MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 31.87,-73.57 Latitude: 31.87 Longitude: -73.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 -0 26.6 24.8 90 1.8 25.3 45 22 299.0 302.6 298.1 357.2 19.92 1 1000 75 25.7 24.1 91 1.6 24.6 45 25 298.9 302.4 297.7 355.1 19.25 2 950 526 21.8 21.8 100 -0.0 21.9 46 32 299.3 302.5 296.8 350.7 17.60 3 900 996 21.6 14.3 63 7.3 16.8 47 25 303.8 305.9 293.8 338.0 11.49 4 850 1489 17.6 13.6 77 4.0 15.0 57 29 304.6 306.8 294.1 339.3 11.62 5 800 2005 14.9 10.1 73 4.7 11.9 58 27 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.4 9.75 6 750 2549 12.0 9.0 82 3.0 10.1 60 26 309.6 311.4 294.1 339.1 9.65 7 700 3125 9.1 5.8 80 3.3 7.1 59 24 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.2 8.28 8 650 3736 6.1 0.6 68 5.4 3.1 60 26 315.8 317.0 293.2 335.4 6.18 9 600 4388 2.8 -4.3 59 7.1 -0.7 62 25 319.4 320.3 292.9 334.4 4.64 10 550 5088 -1.0 -6.8 65 5.8 -3.8 68 19 322.8 323.7 293.4 336.6 4.17 11 500 5843 -5.0 -13.3 52 8.3 -8.4 73 18 326.9 327.4 293.4 336.2 2.74 12 450 6664 -9.4 -20.7 40 11.2 -13.2 85 8 331.4 331.7 293.6 337.2 1.64 13 400 7567 -13.3 -20.8 53 7.4 -15.8 157 16 337.6 338.0 295.3 344.2 1.82 14 350 8572 -19.4 -32.3 31 12.9 -22.3 161 21 342.6 342.7 295.6 345.3 0.73 15 300 9701 -26.5 -42.7 20 16.2 -28.7 172 23 348.1 348.2 296.5 349.3 0.30 16 250 10993 -36.3 -51.2 20 14.8 -37.5 189 20 352.0 352.1 297.2 352.6 0.14 17 200 12499 -48.5 -58.6 30 10.1 -49.0 216 14 355.9 355.9 298.0 356.2 0.07 18 150 14323 -63.8 -71.9 32 8.2 -63.8 212 24 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.02 19 100 16706 -78.5 -84.1 40 5.6 -78.6 230 8 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.79 m Freezing level: 563.50 mb = 4899.28 m = 16073.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.74 mb = 4257.25 m = 13967.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.47 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.40 mb = 222.16 m = 728.85 ft T: 24.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 19.28 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.05 mb = 1179.33 m = 3869.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: 2.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.69 C Cross Totals Index: 18.69 C K Index: 33.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 343.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.34 mb = 661.27 m = 2169.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.34 mb = 1485.39 m = 4873.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 380.34 mb = 7946.43 m = 26070.65 ft B at Equ Level: 342.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.34 mb = 12159.18 m = 39891.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 58.4 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 88.4 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.1 neg: -25.6 tot: 35.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 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: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 60.86 Bulk Shear: 5.64 m/s