MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 36.15,-84.3 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -84.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 550 SFC 942 621 22.6 18.4 77 4.2 19.7 355 5 300.9 303.5 295.0 342.9 14.30 3 900 1017 17.8 16.8 94 1.0 17.1 355 7 299.8 302.3 294.1 339.2 13.48 4 850 1504 13.9 13.1 95 0.8 13.4 18 12 300.7 302.7 292.7 333.6 11.20 5 800 2014 11.2 10.1 93 1.1 10.5 35 7 303.1 304.9 292.3 332.1 9.75 6 750 2551 8.6 5.9 84 2.6 7.1 21 4 305.9 307.3 291.6 329.5 7.81 7 700 3118 5.2 0.5 72 4.6 2.7 348 3 308.2 309.3 290.5 325.7 5.69 8 650 3719 1.1 -7.0 55 8.0 -2.5 159 0 310.2 310.8 289.1 321.2 3.49 9 600 4358 -2.6 -14.3 40 11.6 -6.9 217 3 313.1 313.5 288.7 320.0 2.11 10 550 5042 -6.7 -19.7 35 13.0 -10.8 180 4 316.1 316.4 289.0 321.0 1.45 11 500 5780 -11.3 -38.6 8 27.3 -16.2 189 7 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.3 0.27 12 450 6579 -17.3 -50.6 4 33.2 -21.2 158 1 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.7 0.08 13 400 7446 -24.8 -60.5 2 35.7 -27.4 1 3 322.8 322.8 289.6 322.9 0.03 14 350 8402 -32.1 -47.0 21 14.9 -33.4 338 5 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.16 15 300 9482 -35.2 -65.7 3 30.5 -36.7 199 14 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02 16 250 10737 -41.5 -68.7 4 27.2 -42.5 215 17 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.01 17 200 12220 -50.0 -74.3 4 24.2 -50.5 249 18 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14070 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.5 260 20 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16567 -67.0 -85.3 6 18.4 -67.1 245 20 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.45 m Freezing level: 635.56 mb = 3903.57 m = 12806.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.97 mb = 3425.55 m = 11238.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.99 % Est. max temperature: 25.25 C = 77.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.00 mb = 1150.74 m = 3775.35 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 22.88 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.68 mb = 1289.53 m = 4230.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.09 C = 71.75 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1053.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.61 mb = 1290.26 m = 4233.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.61 mb = 1339.25 m = 4393.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.61 mb = 9560.75 m = 31366.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1051.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.61 mb = 13019.88 m = 42715.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 26.5 at 4.7 knts Storm direction: 56.5 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.9 neg: -5.1 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 849.06 Bulk Shear: 1.24 m/s