MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 42.6,-98.95 Latitude: 42.60 Longitude: -98.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 1 950 591 SFC 945 638 10.3 5.5 72 4.8 7.8 176 9 288.1 289.2 283.4 305.1 5.99 3 900 1050 16.9 -2.6 26 19.5 7.5 186 27 299.0 299.6 285.2 309.6 3.51 4 850 1537 16.6 10.4 67 6.2 12.7 220 19 303.5 305.2 292.1 331.5 9.37 5 800 2053 15.9 5.4 50 10.4 9.7 225 18 308.1 309.4 291.6 329.7 7.06 6 750 2598 12.9 -3.0 33 15.9 4.9 241 17 310.6 311.4 289.8 323.5 4.10 7 700 3173 8.2 -7.2 33 15.4 1.2 246 10 311.6 312.2 289.3 321.8 3.19 8 650 3778 2.4 -3.7 64 6.1 -0.6 250 7 311.6 312.5 290.5 325.7 4.46 9 600 4419 -1.3 -14.4 36 13.0 -6.2 234 8 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.4 2.10 10 550 5110 -3.2 -28.6 12 25.4 -10.0 228 13 320.3 320.5 289.6 322.7 0.66 11 500 5857 -8.0 -35.4 9 27.4 -13.9 189 11 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.37 12 450 6666 -13.2 -43.3 6 30.1 -18.1 181 13 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.18 13 400 7552 -19.6 -43.5 10 24.0 -23.0 165 21 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.20 14 350 8526 -28.1 -39.7 32 11.5 -29.7 141 19 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.35 15 300 9615 -35.7 -54.4 13 18.7 -36.8 164 22 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 16 250 10860 -44.3 -57.7 21 13.3 -44.9 164 27 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.06 17 200 12317 -54.7 -65.5 25 10.8 -54.9 160 25 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14106 -66.2 -76.1 24 9.9 -66.2 190 20 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16560 -66.8 -86.0 5 19.1 -67.0 271 23 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.12 m Freezing level: 618.13 mb = 4186.33 m = 13734.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.10 mb = 3577.99 m = 11738.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.58 mb = 1264.78 m = 4149.50 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 9.68 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.12 mb = 4377.13 m = 14360.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.14 C = 97.06 F Cap Strength: 11.28 C Lifted Index: 10.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.81 C Showalter Index: 2.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 18.48 C K Index: 19.63 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10232.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.28 mb = 2528.03 m = 8293.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 110.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.22 Bulk Shear: 14.80 m/s