MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509270600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 28 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 111 SFC 967 405 26.5 17.3 57 9.2 20.2 140 4 302.5 304.9 294.6 340.9 12.98 2 950 565 27.6 13.9 43 13.7 18.5 164 10 305.1 307.1 293.5 336.7 10.54 3 900 1040 23.3 12.0 49 11.3 16.0 183 11 305.5 307.3 293.0 334.9 9.80 4 850 1537 20.7 7.9 44 12.8 12.8 116 2 307.8 309.3 292.2 331.8 7.86 5 800 2056 15.9 6.6 54 9.3 10.3 332 1 308.0 309.5 292.1 331.4 7.64 6 750 2599 11.0 6.0 71 5.0 8.0 0 10 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.5 7.86 7 700 3171 7.3 -4.6 43 11.9 1.6 17 18 310.6 311.3 289.6 322.8 3.89 8 650 3776 3.4 -13.0 29 16.4 -3.1 17 11 312.8 313.2 288.7 319.9 2.16 9 600 4418 -2.0 -18.3 27 16.3 -7.5 4 7 313.8 314.1 288.3 318.8 1.50 10 550 5104 -4.9 -37.0 6 32.1 -11.6 304 4 318.3 318.4 288.5 319.4 0.29 11 500 5848 -8.0 -49.6 2 41.5 -14.5 303 7 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.08 12 450 6658 -13.4 -42.1 7 28.6 -18.2 325 7 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.21 13 400 7542 -19.5 -41.9 12 22.3 -22.9 320 12 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.24 14 350 8518 -27.5 -33.8 55 6.4 -28.5 305 16 331.7 331.9 292.8 334.1 0.63 15 300 9608 -36.4 -51.5 20 15.1 -37.4 294 22 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.11 16 250 10843 -46.7 -53.1 48 6.4 -46.9 298 33 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.11 17 200 12294 -52.9 -74.0 6 21.1 -53.2 276 22 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14118 -60.2 -80.6 5 20.4 -60.4 281 25 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16583 -69.5 -85.7 8 16.1 -69.6 277 17 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.65 m Freezing level: 618.52 mb = 4180.04 m = 13713.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.91 mb = 3372.64 m = 11064.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.93 mb = 1577.71 m = 5176.15 ft T: 20.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.22 mb = 2889.13 m = 9478.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.49 C = 92.27 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.75 C Cross Totals Index: 15.91 C K Index: 24.72 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.86 mb = 2401.07 m = 7877.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.86 mb = 3864.39 m = 12678.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 512.86 mb = 5650.08 m = 18536.78 ft B at Equ Level: 62.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 272.86 mb = 10249.85 m = 33627.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.4 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 27.4 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -169.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.2 neg: -15.9 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.59 Bulk Shear: 39.84 m/s