MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 121 SFC 968 405 24.3 16.2 60 8.1 18.8 174 6 300.3 302.5 293.2 335.6 12.05 2 950 567 21.8 13.9 61 7.9 16.7 186 8 299.3 301.2 291.8 330.3 10.59 3 900 1038 22.6 7.3 37 15.3 13.4 235 12 304.8 306.1 290.6 326.3 7.14 4 850 1531 19.2 7.0 45 12.2 11.9 273 8 306.3 307.6 291.3 328.7 7.41 5 800 2048 14.6 8.0 65 6.5 10.6 59 6 306.7 308.2 292.3 332.3 8.47 6 750 2590 10.5 5.4 70 5.2 7.5 33 11 308.0 309.4 292.0 330.9 7.49 7 700 3162 8.4 -9.0 28 17.4 0.7 10 9 311.8 312.4 289.0 320.7 2.77 8 650 3769 4.2 -14.5 24 18.8 -3.0 354 7 313.8 314.1 288.8 320.0 1.91 9 600 4413 -1.3 -21.1 20 19.8 -7.5 354 8 314.7 314.9 288.3 318.7 1.18 10 550 5101 -4.3 -47.1 2 42.7 -11.7 301 9 318.9 318.9 288.5 319.3 0.10 11 500 5845 -7.9 -49.4 2 41.6 -14.3 268 12 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.8 0.08 12 450 6654 -14.3 -46.8 4 32.6 -19.0 257 11 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.13 13 400 7534 -21.5 -44.3 11 22.8 -24.4 248 11 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.19 14 350 8501 -29.2 -42.8 26 13.6 -30.8 244 10 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.25 15 300 9588 -36.7 -43.0 52 6.3 -37.4 272 12 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.7 0.28 16 250 10820 -47.9 -51.4 67 3.5 -48.1 264 12 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12266 -52.6 -68.8 12 16.2 -52.9 267 16 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14095 -59.4 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 299 18 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16572 -69.2 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 301 14 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.64 m Freezing level: 611.38 mb = 4266.26 m = 13996.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.36 mb = 3275.82 m = 10747.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.85 mb = 1441.86 m = 4730.47 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 13.63 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.04 mb = 3532.70 m = 11590.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.96 C = 98.52 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.59 C Showalter Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 14.85 C K Index: 16.64 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6398.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.06 mb = 2346.89 m = 7699.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.7 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 341.7 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.8 neg: -14.8 tot: 48.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 29.10 m/s