MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 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 108 SFC 966 404 15.9 15.1 95 0.7 15.4 157 5 291.9 293.9 289.9 323.8 11.26 2 950 549 21.0 14.4 66 6.6 16.7 188 25 298.5 300.4 291.7 330.2 10.90 3 900 1018 20.8 11.0 53 9.8 14.6 208 18 302.9 304.6 291.7 330.2 9.18 4 850 1510 17.9 8.4 54 9.4 12.1 257 15 304.8 306.4 291.6 329.4 8.17 5 800 2027 14.9 3.2 45 11.7 8.3 322 14 307.0 308.2 290.4 325.5 6.04 6 750 2569 13.2 -19.0 9 32.1 1.3 332 11 310.9 311.1 286.9 314.6 1.14 7 700 3144 9.2 -20.8 10 30.1 -1.2 341 11 312.7 312.9 287.5 316.2 1.04 8 650 3752 4.6 -20.7 14 25.2 -4.0 17 15 314.1 314.3 288.1 317.9 1.13 9 600 4396 -1.1 -25.7 13 24.6 -8.1 17 12 314.8 315.0 287.9 317.6 0.79 10 550 5083 -4.7 -38.7 5 34.0 -11.6 306 2 318.6 318.6 288.6 319.5 0.24 11 500 5828 -7.8 -45.8 3 38.0 -14.3 259 5 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.13 12 450 6638 -13.6 -45.4 5 31.7 -18.5 274 7 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.15 13 400 7520 -20.5 -45.3 9 24.7 -23.8 265 10 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.17 14 350 8491 -28.3 -49.0 12 20.7 -30.3 267 11 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.13 15 300 9575 -37.2 -51.5 21 14.4 -38.1 242 16 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 16 250 10812 -46.2 -49.5 69 3.3 -46.3 262 17 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.17 17 200 12257 -54.0 -67.2 18 13.2 -54.3 251 22 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14086 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 261 24 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16557 -69.2 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 303 18 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.66 m Freezing level: 609.75 mb = 4270.01 m = 14009.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.03 mb = 2863.11 m = 9393.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.86 mb = 496.18 m = 1627.87 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.57 mb = 3326.93 m = 10915.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.93 C = 98.48 F Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lifted Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.07 C Showalter Index: 3.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 16.27 C K Index: 4.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 135.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6226.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.13 mb = 1887.95 m = 6193.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.6 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 338.6 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -132.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 205.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 96.15 m/s