MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 36.31,-115.13 Latitude: 36.31 Longitude: -115.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 531 SFC 933 692 20.5 11.6 57 8.9 14.8 59 3 299.5 301.2 290.7 326.5 9.20 3 900 1000 20.3 12.2 60 8.1 15.1 99 4 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.1 9.98 4 850 1492 17.4 11.5 68 5.9 13.6 136 5 304.4 306.3 292.9 334.5 10.07 5 800 2007 13.6 8.6 71 5.1 10.5 122 5 305.7 307.3 292.3 332.1 8.78 6 750 2548 10.1 4.7 69 5.4 6.9 113 7 307.5 308.8 291.5 329.2 7.13 7 700 3118 6.2 1.9 74 4.2 3.8 104 12 309.3 310.5 291.3 328.7 6.29 8 650 3721 1.9 -2.2 75 4.0 -0.2 111 17 311.1 312.0 290.8 326.8 5.02 9 600 4361 -2.8 -3.9 92 1.1 -3.3 113 21 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.0 4.78 10 550 5045 -7.5 -11.0 76 3.4 -8.9 101 19 315.1 315.7 290.2 324.9 3.01 11 500 5780 -11.8 -22.6 40 10.8 -14.8 95 19 318.6 318.9 289.6 322.9 1.25 12 450 6579 -16.8 -30.7 29 14.0 -19.7 100 15 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.5 0.66 13 400 7451 -23.3 -32.4 43 9.1 -24.9 108 18 324.6 324.8 290.8 326.9 0.63 14 350 8413 -30.6 -41.9 33 11.2 -31.9 109 25 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.28 15 300 9489 -38.9 -49.3 32 10.4 -39.5 99 34 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.14 16 250 10721 -45.4 -64.1 11 18.6 -46.0 81 33 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12189 -50.3 -75.2 4 24.9 -50.7 107 22 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14039 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 133 6 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16548 -66.1 -86.3 4 20.2 -66.2 227 5 399.9 399.9 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.56 m Freezing level: 629.84 mb = 3978.97 m = 13054.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.96 mb = 3696.35 m = 12126.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.28 mb = 1825.54 m = 5989.22 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 7.69 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.52 mb = 2697.48 m = 8849.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 281.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.12 mb = 2100.56 m = 6891.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.12 mb = 3768.69 m = 12364.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.12 mb = 9576.46 m = 31418.45 ft B at Equ Level: 277.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.12 mb = 11381.04 m = 37338.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 105.4 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 135.4 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -3.3 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 23.22 Bulk Shear: 12.14 m/s