MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.12,-109.53 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -109.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 538 2 900 1008 SFC 856 1440 15.3 12.0 81 3.3 13.1 176 3 301.5 303.4 292.3 332.0 10.32 4 850 1499 16.6 11.7 73 4.9 13.5 187 5 303.6 305.5 292.8 334.0 10.22 5 800 2016 16.7 6.0 49 10.8 10.3 263 12 309.0 310.4 292.1 331.5 7.34 6 750 2564 13.7 5.0 56 8.7 8.6 249 5 311.4 312.8 292.8 334.1 7.31 7 700 3141 9.5 1.6 58 7.9 5.1 101 6 313.0 314.1 292.3 332.2 6.13 8 650 3750 4.2 0.1 75 4.0 2.0 136 9 313.7 314.8 292.3 332.4 5.95 9 600 4396 -0.6 -1.5 93 0.9 -1.1 163 17 315.4 316.5 292.7 333.5 5.71 10 550 5084 -6.1 -8.6 82 2.5 -7.2 151 22 316.8 317.5 291.3 328.6 3.63 11 500 5824 -9.8 -19.6 45 9.8 -12.9 147 24 321.0 321.4 290.7 326.6 1.62 12 450 6628 -15.5 -19.3 72 3.8 -16.7 147 18 323.8 324.1 291.7 330.1 1.84 13 400 7508 -21.0 -24.7 72 3.7 -21.9 139 18 327.7 328.0 292.3 332.3 1.29 14 350 8479 -28.5 -32.5 69 4.0 -29.2 146 18 330.3 330.5 292.5 332.9 0.71 15 300 9563 -37.7 -43.0 58 5.3 -38.2 156 16 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.3 0.28 16 250 10792 -47.7 -52.7 56 5.1 -47.9 183 13 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.11 17 200 12242 -54.8 -71.0 12 16.2 -55.1 159 11 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.01 18 150 14073 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -57.8 252 8 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16566 -66.0 -86.6 4 20.6 -66.1 233 8 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.18 m Freezing level: 606.33 mb = 4313.95 m = 14153.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.61 mb = 4162.32 m = 13655.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.61 mb = 1861.79 m = 6108.17 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 2.52 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.49 mb = 3693.07 m = 12116.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.17 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 30.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 222.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.81 mb = 3035.95 m = 9960.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.81 mb = 4748.93 m = 15580.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 503.81 mb = 5764.86 m = 18913.36 ft B at Equ Level: 49.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 323.81 mb = 9026.24 m = 29613.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.2 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 184.2 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.1 neg: -12.7 tot: 48.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.77 Bulk Shear: 30.06 m/s