MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 14Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 40.07,-94.49 Latitude: 40.07 Longitude: -94.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 978 316 19.0 15.2 79 3.8 16.6 228 6 294.0 296.0 290.6 326.0 11.20 2 950 568 21.3 13.6 61 7.7 16.3 241 21 298.8 300.7 291.5 329.0 10.34 3 900 1034 18.4 12.5 69 5.9 14.6 247 12 300.4 302.3 291.8 330.3 10.16 4 850 1521 14.4 9.5 73 4.9 11.4 316 11 301.2 302.8 290.9 327.3 8.82 5 800 2031 11.7 11.2 97 0.4 11.4 340 18 303.6 305.5 293.0 334.9 10.53 6 750 2568 9.3 9.1 99 0.1 9.2 356 23 306.6 308.5 293.3 336.1 9.74 7 700 3140 7.1 -4.5 43 11.6 1.5 2 13 310.3 311.0 289.5 322.6 3.91 8 650 3744 3.4 -26.3 9 29.7 -5.3 328 6 312.8 312.9 287.1 315.1 0.68 9 600 4388 -0.3 -30.7 8 30.3 -8.1 321 7 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.5 0.50 10 550 5078 -4.1 -36.5 6 32.4 -11.1 300 12 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.4 0.31 11 500 5822 -8.9 -38.6 7 29.7 -14.7 286 17 322.1 322.2 289.7 323.2 0.27 12 450 6629 -14.3 -47.8 4 33.6 -19.0 282 19 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.11 13 400 7509 -21.2 -45.8 9 24.6 -24.4 282 19 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.16 14 350 8478 -28.8 -48.0 14 19.2 -30.7 272 20 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.14 15 300 9560 -37.9 -47.0 38 9.2 -38.5 279 27 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.18 16 250 10793 -46.7 -51.3 59 4.6 -47.0 282 26 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.14 17 200 12234 -56.5 -63.5 41 7.1 -56.6 281 24 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14062 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 290 22 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16548 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.9 285 14 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.24 m Freezing level: 604.34 mb = 4331.73 m = 14211.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.98 mb = 3269.72 m = 10727.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.06 mb = 797.58 m = 2616.70 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 20.91 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.44 mb = 2312.10 m = 7585.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: 2.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 18.47 C K Index: 21.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5795.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.02 mb = 1570.84 m = 5153.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.7 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 341.7 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -130.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.1 neg: -15.1 tot: 94.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 38.98 m/s