MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.17,-80.53 Latitude: 37.17 Longitude: -80.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 537 SFC 947 568 24.6 17.6 65 7.0 19.8 322 4 302.5 305.0 294.9 342.4 13.50 3 900 1007 19.4 15.8 79 3.7 17.0 324 5 301.5 303.9 294.0 338.7 12.62 4 850 1496 14.8 14.0 95 0.8 14.3 324 6 301.6 303.8 293.5 336.8 11.94 5 800 2007 11.7 8.6 81 3.1 9.8 322 9 303.7 305.3 291.7 329.9 8.79 6 750 2544 8.4 7.0 91 1.4 7.5 300 8 305.6 307.2 292.0 330.9 8.39 7 700 3111 4.8 3.6 91 1.3 4.1 258 8 307.8 309.2 291.6 329.5 7.08 8 650 3714 1.9 -0.2 86 2.1 0.8 235 8 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.1 5.80 9 600 4354 -2.1 -4.5 84 2.3 -3.3 216 8 313.6 314.5 291.2 328.2 4.58 10 550 5043 -5.0 -11.6 60 6.6 -7.7 211 11 318.2 318.7 291.0 327.6 2.87 11 500 5785 -10.0 -14.0 73 3.9 -11.5 208 13 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.5 2.60 12 450 6591 -14.8 -22.9 50 8.2 -17.0 186 29 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.4 1.35 13 400 7471 -20.9 -42.1 13 21.2 -23.9 201 36 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.24 14 350 8443 -28.0 -49.7 11 21.8 -30.0 193 40 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.12 15 300 9530 -36.2 -46.4 34 10.2 -37.1 189 48 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.20 16 250 10775 -43.1 -65.5 7 22.3 -43.9 193 56 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12251 -50.7 -74.0 5 23.3 -51.2 190 53 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14086 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 204 43 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16572 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.6 221 27 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.16 m Freezing level: 626.73 mb = 4011.82 m = 13161.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.34 mb = 3833.62 m = 12577.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.13 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.45 mb = 1451.19 m = 4761.07 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.27 mb = 1483.07 m = 4865.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.80 C = 74.83 F Cap Strength: -0.13 C Lifted Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 694.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.75 mb = 1498.29 m = 4915.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.75 mb = 1548.03 m = 5078.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.75 mb = 10129.96 m = 33234.36 ft B at Equ Level: 690.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.75 mb = 12756.82 m = 41852.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.9 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 261.9 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -12.8 tot: -12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 41.91 Bulk Shear: 16.57 m/s