MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 26.03,-80.33 Latitude: 26.03 Longitude: -80.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 3 26.5 26.2 98 0.3 26.3 76 3 298.4 302.4 299.0 361.5 21.58 1 1000 123 25.8 24.7 94 1.1 25.0 65 7 299.0 302.6 298.2 357.4 20.00 2 950 576 23.7 22.0 90 1.7 22.5 61 8 301.2 304.5 297.4 353.7 17.80 3 900 1048 21.2 16.9 76 4.3 18.2 80 3 303.4 305.9 295.2 343.7 13.59 4 850 1542 18.3 14.7 79 3.7 15.9 357 5 305.3 307.7 295.0 342.6 12.45 5 800 2060 15.3 11.2 76 4.2 12.6 304 4 307.5 309.5 294.1 339.2 10.47 6 750 2605 12.6 8.2 74 4.5 9.9 264 3 310.3 312.0 293.9 338.2 9.12 7 700 3181 9.1 6.1 81 3.0 7.3 272 9 312.6 314.2 294.0 338.8 8.48 8 650 3792 5.7 2.0 78 3.6 3.6 248 8 315.4 316.7 293.6 336.9 6.84 9 600 4443 2.2 -1.4 77 3.6 0.3 245 13 318.7 319.8 293.6 337.2 5.79 10 550 5142 -1.1 -9.3 54 8.2 -4.7 242 21 322.8 323.5 292.9 334.2 3.45 11 500 5896 -6.2 -11.3 67 5.1 -8.4 248 21 325.4 326.1 293.4 336.2 3.21 12 450 6712 -10.5 -12.2 88 1.7 -11.2 254 13 330.0 330.7 294.7 341.4 3.34 13 400 7610 -16.5 -19.0 81 2.5 -17.3 218 8 333.6 334.0 294.6 341.1 2.13 14 350 8599 -23.0 -25.6 79 2.6 -23.7 184 7 337.7 338.0 295.0 342.7 1.36 15 300 9710 -31.4 -34.3 76 2.9 -31.9 159 9 341.2 341.3 295.3 343.8 0.70 16 250 10975 -41.1 -44.3 71 3.2 -41.4 184 15 344.9 345.0 295.8 346.1 0.30 17 200 12450 -52.5 -56.3 64 3.8 -52.6 205 21 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.1 0.09 18 150 14244 -67.1 -71.2 56 4.1 -67.1 210 23 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.02 19 100 16640 -73.3 -89.1 7 15.9 -73.3 93 5 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.73 m Freezing level: 566.28 mb = 4914.87 m = 16124.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.90 mb = 4484.94 m = 14714.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.62 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1010.40 mb = 32.24 m = 105.77 ft T: 26.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 23.24 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.23 mb = 978.15 m = 3209.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1697.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.92 mb = 669.25 m = 2195.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.92 mb = 1391.35 m = 4564.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.92 mb = 14043.05 m = 46072.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1695.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.3 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 284.3 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -21.7 tot: -4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 45.12 Bulk Shear: 37.62 m/s