MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 122 SFC 968 405 21.0 15.7 72 5.3 17.5 170 7 296.9 299.0 291.9 330.7 11.68 2 950 565 21.9 10.8 49 11.1 15.0 202 13 299.4 300.9 290.2 324.6 8.59 3 900 1036 22.2 8.4 41 13.9 13.8 240 14 304.4 305.9 291.0 327.6 7.69 4 850 1529 18.9 6.0 43 12.8 11.3 266 10 305.9 307.2 290.8 326.9 6.93 5 800 2046 14.7 7.1 60 7.6 10.2 26 6 306.8 308.3 291.9 330.9 7.92 6 750 2587 10.2 7.0 81 3.1 8.3 25 11 307.6 309.2 292.6 333.2 8.42 7 700 3159 8.0 -6.3 36 14.3 1.4 17 10 311.4 312.0 289.4 322.2 3.42 8 650 3766 4.1 -14.7 24 18.8 -3.1 360 8 313.6 314.0 288.6 319.8 1.88 9 600 4409 -1.4 -19.7 24 18.2 -7.4 358 8 314.4 314.7 288.4 318.9 1.34 10 550 5097 -4.2 -47.0 2 42.8 -11.6 284 9 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.5 0.10 11 500 5842 -7.7 -49.3 2 41.7 -14.2 265 11 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.0 0.09 12 450 6652 -13.9 -43.9 6 30.0 -18.7 258 11 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.17 13 400 7532 -21.2 -44.7 10 23.5 -24.3 248 11 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.18 14 350 8500 -28.7 -34.1 60 5.4 -29.5 245 11 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.3 0.61 15 300 9587 -36.8 -41.6 61 4.7 -37.3 279 16 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.7 0.33 16 250 10820 -47.8 -50.5 73 2.8 -47.9 259 14 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.15 17 200 12263 -53.1 -67.7 15 14.6 -53.4 263 12 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14093 -59.0 -80.8 4 21.8 -59.2 292 21 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16575 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 300 12 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.12 m Freezing level: 613.06 mb = 4241.17 m = 13914.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.85 mb = 3338.21 m = 10952.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.44 mb = 1079.45 m = 3541.45 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 14.22 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.18 mb = 3651.05 m = 11978.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.12 C = 98.82 F Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lifted Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.90 C Showalter Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 13.68 C K Index: 18.25 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6610.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.16 mb = 2397.64 m = 7866.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.8 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 335.8 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.2 neg: -8.2 tot: 76.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 36.35 m/s