MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 115 SFC 967 403 14.4 13.7 95 0.7 14.0 149 5 290.4 292.2 288.5 319.2 10.23 2 950 555 20.6 12.9 61 7.7 15.7 213 16 298.1 299.9 290.8 326.8 9.88 3 900 1024 21.4 9.6 47 11.8 14.1 224 20 303.5 305.1 291.3 328.5 8.36 4 850 1517 18.8 9.0 53 9.8 12.7 255 17 305.8 307.4 292.1 331.4 8.50 5 800 2035 15.5 7.4 59 8.1 10.6 314 11 307.7 309.2 292.3 332.3 8.11 6 750 2578 10.7 4.8 67 5.9 7.3 7 13 308.1 309.5 291.7 330.1 7.20 7 700 3149 7.7 -10.1 27 17.8 0.1 13 14 311.1 311.5 288.5 319.2 2.53 8 650 3754 3.7 -16.6 21 20.3 -3.7 16 13 313.2 313.5 288.3 318.5 1.61 9 600 4397 -1.8 -23.0 18 21.2 -8.1 21 11 314.1 314.3 287.9 317.5 1.00 10 550 5085 -4.0 -43.1 3 39.1 -11.3 321 7 319.4 319.4 288.7 320.0 0.15 11 500 5831 -7.2 -49.0 2 41.8 -14.0 258 8 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.5 0.09 12 450 6641 -13.8 -45.4 5 31.7 -18.6 254 9 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.15 13 400 7522 -20.7 -45.4 9 24.7 -23.9 254 12 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.16 14 350 8493 -28.5 -47.3 15 18.9 -30.3 262 14 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.15 15 300 9576 -37.7 -42.4 61 4.7 -38.1 261 21 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.5 0.30 16 250 10810 -47.0 -51.8 58 4.7 -47.3 246 16 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.6 0.13 17 200 12255 -53.7 -70.5 11 16.9 -53.9 281 23 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 14081 -59.2 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.4 267 23 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16557 -69.2 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 295 14 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.53 m Freezing level: 615.93 mb = 4192.31 m = 13754.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.96 mb = 3161.11 m = 10370.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.37 mb = 497.38 m = 1631.80 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.84 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.91 mb = 3303.09 m = 10836.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.47 C = 95.85 F Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lifted Index: 5.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.33 C Showalter Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 16.24 C K Index: 17.15 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6335.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.71 mb = 2058.89 m = 6754.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.0 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 344.0 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -107.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 179.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 59.26 m/s