MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 14Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 28.74,-90.73 Latitude: 28.74 Longitude: -90.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1016 -0 27.7 25.7 89 1.9 26.2 238 11 299.5 303.3 298.9 360.9 20.93 1 1000 135 26.2 25.0 93 1.2 25.3 240 12 299.3 303.0 298.4 358.7 20.28 2 950 589 22.8 22.8 100 -0.0 22.8 243 15 300.3 303.7 297.7 355.1 18.68 3 900 1059 20.2 17.1 82 3.2 18.1 252 17 302.4 304.9 295.0 342.9 13.72 4 850 1552 17.7 11.4 67 6.3 13.7 245 14 304.7 306.6 293.0 334.7 10.03 5 800 2068 15.0 8.4 65 6.5 11.0 233 15 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.5 8.71 6 750 2612 12.0 5.2 63 6.9 8.0 226 18 309.7 311.1 292.4 332.4 7.41 7 700 3187 8.7 2.1 63 6.7 5.0 224 19 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.0 6.36 8 650 3796 4.8 -0.2 70 5.0 2.2 223 17 314.4 315.5 292.4 332.8 5.83 9 600 4444 1.0 -3.0 75 4.0 -1.0 226 14 317.3 318.3 292.7 333.7 5.13 10 550 5139 -2.9 -7.3 72 4.4 -5.0 229 14 320.6 321.4 292.7 333.7 4.01 11 500 5888 -7.0 -17.4 44 10.3 -10.7 229 18 324.5 324.8 292.0 331.2 1.96 12 450 6701 -12.0 -17.3 65 5.3 -13.9 216 18 328.1 328.5 293.2 335.6 2.19 13 400 7594 -16.9 -20.9 72 3.9 -18.1 225 10 333.0 333.3 294.1 339.4 1.82 14 350 8584 -23.2 -25.6 81 2.3 -23.8 239 10 337.5 337.7 294.9 342.4 1.37 15 300 9698 -30.5 -33.0 78 2.6 -30.9 298 14 342.5 342.6 295.6 345.5 0.79 16 250 10967 -40.5 -43.6 72 3.1 -40.8 299 19 345.8 345.8 296.0 347.1 0.32 17 200 12443 -53.4 -57.2 63 3.8 -53.6 298 19 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14231 -66.2 -72.0 45 5.7 -66.3 283 26 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.02 19 100 16652 -72.3 -85.3 12 13.1 -72.3 240 5 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.11 m Freezing level: 587.03 mb = 4624.61 m = 15172.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.43 mb = 4238.72 m = 13906.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.88 mb = 243.06 m = 797.42 ft T: 25.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 28.89 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.95 mb = 570.66 m = 1872.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.15 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.24 C Showalter Index: 2.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.46 C K Index: 29.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2148.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.40 mb = 557.25 m = 1828.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.40 mb = 603.51 m = 1980.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.40 mb = 14295.21 m = 46899.72 ft B at Equ Level: 2123.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -5.2 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1393.13 Bulk Shear: 1.54 m/s