MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 37.37,-96.98 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -96.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 154 SFC 976 362 14.8 13.5 91 1.4 14.0 348 3 290.0 291.8 288.1 318.1 9.98 2 950 593 20.3 13.1 63 7.2 15.7 46 3 297.8 299.6 290.8 326.8 9.99 3 900 1058 17.4 10.6 65 6.7 13.2 7 14 299.4 301.0 290.5 325.7 8.95 4 850 1543 13.6 8.7 72 4.9 10.7 5 18 300.4 301.9 290.3 325.0 8.33 5 800 2050 9.6 6.2 80 3.3 7.6 3 23 301.3 302.7 289.8 323.5 7.48 6 750 2582 5.2 2.7 84 2.5 3.9 12 31 302.3 303.4 289.0 320.9 6.21 7 700 3142 2.5 -5.8 54 8.3 -1.2 14 26 305.2 305.9 287.5 316.2 3.55 8 650 3741 2.9 -31.2 6 34.2 -5.9 10 16 312.3 312.4 286.6 313.8 0.43 9 600 4383 -1.4 -25.1 15 23.7 -8.2 359 17 314.4 314.6 287.9 317.3 0.83 10 550 5068 -6.8 -27.9 17 21.1 -12.2 351 19 316.0 316.1 288.2 318.4 0.70 11 500 5804 -11.3 -40.4 7 29.1 -16.3 9 25 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.23 12 450 6606 -15.9 -55.0 2 39.1 -20.3 8 32 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.4 0.05 13 400 7478 -24.0 -57.4 3 33.4 -26.7 5 30 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.0 0.04 14 350 8436 -31.4 -54.7 8 23.3 -33.0 338 28 326.4 326.5 290.7 326.7 0.07 15 300 9509 -40.0 -54.9 19 14.9 -40.8 321 26 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.07 16 250 10728 -47.0 -60.1 21 13.1 -47.4 331 21 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 17 200 12200 -49.0 -76.2 3 27.2 -49.5 294 20 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 14058 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 289 24 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16588 -63.8 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 281 19 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.53 m Freezing level: 616.52 mb = 4170.77 m = 13683.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.88 mb = 3005.29 m = 9859.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.34 % Est. max temperature: 25.59 C = 78.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.22 mb = 536.77 m = 1761.05 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 13.04 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 2039.94 m = 6692.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.92 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: 2.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 25.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.93 mb = 1602.70 m = 5258.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.93 mb = 2593.85 m = 8509.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 698.93 mb = 3154.08 m = 10347.90 ft B at Equ Level: 31.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 658.93 mb = 3630.65 m = 11911.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.1 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 36.1 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.0 neg: -18.1 tot: 44.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 32.84 m/s