MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 43.36,-93.21 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -93.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 974 366 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 70 5 291.5 293.6 290.3 325.2 11.90 2 950 583 16.9 16.5 98 0.4 16.7 95 15 294.4 296.6 291.8 330.3 12.55 3 900 1049 18.6 14.8 79 3.8 16.1 213 14 300.7 302.8 293.2 335.5 11.86 4 850 1536 13.9 13.8 100 0.0 13.8 214 14 300.7 302.8 293.2 335.3 11.78 5 800 2047 13.3 6.4 63 6.8 9.2 230 15 305.3 306.7 291.2 328.1 7.57 6 750 2587 9.8 3.4 64 6.4 6.3 230 15 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.3 6.54 7 700 3156 5.2 0.5 71 4.8 2.7 230 15 308.3 309.3 290.5 325.7 5.66 8 650 3757 2.9 -18.4 19 21.3 -4.4 262 10 312.3 312.5 287.7 316.9 1.38 9 600 4403 1.4 -26.1 11 27.5 -6.8 297 4 317.7 317.8 288.8 320.3 0.76 10 550 5097 -2.6 -32.2 8 29.6 -9.9 293 3 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.47 11 500 5845 -7.5 -37.6 7 30.0 -13.7 3 2 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.30 12 450 6654 -14.1 -40.2 9 26.1 -18.6 30 5 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.5 0.26 13 400 7535 -20.5 -43.2 11 22.7 -23.6 25 10 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.21 14 350 8509 -27.8 -46.1 16 18.2 -29.8 21 15 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.18 15 300 9598 -35.8 -52.2 17 16.3 -37.0 22 18 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.3 0.10 16 250 10839 -45.2 -55.0 33 9.7 -45.7 24 14 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.09 17 200 12293 -55.5 -62.2 43 6.7 -55.6 25 21 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 18 150 14081 -65.5 -78.9 14 13.4 -65.5 318 11 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16533 -67.2 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 293 20 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.62 m Freezing level: 582.75 mb = 4642.31 m = 15230.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.01 mb = 3378.99 m = 11085.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.15 mb = 377.25 m = 1237.70 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 18.60 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 974.38 mb = 366.48 m = 1202.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.40 C = 61.52 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 30.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4245.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.26 mb = 1065.16 m = 3494.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 163.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 48.93 m/s