MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 30.23,-85.66 Latitude: 30.23 Longitude: -85.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 2 26.7 24.7 89 2.0 25.2 223 4 298.9 302.5 298.0 356.5 19.70 1 1000 98 25.8 24.5 92 1.4 24.9 229 9 299.0 302.6 298.0 356.5 19.68 2 950 550 22.3 22.4 100 -0.0 22.4 238 12 299.9 303.2 297.3 353.2 18.21 3 900 1020 19.4 17.0 86 2.4 17.8 247 13 301.5 304.0 294.7 341.8 13.68 4 850 1511 17.1 14.5 85 2.6 15.4 248 13 304.0 306.3 294.5 340.6 12.30 5 800 2026 14.2 10.8 80 3.4 12.0 241 12 306.2 308.2 293.6 337.0 10.22 6 750 2569 11.0 7.4 79 3.5 8.8 220 13 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.9 8.67 7 700 3141 7.7 1.0 62 6.8 4.1 214 14 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.3 5.87 8 650 3749 4.3 0.3 75 4.0 2.1 216 16 313.8 314.9 292.4 332.7 6.02 9 600 4397 0.7 -5.6 63 6.3 -2.3 225 21 317.0 317.8 291.9 330.5 4.20 10 550 5089 -4.2 -6.3 85 2.2 -5.2 233 25 319.1 320.0 292.6 333.2 4.33 11 500 5836 -7.8 -8.0 98 0.3 -7.9 232 30 323.6 324.4 293.7 337.4 4.18 12 450 6648 -12.3 -13.4 92 1.1 -12.8 227 28 327.7 328.3 293.8 338.0 3.03 13 400 7540 -17.5 -19.4 85 1.9 -18.1 225 31 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.4 2.06 14 350 8527 -23.9 -26.8 77 2.9 -24.6 230 32 336.5 336.8 294.6 341.0 1.22 15 300 9636 -31.3 -38.5 49 7.2 -32.3 222 28 341.2 341.3 295.0 343.0 0.46 16 250 10902 -41.7 -44.8 72 3.1 -42.0 232 36 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.28 17 200 12367 -54.6 -59.8 52 5.2 -54.7 245 47 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.06 18 150 14168 -64.4 -78.9 12 14.5 -64.6 230 34 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16591 -71.0 -86.0 9 15.1 -71.0 227 18 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.84 m Freezing level: 592.37 mb = 4502.30 m = 14771.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.78 mb = 4056.33 m = 13308.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.31 mb = 255.36 m = 837.77 ft T: 24.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 27.15 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.88 mb = 578.78 m = 1898.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.75 C = 81.96 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.52 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 32.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1970.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.51 mb = 554.69 m = 1819.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 944.51 mb = 600.53 m = 1970.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.51 mb = 13220.24 m = 43372.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1968.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 258.29 Bulk Shear: 7.63 m/s