MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 14Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 33.58,-112.21 Latitude: 33.58 Longitude: -112.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 969 362 27.4 17.6 55 9.8 20.6 125 7 303.3 305.7 294.9 342.5 13.19 2 950 532 25.8 17.5 60 8.3 20.0 135 13 303.3 305.8 295.0 342.9 13.32 3 900 1005 22.7 14.0 58 8.7 17.0 170 19 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.6 11.26 4 850 1501 20.0 9.6 51 10.4 13.5 190 22 307.1 308.8 292.8 334.0 8.88 5 800 2020 16.5 4.4 44 12.1 9.5 185 21 308.7 310.0 291.4 328.8 6.55 6 750 2566 12.2 5.7 65 6.5 8.3 185 21 309.8 311.2 292.6 333.3 7.67 7 700 3140 7.8 3.8 75 4.1 5.5 200 26 311.2 312.5 292.6 333.4 7.18 8 650 3746 3.0 0.4 83 2.5 1.6 208 30 312.3 313.5 292.1 331.3 6.08 9 600 4390 -1.0 -6.0 69 4.9 -3.3 215 33 314.9 315.7 291.2 328.0 4.08 10 550 5080 -5.1 -16.8 39 11.7 -9.2 216 30 318.0 318.4 290.0 324.2 1.86 11 500 5818 -11.5 -36.9 10 25.4 -16.3 228 33 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.2 0.32 12 450 6619 -15.8 -42.9 8 27.1 -19.9 234 35 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.19 13 400 7497 -21.0 -49.0 6 28.0 -24.3 247 40 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.11 14 350 8469 -28.3 -53.6 7 25.2 -30.4 257 44 330.5 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.07 15 300 9554 -37.0 -54.0 15 17.0 -38.0 259 41 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 16 250 10792 -44.2 -62.3 12 18.1 -44.9 256 38 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 17 200 12266 -50.1 -73.1 5 23.1 -50.5 255 40 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14114 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -57.9 250 38 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16604 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 310 14 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.99 m Freezing level: 612.78 mb = 4225.81 m = 13864.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.73 mb = 3950.31 m = 12960.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.75 mb = 1605.00 m = 5265.69 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 14.02 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.54 mb = 2581.80 m = 8470.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.85 C = 92.92 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 802.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.95 mb = 1946.26 m = 6385.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.95 mb = 3234.45 m = 10611.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.95 mb = 10738.89 m = 35232.15 ft B at Equ Level: 792.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.95 mb = 13236.97 m = 43427.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.1 neg: -8.8 tot: 170.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 11.45 Bulk Shear: 70.03 m/s