MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 84 SFC 969 362 29.1 18.4 53 10.7 21.6 158 6 305.0 307.6 295.8 346.5 13.91 2 950 535 26.0 18.1 62 8.0 20.5 152 7 303.6 306.1 295.4 344.7 13.84 3 900 1009 21.4 19.2 87 2.2 19.9 154 17 303.6 306.5 296.7 350.4 15.75 4 850 1503 18.4 15.4 83 2.9 16.4 180 21 305.4 307.8 295.4 344.6 13.10 5 800 2022 15.2 10.9 75 4.4 12.4 188 23 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.4 10.26 6 750 2566 11.3 7.8 79 3.5 9.2 182 25 308.9 310.6 293.3 336.0 8.91 7 700 3139 7.5 4.1 80 3.3 5.5 191 30 310.7 312.1 292.7 333.5 7.38 8 650 3744 2.8 -1.5 73 4.3 0.6 204 37 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.8 5.29 9 600 4388 -1.2 -6.4 68 5.1 -3.6 204 39 314.7 315.5 291.0 327.4 3.96 10 550 5076 -5.2 -16.5 41 11.3 -9.2 202 34 317.9 318.3 290.0 324.3 1.91 11 500 5816 -10.9 -19.0 51 8.1 -13.5 215 31 319.7 320.1 290.4 325.5 1.70 12 450 6621 -15.0 -21.9 56 6.9 -17.0 231 35 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.5 1.47 13 400 7501 -20.4 -33.6 30 13.2 -22.9 239 37 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.6 0.56 14 350 8475 -27.9 -35.4 49 7.5 -29.0 249 35 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.2 0.54 15 300 9561 -37.0 -47.3 34 10.2 -37.8 252 29 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.18 16 250 10797 -45.2 -62.5 13 17.3 -45.7 253 27 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.03 17 200 12265 -50.6 -72.1 6 21.5 -51.1 255 37 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14113 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 249 40 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16604 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 255 4 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.54 m Freezing level: 615.20 mb = 4192.39 m = 13754.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.72 mb = 3834.90 m = 12581.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.13 mb = 1705.46 m = 5595.27 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 26.09 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.46 mb = 1784.81 m = 5855.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.29 C Cross Totals Index: 26.35 C K Index: 41.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1901.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.69 mb = 1465.68 m = 4808.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.69 mb = 2249.12 m = 7378.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.69 mb = 11676.81 m = 38309.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1898.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.69 mb = 15551.37 m = 51020.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.7 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 227.7 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.38 Bulk Rich Number: 27.43 Bulk Shear: 69.33 m/s