MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.55,-77.77 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -77.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 76 21.0 20.8 99 0.2 20.8 13 5 293.9 296.7 293.9 338.3 15.55 1 1000 101 20.7 20.6 99 0.1 20.7 14 5 293.9 296.7 293.9 338.1 15.48 2 950 544 17.9 17.9 100 -0.0 17.9 44 16 295.3 297.8 293.0 334.6 13.71 3 900 1006 15.7 15.7 100 -0.0 15.8 81 19 297.7 300.0 292.9 334.3 12.60 4 850 1493 15.4 15.4 100 -0.0 15.4 137 17 302.3 304.7 294.5 340.8 13.05 5 800 2006 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 172 17 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.3 11.11 6 750 2545 9.2 8.8 98 0.3 9.0 198 23 306.5 308.3 293.2 335.3 9.54 7 700 3117 7.0 7.0 100 0.1 7.0 203 19 310.3 312.0 293.8 337.9 9.01 8 650 3724 3.8 0.5 79 3.3 2.0 205 20 313.2 314.4 292.3 332.4 6.11 9 600 4370 -0.1 -2.6 83 2.6 -1.4 200 20 316.1 317.1 292.4 332.8 5.26 10 550 5061 -4.2 -5.9 87 1.8 -5.0 197 23 319.2 320.0 292.7 333.6 4.47 11 500 5808 -7.9 -8.3 97 0.4 -8.1 189 27 323.3 324.2 293.5 336.9 4.09 12 450 6620 -12.6 -13.9 90 1.3 -13.1 202 35 327.4 328.0 293.6 337.3 2.91 13 400 7510 -18.3 -19.8 88 1.5 -18.7 203 39 331.3 331.7 293.9 338.2 1.99 14 350 8492 -25.0 -27.2 82 2.2 -25.5 211 50 335.1 335.3 294.1 339.4 1.17 15 300 9593 -33.4 -45.8 28 12.3 -34.6 200 66 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.1 0.21 16 250 10850 -42.6 -45.7 71 3.1 -42.8 198 80 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.8 0.26 17 200 12317 -53.4 -63.4 28 10.0 -53.6 193 79 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.04 18 150 14118 -63.7 -78.7 11 14.9 -63.8 212 65 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16576 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.5 228 29 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.77 m Freezing level: 600.71 mb = 4360.43 m = 14305.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.40 mb = 4099.97 m = 13451.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.84 mb = 102.85 m = 337.42 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 5.48 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.23 mb = 478.86 m = 1571.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.22 C = 71.99 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 38.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.45 mb = 522.02 m = 1712.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 947.45 mb = 567.21 m = 1860.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 887.45 mb = 1125.80 m = 3693.52 ft B at Equ Level: 19.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 827.45 mb = 1720.86 m = 5645.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.0 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 214.0 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 270.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 113.17 m/s