MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 43.29,-93.14 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -93.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 971 359 25.1 18.5 67 6.7 20.5 82 2 300.8 303.4 294.7 341.7 13.92 2 950 547 22.5 17.1 72 5.4 18.8 87 2 300.0 302.4 293.9 338.1 13.03 3 900 1014 17.9 15.8 88 2.0 16.5 125 1 299.9 302.2 293.6 337.0 12.67 4 850 1502 15.1 9.4 69 5.6 11.6 274 11 301.9 303.5 291.1 327.9 8.75 5 800 2012 11.4 3.0 56 8.4 6.8 256 8 303.3 304.4 289.1 321.2 5.94 6 750 2549 9.3 -5.6 34 14.9 2.4 286 11 306.6 307.3 287.8 317.1 3.36 7 700 3117 6.7 -10.6 28 17.2 -0.6 302 13 309.8 310.3 288.0 317.7 2.44 8 650 3721 3.8 -16.1 22 19.9 -3.6 308 17 313.3 313.6 288.3 318.9 1.67 9 600 4367 0.4 -20.0 20 20.5 -6.4 310 16 316.6 316.8 289.0 321.0 1.30 10 550 5058 -3.5 -28.3 13 24.7 -10.2 312 15 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.3 0.68 11 500 5804 -8.1 -35.7 9 27.5 -14.0 307 13 323.1 323.2 290.1 324.5 0.37 12 450 6614 -13.6 -41.1 8 27.5 -18.3 306 11 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.23 13 400 7496 -20.6 -46.4 8 25.8 -23.9 325 13 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.15 14 350 8466 -29.0 -48.5 13 19.6 -30.8 329 17 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.2 0.13 15 300 9550 -37.0 -54.3 15 17.3 -38.0 334 17 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 16 250 10785 -46.5 -60.2 20 13.7 -47.0 333 17 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 17 200 12230 -56.3 -66.8 26 10.4 -56.5 309 21 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 14031 -61.8 -78.3 9 16.4 -62.0 305 18 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16511 -65.0 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 292 11 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.62 m Freezing level: 594.76 mb = 4439.04 m = 14563.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.66 mb = 3004.29 m = 9856.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.75 mb = 1198.73 m = 3932.80 ft T: 16.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 24.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.51 mb = 1546.47 m = 5073.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 17.56 C K Index: 15.38 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 218.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.09 mb = 1322.23 m = 4337.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.09 mb = 1772.57 m = 5815.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.09 mb = 3316.57 m = 10881.00 ft B at Equ Level: 17.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.09 mb = 12450.28 m = 40846.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.9 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 330.9 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.2 neg: -8.5 tot: 66.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 9.96 Bulk Shear: 21.91 m/s