MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 38.43,-97.63 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -97.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 959 470 24.7 19.3 72 5.4 20.9 338 5 301.4 304.1 295.6 345.1 14.86 2 950 556 26.0 17.9 61 8.1 20.4 340 7 303.6 306.1 295.3 344.3 13.72 3 900 1029 22.0 16.5 71 5.6 18.2 279 2 304.2 306.7 295.1 343.5 13.21 4 850 1524 18.4 14.3 77 4.1 15.7 210 9 305.4 307.7 294.7 341.8 12.14 5 800 2043 16.9 5.7 47 11.2 10.2 263 14 309.1 310.5 292.0 331.2 7.17 6 750 2589 12.0 4.7 61 7.2 7.8 291 12 309.6 310.9 292.2 331.6 7.18 7 700 3162 7.2 -0.1 60 7.3 3.4 316 14 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.5 5.44 8 650 3766 2.5 -7.9 46 10.4 -2.1 334 11 311.8 312.4 289.4 322.2 3.24 9 600 4408 -1.3 -12.6 42 11.3 -5.7 339 10 314.6 315.1 289.5 322.5 2.42 10 550 5096 -4.7 -15.6 42 10.8 -8.7 341 11 318.5 318.9 290.4 325.4 2.07 11 500 5840 -8.8 -36.5 9 27.8 -14.5 338 9 322.4 322.4 289.9 323.6 0.33 12 450 6647 -14.3 -43.4 7 29.1 -18.8 327 9 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.18 13 400 7528 -20.8 -49.2 6 28.3 -24.1 312 11 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.11 14 350 8497 -29.4 -38.1 43 8.7 -30.5 286 12 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.7 0.41 15 300 9579 -37.7 -55.3 14 17.7 -38.7 281 22 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.07 16 250 10810 -46.8 -60.7 19 13.8 -47.3 286 29 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 17 200 12266 -52.5 -74.2 6 21.7 -52.8 285 16 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14097 -58.3 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.6 272 19 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16582 -68.3 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 282 15 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.62 m Freezing level: 617.08 mb = 4188.39 m = 13741.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.17 mb = 3528.70 m = 11576.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.90 mb = 1156.25 m = 3793.43 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 13.98 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.68 mb = 2347.96 m = 7703.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1387.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.23 mb = 1715.24 m = 5627.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.23 mb = 2742.52 m = 8997.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.23 mb = 11756.91 m = 38572.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1369.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.23 mb = 14687.23 m = 48185.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.9 neg: -7.1 tot: 70.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 359.23 Bulk Shear: 3.86 m/s