MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 37.31,-83.75 Latitude: 37.31 Longitude: -83.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 975 317 23.6 20.4 82 3.2 21.3 297 3 298.9 301.7 295.4 344.4 15.65 2 950 546 20.4 19.6 95 0.8 19.9 284 4 297.9 300.7 294.8 342.2 15.27 3 900 1011 16.6 16.6 100 0.0 16.5 257 10 298.6 301.0 293.6 337.2 13.28 4 850 1497 14.3 14.2 100 0.1 14.2 254 14 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.6 12.06 5 800 2008 11.3 9.9 91 1.5 10.4 248 16 303.2 305.0 292.2 331.8 9.59 6 750 2546 9.0 6.8 87 2.1 7.7 236 22 306.3 307.9 292.1 331.5 8.32 7 700 3115 6.0 3.2 82 2.8 4.4 233 24 309.1 310.4 291.8 330.3 6.88 8 650 3719 2.7 -3.8 63 6.4 -0.4 235 29 312.0 312.8 290.6 326.0 4.46 9 600 4362 -1.3 -10.9 48 9.7 -5.2 233 33 314.7 315.2 289.9 323.7 2.77 10 550 5051 -4.5 -19.8 29 15.3 -9.5 232 34 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.7 1.45 11 500 5794 -9.6 -28.4 20 18.8 -14.3 236 35 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.9 0.73 12 450 6598 -14.6 -36.1 14 21.5 -18.7 232 46 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.39 13 400 7483 -18.8 -43.9 9 25.1 -22.5 221 64 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.19 14 350 8461 -26.5 -50.0 9 23.5 -28.8 220 65 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 15 300 9557 -34.4 -56.5 9 22.2 -35.8 216 77 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 16 250 10808 -42.6 -54.0 28 11.4 -43.3 215 80 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.1 0.10 17 200 12283 -51.2 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 224 73 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14105 -61.5 -78.2 9 16.8 -61.6 224 50 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16573 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.7 232 25 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.66 m Freezing level: 615.95 mb = 4156.54 m = 13636.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.62 mb = 3661.23 m = 12011.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.94 % Est. max temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.07 mb = 718.95 m = 2358.73 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 20.76 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 844.49 m = 2770.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.08 C = 73.54 F Cap Strength: -0.14 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 35.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.53 mb = 863.72 m = 2833.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.53 mb = 910.83 m = 2988.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.53 mb = 9777.52 m = 32078.09 ft B at Equ Level: 544.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.53 mb = 12590.10 m = 41305.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 9.15 Bulk Shear: 59.75 m/s