.65 14 350 8482 -26.4 -31.7 61 5.3 -27.4 211 55 333.2 333.3 293.3 336.0 0.77 15 300 9583 -33.0 -36.4 72 3.4 -33.5 209 72 338.8 338.9 294.6 341.0 0.56 16 250 10836 -44.5 -47.7 71 3.2 -44.7 207 79 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.7 0.21 17 200 12290 -54.4 -67.1 20 12.7 -54.6 214 70 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14090 -63.5 -79.4 10 15.9 -63.7 215 57 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16556 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 248 27 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.28 m Freezing level: 630.15 mb = 3981.60 m = 13062.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.74 mb = 3967.95 m = 13018.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.32 C = 79.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.31 mb = 702.48 m = 2304.70 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 9.25 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.96 mb = 1664.12 m = 5459.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.07 C = 80.72 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 6.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 15.89 C K Index: 28.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6889.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.24 mb = 1200.16 m = 3937.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.1 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 212.1 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.3 neg: -54.8 tot: 37.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 63.17 m/s