MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 966 403 16.8 15.4 91 1.4 15.8 151 6 292.8 294.9 290.4 325.3 11.43 2 950 545 23.0 13.3 54 9.7 16.7 181 24 300.5 302.4 291.9 330.5 10.18 3 900 1015 21.3 9.8 48 11.5 14.1 211 17 303.4 305.0 291.3 328.7 8.48 4 850 1507 17.2 8.3 56 8.9 11.8 241 18 304.2 305.7 291.3 328.6 8.13 5 800 2022 14.8 -0.3 35 15.1 6.9 320 9 306.9 307.8 289.2 321.3 4.67 6 750 2564 12.4 -15.2 13 27.6 1.5 342 11 310.1 310.4 287.2 315.2 1.56 7 700 3138 8.9 -20.0 11 28.9 -1.2 318 7 312.4 312.6 287.5 316.1 1.12 8 650 3744 3.8 -26.3 9 30.1 -5.1 318 8 313.2 313.3 287.3 315.6 0.68 9 600 4388 -0.0 -34.3 6 34.2 -8.2 328 7 316.1 316.1 287.9 317.3 0.35 10 550 5081 -2.4 -45.7 2 43.4 -10.4 305 5 321.3 321.3 289.3 321.7 0.12 11 500 5830 -6.5 -48.5 2 42.0 -13.5 310 8 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.09 12 450 6643 -13.3 -47.1 4 33.8 -18.3 290 7 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.12 13 400 7525 -20.5 -44.2 10 23.8 -23.7 247 10 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.19 14 350 8497 -28.2 -49.7 11 21.4 -30.3 241 13 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.12 15 300 9584 -36.2 -55.6 12 19.3 -37.4 235 11 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.07 16 250 10825 -45.8 -54.5 37 8.7 -46.2 253 14 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.09 17 200 12273 -54.6 -65.4 25 10.8 -54.9 262 21 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14092 -59.6 -82.7 3 23.1 -59.8 280 16 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16563 -68.9 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.0 296 21 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.25 m Freezing level: 600.66 mb = 4379.90 m = 14369.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.98 mb = 2880.78 m = 9451.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.16 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.77 mb = 583.93 m = 1915.76 ft T: 22.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 15.25 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.30 mb = 3383.44 m = 11100.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.47 C = 97.64 F Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lifted Index: 5.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.97 C Showalter Index: 5.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 14.84 C K Index: 3.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 143.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6610.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.27 mb = 2113.91 m = 6935.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.1 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 314.1 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 193.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 71.17 m/s