MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 105 SFC 966 403 15.7 14.7 93 1.0 15.1 162 5 291.8 293.7 289.6 322.8 10.94 2 950 547 22.0 13.0 57 8.9 16.3 193 26 299.5 301.3 291.3 328.7 9.98 3 900 1017 21.4 9.6 47 11.8 14.0 225 19 303.5 305.1 291.3 328.4 8.34 4 850 1510 18.9 5.3 41 13.6 11.0 268 13 306.0 307.2 290.6 326.0 6.60 5 800 2027 15.3 3.4 45 11.9 8.5 355 10 307.4 308.6 290.6 326.1 6.10 6 750 2569 10.8 3.0 58 7.8 6.4 334 17 308.3 309.5 291.1 327.8 6.34 7 700 3140 8.1 -24.1 8 32.3 -2.1 340 10 311.5 311.7 286.8 314.1 0.78 8 650 3746 4.3 -29.4 6 33.7 -5.0 10 13 313.8 313.9 287.3 315.6 0.52 9 600 4390 -0.9 -29.3 10 28.3 -8.4 20 16 315.0 315.1 287.8 317.0 0.56 10 550 5079 -3.7 -41.4 4 37.7 -11.1 355 4 319.8 319.8 288.9 320.4 0.19 11 500 5826 -7.3 -45.5 3 38.2 -13.9 274 7 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.6 0.13 12 450 6636 -13.8 -47.5 4 33.7 -18.6 254 5 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.4 0.12 13 400 7518 -20.5 -45.3 9 24.7 -23.8 244 11 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.17 14 350 8490 -28.2 -47.5 14 19.3 -30.2 260 13 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.15 15 300 9576 -36.7 -44.0 47 7.3 -37.4 239 18 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.6 0.26 16 250 10815 -45.9 -49.1 70 3.2 -46.0 264 16 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.18 17 200 12260 -54.0 -62.3 35 8.3 -54.2 251 19 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.04 18 150 14090 -59.7 -82.8 3 23.1 -59.9 273 21 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16566 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 303 17 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.92 m Freezing level: 609.03 mb = 4273.24 m = 14019.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.56 mb = 2993.08 m = 9819.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.09 mb = 537.14 m = 1762.25 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.61 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.83 mb = 3451.68 m = 11324.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.47 C = 97.65 F Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lifted Index: 4.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.61 C Showalter Index: 5.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 12.65 C K Index: -0.72 Risk: None Sweat Index: 97.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6456.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.57 mb = 2168.89 m = 7115.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.8 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 350.8 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -166.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.4 neg: -6.3 tot: 196.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 110.74 m/s