MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 20.7 18.8 89 1.9 19.4 211 1 293.8 296.3 292.6 333.1 13.79 1 1000 119 20.7 18.5 87 2.2 19.2 212 2 293.9 296.3 292.4 332.5 13.53 2 950 561 18.1 13.5 75 4.6 15.2 94 6 295.6 297.4 290.3 325.2 10.30 3 900 1022 15.0 11.2 78 3.8 12.7 91 10 297.0 298.7 290.0 324.2 9.35 4 850 1504 12.2 8.5 78 3.7 10.0 69 13 298.9 300.4 289.7 323.1 8.22 5 800 2011 10.2 7.6 84 2.6 8.6 64 11 302.0 303.5 290.7 326.3 8.20 6 750 2546 8.1 7.1 94 1.0 7.5 88 6 305.3 306.9 291.9 330.8 8.46 7 700 3115 5.4 5.2 99 0.2 5.3 211 8 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.7 7.94 8 650 3718 2.1 1.0 92 1.1 1.5 210 14 311.3 312.5 292.0 330.9 6.33 9 600 4361 -0.5 -0.5 100 0.0 -0.5 187 13 315.6 316.8 293.1 335.1 6.17 10 550 5053 -4.4 -4.4 100 0.0 -4.4 219 19 318.9 319.9 293.1 335.1 5.03 11 500 5799 -8.1 -8.5 97 0.4 -8.2 204 17 323.2 324.0 293.4 336.6 4.04 12 450 6609 -13.3 -14.4 92 1.1 -13.7 201 21 326.5 327.0 293.3 335.9 2.78 13 400 7495 -19.4 -21.2 86 1.8 -20.0 197 24 329.7 330.1 293.3 335.9 1.75 14 350 8475 -26.0 -28.3 80 2.4 -26.5 197 22 333.7 333.9 293.7 337.6 1.06 15 300 9572 -34.2 -37.2 74 3.0 -34.6 193 48 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.52 16 250 10822 -43.2 -51.7 39 8.5 -43.7 200 79 341.8 341.9 294.9 342.4 0.13 17 200 12290 -53.1 -67.8 15 14.7 -53.4 198 75 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14099 -62.0 -80.7 7 18.7 -62.1 216 48 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16564 -65.6 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 244 28 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.65 m Freezing level: 609.30 mb = 4241.51 m = 13915.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.74 mb = 4192.30 m = 13754.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.65 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.39 mb = 351.10 m = 1151.88 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 10.08 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1393.97 m = 4573.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.43 C = 77.78 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: 4.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: 6.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.26 C Cross Totals Index: 16.55 C K Index: 28.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6541.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.65 mb = 1025.26 m = 3363.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.8 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 210.8 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -24.5 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 18.07 m/s