MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 37.49,-84.38 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -84.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 979 341 17.5 16.9 96 0.6 17.1 4 4 292.4 294.7 291.1 327.8 12.48 2 950 601 18.0 16.8 93 1.2 17.2 43 19 295.4 297.7 292.3 332.1 12.76 3 900 1062 14.6 14.6 100 0.0 14.6 54 19 296.5 298.7 291.8 330.2 11.68 4 850 1545 13.6 11.7 88 1.9 12.4 62 12 300.4 302.3 291.8 330.4 10.22 5 800 2056 12.5 5.6 63 6.8 8.5 61 11 304.4 305.7 290.6 326.0 7.16 6 750 2594 8.9 2.6 65 6.2 5.5 72 8 306.2 307.3 290.3 325.0 6.18 7 700 3162 5.5 -3.4 53 8.9 1.1 82 6 308.5 309.3 289.3 321.7 4.23 8 650 3763 1.3 -8.0 50 9.3 -2.7 89 6 310.4 311.0 288.9 320.6 3.22 9 600 4403 -1.4 -22.8 18 21.3 -7.9 70 5 314.4 314.6 288.1 317.9 1.02 10 550 5091 -4.8 -38.8 5 34.0 -11.7 41 10 318.3 318.4 288.5 319.2 0.24 11 500 5832 -9.8 -31.0 16 21.2 -14.7 28 14 321.0 321.1 289.7 323.1 0.57 12 450 6637 -14.9 -40.8 9 25.9 -19.2 21 21 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.3 0.24 13 400 7516 -21.2 -49.7 6 28.5 -24.4 3 20 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.10 14 350 8487 -28.3 -47.6 14 19.3 -30.2 340 16 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.15 15 300 9572 -37.4 -49.2 28 11.8 -38.2 307 13 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.14 16 250 10805 -46.1 -58.8 22 12.8 -46.5 263 14 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 17 200 12269 -50.2 -73.5 5 23.4 -50.6 266 13 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14115 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.3 242 12 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.00 19 100 16594 -68.0 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.1 258 9 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.39 m Freezing level: 626.71 mb = 4060.97 m = 13323.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.35 mb = 3333.22 m = 10935.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.67 mb = 416.62 m = 1366.84 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 951.96 m = 3123.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.36 C = 70.45 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 26.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.76 mb = 877.02 m = 2877.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.76 mb = 1017.36 m = 3337.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.76 mb = 1206.68 m = 3958.89 ft B at Equ Level: 14.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 834.76 mb = 1697.83 m = 5570.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.0 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 82.0 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -38.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.7 neg: -4.0 tot: 51.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.38 Bulk Shear: 3.55 m/s