MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 34.00,-86.30 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -86.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 982 297 24.1 20.0 78 4.2 21.2 11 5 298.9 301.6 295.0 343.0 15.15 2 950 582 21.8 19.4 86 2.4 20.1 24 12 299.3 302.0 295.1 343.3 15.06 3 900 1049 18.0 17.8 99 0.2 17.9 41 12 300.1 302.7 294.8 342.2 14.40 4 850 1537 14.9 12.1 83 2.8 13.1 79 16 301.8 303.7 292.5 332.9 10.52 5 800 2049 13.0 7.5 69 5.5 9.7 70 17 305.0 306.5 291.6 329.5 8.15 6 750 2589 10.3 3.3 62 7.0 6.4 69 16 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.6 6.49 7 700 3161 7.2 -2.6 49 9.9 2.3 67 15 310.5 311.4 290.2 324.6 4.50 8 650 3766 4.1 -8.3 40 12.4 -1.4 67 15 313.6 314.2 289.9 323.7 3.14 9 600 4412 0.8 -20.2 19 21.1 -6.2 72 12 317.1 317.3 289.2 321.4 1.27 10 550 5107 -1.8 -43.5 2 41.7 -10.1 47 6 321.9 322.0 289.5 322.5 0.15 11 500 5857 -6.8 -42.4 4 35.6 -13.5 329 4 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.18 12 450 6670 -12.5 -42.8 6 30.3 -17.6 334 5 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.3 0.19 13 400 7556 -19.6 -46.2 8 26.5 -23.2 288 6 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.15 14 350 8531 -27.7 -50.1 10 22.4 -29.9 240 9 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 15 300 9618 -36.5 -56.5 11 20.0 -37.7 207 10 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.06 16 250 10853 -46.7 -56.7 31 10.0 -47.0 181 20 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 17 200 12312 -50.5 -74.5 4 24.0 -51.0 214 16 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01 18 150 14164 -57.5 -84.2 2 26.8 -57.7 229 20 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16647 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 219 3 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.63 m Freezing level: 584.17 mb = 4632.48 m = 15198.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.27 mb = 3527.44 m = 11572.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.84 mb = 823.11 m = 2700.46 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 21.83 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.59 mb = 1043.60 m = 3423.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.35 C = 77.62 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.74 C Cross Totals Index: 18.94 C K Index: 23.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 798.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.62 mb = 985.88 m = 3234.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.62 mb = 1129.07 m = 3704.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.62 mb = 11352.46 m = 37245.15 ft B at Equ Level: 793.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.62 mb = 13683.38 m = 44892.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 59.7 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 89.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.9 neg: -7.8 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 131.56 Bulk Shear: 6.07 m/s