MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 36.69,-84.27 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -84.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 976 379 23.8 18.3 71 5.5 20.0 38 6 299.1 301.5 294.0 338.9 13.67 2 950 609 20.5 17.0 80 3.5 18.1 41 7 298.0 300.3 293.2 335.6 12.95 3 900 1073 15.9 15.9 100 0.0 15.9 46 9 297.9 300.2 293.0 334.8 12.70 4 850 1558 14.1 11.2 83 2.9 12.3 71 15 300.9 302.7 291.7 329.9 9.85 5 800 2069 12.5 5.8 64 6.7 8.6 70 9 304.4 305.8 290.6 326.2 7.23 6 750 2607 9.4 -5.0 36 14.5 2.7 53 3 306.8 307.5 288.0 317.8 3.51 7 700 3175 6.0 -8.8 34 14.8 -0.4 45 3 309.1 309.6 288.1 318.0 2.80 8 650 3777 2.6 -20.8 16 23.4 -5.0 25 6 311.9 312.1 287.3 315.6 1.12 9 600 4419 -0.9 -25.4 14 24.5 -7.9 19 9 315.1 315.3 288.1 317.9 0.81 10 550 5108 -4.8 -36.5 6 31.8 -11.5 12 11 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.30 11 500 5849 -9.4 -35.2 10 25.8 -14.7 13 16 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.0 0.38 12 450 6654 -15.3 -29.0 30 13.7 -18.4 16 16 324.1 324.2 290.8 326.8 0.78 13 400 7532 -21.4 -31.4 40 10.0 -23.4 357 9 327.1 327.3 291.6 329.7 0.69 14 350 8500 -29.5 -42.2 28 12.7 -30.9 339 9 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.27 15 300 9583 -36.4 -62.0 5 25.5 -37.7 336 14 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 16 250 10825 -44.8 -64.1 10 19.3 -45.4 325 2 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.03 17 200 12289 -50.4 -73.7 5 23.4 -50.8 164 10 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14136 -59.0 -83.5 3 24.5 -59.2 197 8 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16620 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.7 262 10 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.05 m Freezing level: 612.70 mb = 4255.66 m = 13961.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.23 mb = 3090.22 m = 10138.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.77 mb = 1075.40 m = 3528.16 ft T: 15.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 21.12 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.29 mb = 1070.41 m = 3511.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.63 C = 72.74 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 19.84 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 203.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.84 mb = 1112.51 m = 3649.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.84 mb = 1159.98 m = 3805.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 870.84 mb = 1352.54 m = 4437.41 ft B at Equ Level: 5.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 820.84 mb = 1852.06 m = 6076.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 32.5 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 62.5 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 285.17 Bulk Shear: 0.71 m/s