MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 36.77,-98.14 Latitude: 36.77 Longitude: -98.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 977 352 13.9 13.5 97 0.4 13.7 273 4 289.0 290.7 287.8 317.0 10.00 2 950 595 19.5 11.8 61 7.7 14.7 311 11 297.0 298.7 289.9 323.8 9.21 3 900 1061 18.7 10.0 57 8.7 13.3 339 12 300.7 302.3 290.6 326.1 8.57 4 850 1548 14.7 9.3 70 5.4 11.4 354 16 301.5 303.1 290.9 327.1 8.65 5 800 2057 10.2 5.3 72 4.8 7.4 3 19 302.0 303.3 289.6 322.9 7.01 6 750 2590 5.7 2.9 82 2.8 4.2 8 19 302.8 304.0 289.3 321.7 6.30 7 700 3150 2.0 -3.2 69 5.1 -0.4 358 19 304.6 305.5 288.1 317.9 4.33 8 650 3748 2.8 -23.0 13 25.8 -5.3 357 21 312.1 312.3 287.2 315.2 0.92 9 600 4390 -0.7 -29.7 9 29.0 -8.3 353 21 315.3 315.4 287.8 317.2 0.54 10 550 5080 -4.2 -40.5 4 36.3 -11.3 345 21 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.9 0.20 11 500 5823 -9.3 -50.3 2 41.0 -15.3 357 19 321.6 321.7 289.3 321.9 0.08 12 450 6626 -16.7 -42.2 9 25.5 -20.5 354 23 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.21 13 400 7497 -23.6 -47.8 9 24.1 -26.3 347 25 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.13 14 350 8457 -31.0 -50.5 13 19.5 -32.6 338 24 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.3 0.11 15 300 9531 -39.3 -55.8 16 16.4 -40.2 359 23 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.07 16 250 10758 -45.7 -65.6 9 20.0 -46.2 10 24 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.02 17 200 12230 -49.8 -74.9 4 25.0 -50.3 319 28 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.9 0.01 18 150 14082 -57.2 -80.8 4 23.5 -57.5 322 30 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16583 -66.7 -85.1 6 18.4 -66.9 310 23 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.30 m Freezing level: 610.68 mb = 4253.26 m = 13954.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.79 mb = 3094.64 m = 10152.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.31 mb = 405.14 m = 1329.18 ft T: 15.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.23 C/km ThetaE index: 11.92 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.03 mb = 2244.48 m = 7363.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lifted Index: 4.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 28.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7766.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.75 mb = 1710.02 m = 5610.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.6 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 23.6 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: -4.8 tot: 61.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 21.68 m/s