MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 39.29,-77.43 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -77.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 110 21.7 18.1 80 3.6 19.2 5 4 294.8 297.1 292.4 332.4 13.14 1 1000 121 21.1 17.8 81 3.3 18.9 4 3 294.3 296.6 292.1 331.3 12.96 2 950 563 19.0 14.8 77 4.2 16.3 82 10 296.5 298.5 291.4 328.9 11.22 3 900 1026 15.9 10.5 70 5.4 12.6 91 9 297.9 299.6 289.9 323.9 8.91 4 850 1509 12.4 6.7 68 5.8 9.2 81 10 299.2 300.5 288.9 320.6 7.25 5 800 2015 9.9 7.2 83 2.7 8.3 61 9 301.7 303.1 290.4 325.3 7.97 6 750 2550 7.8 6.5 92 1.2 7.1 100 6 305.0 306.5 291.6 329.5 8.14 7 700 3117 4.3 3.2 93 1.1 3.7 147 3 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.3 6.92 8 650 3720 2.4 2.4 100 0.0 2.4 187 17 311.7 313.0 292.6 333.4 7.01 9 600 4363 -0.9 -0.9 100 0.0 -0.9 196 23 315.1 316.2 292.8 333.9 5.97 10 550 5055 -4.0 -5.5 89 1.5 -4.8 216 26 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.2 4.61 11 500 5802 -7.7 -11.6 73 3.9 -9.3 206 27 323.7 324.3 292.8 334.1 3.14 12 450 6613 -12.7 -14.1 89 1.4 -13.3 199 31 327.2 327.8 293.6 336.9 2.85 13 400 7502 -18.6 -21.0 81 2.4 -19.3 195 40 330.8 331.2 293.6 337.1 1.79 14 350 8484 -26.0 -33.2 51 7.2 -27.3 198 48 333.7 333.8 293.4 336.2 0.66 15 300 9582 -33.7 -43.6 36 9.9 -34.8 199 63 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.9 0.27 16 250 10834 -43.3 -61.9 11 18.6 -44.0 199 66 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 17 200 12299 -53.8 -70.9 10 17.2 -54.1 193 71 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 14103 -62.2 -78.9 9 16.7 -62.3 215 42 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16560 -66.5 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.6 230 28 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.90 m Freezing level: 613.68 mb = 4187.07 m = 13736.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.98 mb = 4177.88 m = 13706.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.14 % Est. max temperature: 26.11 C = 78.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.38 mb = 569.02 m = 1866.85 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.82 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1414.31 m = 4640.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.89 C = 78.61 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: 8.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.15 C Cross Totals Index: 14.39 C K Index: 25.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6580.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.50 mb = 1087.40 m = 3567.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.1 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 214.1 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.8 neg: -24.8 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 45.73 m/s