MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 33.00,-111.84 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -111.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 64 SFC 952 503 30.8 19.6 51 11.2 22.7 187 11 308.3 311.1 297.5 354.4 15.25 2 950 518 29.3 19.5 56 9.8 22.2 188 10 306.9 309.7 297.2 352.5 15.16 3 900 996 23.9 18.4 71 5.5 20.0 187 14 306.2 308.9 296.8 351.0 14.95 4 850 1493 19.0 17.5 91 1.6 17.9 187 14 306.1 308.9 296.8 350.9 14.94 5 800 2011 14.9 13.6 92 1.3 14.0 202 24 307.0 309.3 295.3 344.2 12.33 6 750 2557 12.4 8.7 78 3.8 10.1 208 31 310.1 311.9 294.1 339.0 9.44 7 700 3133 9.1 3.9 70 5.1 6.1 203 30 312.5 313.9 293.1 335.1 7.27 8 650 3742 4.5 -1.3 66 5.8 1.5 205 27 314.0 315.1 292.0 330.9 5.34 9 600 4388 -0.1 -11.8 41 11.7 -4.8 209 28 316.0 316.5 290.1 324.4 2.58 10 550 5078 -4.5 -28.2 14 23.7 -10.7 219 30 318.8 318.9 289.1 321.2 0.68 11 500 5822 -8.1 -33.0 11 24.9 -13.8 235 34 323.2 323.2 290.2 324.9 0.47 12 450 6634 -12.5 -52.7 2 40.1 -17.9 240 30 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.7 0.06 13 400 7519 -19.6 -42.8 11 23.2 -22.9 249 27 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.22 14 350 8493 -28.0 -44.8 19 16.8 -29.9 250 30 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.20 15 300 9577 -37.5 -46.7 38 9.2 -38.2 246 36 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.19 16 250 10817 -44.0 -62.8 11 18.9 -44.6 245 43 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.03 17 200 12286 -51.4 -70.5 8 19.1 -51.8 253 44 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14131 -57.0 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.3 251 40 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16620 -69.1 -86.4 7 17.2 -69.2 236 10 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.03 m Freezing level: 601.30 mb = 4371.25 m = 14341.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.45 mb = 3886.42 m = 12750.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.50 mb = 1910.53 m = 6268.06 ft T: 15.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 33.26 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1734.14 m = 5689.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.05 C = 84.30 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 39.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2201.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.86 mb = 1708.35 m = 5604.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.86 mb = 1760.09 m = 5774.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.86 mb = 12486.31 m = 40965.07 ft B at Equ Level: 2176.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.1 neg: -14.7 tot: 76.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 61.61 Bulk Shear: 35.73 m/s