MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.11,-77.84 Latitude: 37.11 Longitude: -77.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 95 21.4 20.8 96 0.6 20.9 72 3 294.4 297.2 294.0 338.9 15.58 1 1000 113 21.2 20.8 97 0.5 20.9 73 2 294.4 297.2 294.1 339.1 15.63 2 950 558 21.1 21.1 100 -0.0 21.1 100 10 298.6 301.6 296.1 347.4 16.79 3 900 1026 18.2 18.3 100 -0.0 18.2 148 6 300.3 303.0 295.2 343.7 14.82 4 850 1514 14.8 13.3 91 1.5 13.8 157 7 301.7 303.7 293.1 335.2 11.36 5 800 2025 12.1 11.1 93 1.0 11.4 170 8 304.0 306.0 293.1 335.1 10.40 6 750 2564 9.2 7.8 91 1.4 8.3 187 15 306.6 308.2 292.6 333.4 8.90 7 700 3134 5.8 4.6 92 1.2 5.2 199 18 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.4 7.64 8 650 3738 2.2 1.6 96 0.6 1.9 202 21 311.5 312.8 292.3 332.1 6.63 9 600 4381 -0.8 -1.4 95 0.7 -1.1 204 23 315.3 316.4 292.7 333.5 5.76 10 550 5073 -3.7 -4.4 95 0.7 -4.0 206 23 319.8 320.7 293.3 336.0 5.04 11 500 5821 -7.6 -8.5 94 0.8 -8.0 204 28 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.1 4.04 12 450 6634 -12.4 -13.6 91 1.2 -12.9 202 30 327.6 328.2 293.7 337.7 2.97 13 400 7525 -18.0 -19.9 85 1.9 -18.6 200 36 331.5 331.9 293.9 338.4 1.97 14 350 8508 -25.2 -27.8 79 2.6 -25.8 201 44 334.7 335.0 294.0 338.8 1.11 15 300 9609 -33.7 -36.7 75 3.0 -34.1 193 52 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.9 0.55 16 250 10860 -43.6 -47.3 67 3.7 -43.8 189 64 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.22 17 200 12319 -54.8 -69.1 15 14.4 -55.0 192 62 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.02 18 150 14122 -62.8 -80.1 8 17.3 -62.9 213 48 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16579 -68.0 -86.1 6 18.2 -68.1 226 22 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.78 m Freezing level: 612.50 mb = 4220.02 m = 13845.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.30 mb = 4139.47 m = 13580.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.24 mb = 171.51 m = 562.69 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 15.30 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.84 mb = 725.24 m = 2379.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.13 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 34.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 948.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.03 mb = 557.99 m = 1830.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.03 mb = 977.61 m = 3207.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.03 mb = 11548.19 m = 37887.30 ft B at Equ Level: 948.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.03 mb = 14758.73 m = 48420.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.3 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 224.3 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 69.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 21.86 Bulk Shear: 43.40 m/s