MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 37.44,-83.9 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -83.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 971 360 21.3 19.0 87 2.3 19.7 21 2 296.9 299.5 294.0 338.5 14.39 2 950 548 18.3 17.6 95 0.8 17.8 27 2 295.8 298.2 292.9 334.4 13.42 3 900 1010 15.4 13.5 88 1.9 14.1 75 5 297.4 299.3 291.4 328.8 10.85 4 850 1493 13.0 11.6 91 1.4 12.1 275 4 299.8 301.6 291.6 329.6 10.17 5 800 2002 10.5 9.7 95 0.8 10.0 291 6 302.3 304.0 291.8 330.4 9.48 6 750 2538 8.4 5.2 80 3.2 6.5 264 5 305.7 307.1 291.2 328.1 7.41 7 700 3105 5.4 1.5 76 3.9 3.3 245 9 308.5 309.6 290.9 327.3 6.11 8 650 3708 2.5 -4.7 59 7.2 -0.9 230 7 311.8 312.6 290.2 324.9 4.15 9 600 4351 -1.1 -11.4 45 10.4 -5.3 239 7 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.5 2.66 10 550 5039 -5.1 -21.2 27 16.1 -10.1 229 5 318.0 318.3 289.5 322.4 1.28 11 500 5780 -9.8 -31.6 15 21.8 -14.7 203 9 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.1 0.55 12 450 6585 -15.4 -42.3 8 26.9 -19.6 205 11 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.20 13 400 7461 -22.5 -47.6 8 25.0 -25.4 228 14 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.13 14 350 8425 -28.9 -49.9 11 21.1 -30.8 210 37 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.11 15 300 9513 -35.7 -53.8 14 18.1 -36.9 211 46 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 16 250 10758 -43.8 -63.9 9 20.0 -44.5 211 57 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 17 200 12227 -51.9 -72.6 7 20.7 -52.3 211 52 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14055 -60.2 -80.3 6 20.0 -60.4 209 43 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16546 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.5 239 19 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.65 m Freezing level: 615.04 mb = 4157.38 m = 13639.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.88 mb = 3573.22 m = 11723.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.62 mb = 641.56 m = 2104.83 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 9.68 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1113.05 m = 3651.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.23 C = 72.01 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 30.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.06 mb = 999.53 m = 3279.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 426.06 mb = 6991.20 m = 22936.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 376.06 mb = 7906.35 m = 25939.16 ft B at Equ Level: 15.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 346.06 mb = 8505.04 m = 27903.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -16.9 tot: -13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.51 Bulk Shear: 11.08 m/s