MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.37,-114.30 Latitude: 35.37 Longitude: -114.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 515 2 900 990 SFC 888 1104 25.0 11.5 43 13.5 16.2 56 1 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.7 9.64 4 850 1485 19.1 10.5 58 8.5 13.6 133 1 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.5 9.43 5 800 2002 13.9 9.5 75 4.4 11.2 148 3 306.0 307.7 292.8 334.1 9.34 6 750 2542 8.7 8.3 98 0.3 8.5 132 4 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.7 9.20 7 700 3109 4.4 2.4 86 2.1 3.3 95 8 307.4 308.6 290.9 327.3 6.49 8 650 3709 0.5 -3.1 77 3.6 -1.3 117 12 309.5 310.4 290.0 324.1 4.68 9 600 4347 -2.8 -11.0 53 8.2 -6.0 127 16 312.9 313.5 289.3 321.8 2.76 10 550 5032 -6.6 -15.9 48 9.3 -9.9 133 15 316.2 316.6 289.6 322.9 2.01 11 500 5769 -11.4 -17.0 63 5.6 -13.2 136 18 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.9 2.02 12 450 6568 -17.0 -22.4 63 5.4 -18.4 140 22 321.9 322.2 290.8 326.8 1.41 13 400 7441 -22.8 -37.9 24 15.1 -25.1 142 28 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.36 14 350 8405 -30.3 -39.4 41 9.1 -31.4 137 31 328.0 328.0 291.5 329.3 0.36 15 300 9482 -38.7 -49.0 33 10.3 -39.4 130 36 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.15 16 250 10714 -44.6 -64.2 9 19.6 -45.2 143 22 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.03 17 200 12189 -50.0 -74.0 4 24.0 -50.5 178 10 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14044 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -56.8 168 9 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16554 -65.7 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 218 10 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.76 m Freezing level: 642.57 mb = 3803.30 m = 12477.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.89 mb = 3537.52 m = 11605.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.93 % Est. max temperature: 22.95 C = 73.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.33 mb = 2783.01 m = 9130.49 ft T: 6.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.00 mb = 2542.02 m = 8339.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.63 C = 72.74 F Cap Strength: -0.33 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 38.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 601.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.78 mb = 2599.37 m = 8528.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.78 mb = 2654.73 m = 8709.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.78 mb = 9953.64 m = 32655.91 ft B at Equ Level: 596.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.78 mb = 12195.64 m = 40011.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.2 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 161.2 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 35.19 Bulk Shear: 17.11 m/s