MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 20.3 17.5 84 2.8 18.4 85 4 293.4 295.7 291.6 329.4 12.64 1 1000 128 20.6 17.2 81 3.5 18.3 83 4 293.8 296.0 291.5 329.2 12.41 2 950 569 17.7 13.8 78 3.9 15.3 105 18 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.4 10.52 3 900 1030 14.8 11.0 78 3.7 12.5 85 15 296.7 298.4 289.8 323.5 9.22 4 850 1510 11.2 6.2 71 5.0 8.3 66 11 297.9 299.2 288.2 318.4 6.99 5 800 2017 10.4 9.5 95 0.8 9.9 147 4 302.2 303.9 291.7 330.1 9.38 6 750 2555 8.0 7.9 99 0.1 7.9 158 6 305.3 306.9 292.3 332.2 8.96 7 700 3122 4.9 4.9 99 0.1 4.9 200 13 308.0 309.4 292.2 331.6 7.77 8 650 3725 2.0 2.0 100 0.0 2.0 204 15 311.2 312.5 292.3 332.3 6.80 9 600 4367 -1.4 -1.4 100 0.0 -1.4 205 22 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.7 5.76 10 550 5057 -4.6 -4.6 100 0.0 -4.6 193 27 318.7 319.6 293.0 334.6 4.95 11 500 5802 -8.7 -9.9 91 1.2 -9.2 210 29 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.3 3.60 12 450 6612 -12.6 -15.2 81 2.5 -13.6 210 31 327.3 327.9 293.4 336.3 2.62 13 400 7502 -19.0 -22.3 75 3.3 -20.0 211 41 330.3 330.6 293.3 335.9 1.60 14 350 8479 -26.4 -29.6 74 3.2 -27.1 213 51 333.2 333.4 293.4 336.6 0.94 15 300 9582 -32.6 -35.3 77 2.6 -33.0 200 62 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.8 0.63 16 250 10836 -44.2 -47.3 71 3.1 -44.4 205 70 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.21 17 200 12294 -53.9 -68.3 16 14.3 -54.2 216 69 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14101 -62.7 -79.9 8 17.2 -62.9 222 58 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16559 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 234 20 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.46 m Freezing level: 620.72 mb = 4100.62 m = 13453.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.76 mb = 4093.94 m = 13431.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.14 % Est. max temperature: 24.74 C = 76.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.57 mb = 482.93 m = 1584.40 ft T: 18.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 11.02 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.51 mb = 1309.88 m = 4297.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.27 C = 75.69 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: 8.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.91 C Cross Totals Index: 14.86 C K Index: 25.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6742.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.89 mb = 1040.08 m = 3412.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.8 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 214.8 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.8 neg: -74.1 tot: 15.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 48.78 m/s