MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 14Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 49.60,-97.76 Latitude: 49.60 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 988 243 13.2 10.8 85 2.4 11.8 79 5 287.3 288.8 285.4 310.4 8.24 2 950 579 18.1 10.2 60 7.9 13.3 89 18 295.5 297.0 288.5 319.3 8.23 3 900 1043 18.2 12.0 67 6.2 14.3 124 16 300.3 302.1 291.5 329.2 9.83 4 850 1532 16.7 8.6 59 8.1 11.7 154 4 303.6 305.1 291.2 328.3 8.25 5 800 2046 13.3 8.7 74 4.6 10.4 199 7 305.3 307.0 292.2 331.9 8.84 6 750 2587 10.5 9.2 91 1.3 9.7 236 18 308.0 309.8 293.7 337.7 9.79 7 700 3159 7.0 0.4 63 6.6 3.5 241 18 310.2 311.3 291.0 327.7 5.63 8 650 3763 2.7 -4.1 61 6.8 -0.6 245 13 312.0 312.8 290.5 325.6 4.34 9 600 4404 -2.9 -6.7 75 3.8 -4.6 249 16 312.7 313.5 290.3 325.0 3.86 10 550 5088 -7.2 -17.6 44 10.3 -10.6 246 13 315.5 315.8 289.2 321.3 1.75 11 500 5823 -11.5 -26.8 27 15.3 -15.3 254 11 319.0 319.1 289.3 321.9 0.85 12 450 6623 -16.9 -34.8 20 17.8 -20.2 257 13 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.5 0.44 13 400 7494 -23.8 -38.2 25 14.3 -25.9 261 16 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.3 0.35 14 350 8452 -31.5 -45.2 25 13.6 -32.9 268 15 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.19 15 300 9525 -39.7 -46.7 48 6.9 -40.2 264 30 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.19 16 250 10744 -49.7 -56.8 43 7.0 -50.0 259 32 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.07 17 200 12171 -57.6 -63.7 46 6.1 -57.8 255 30 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 13986 -58.4 -78.2 6 19.9 -58.6 265 34 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16516 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 282 30 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.71 m Freezing level: 626.17 mb = 4068.60 m = 13348.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.62 mb = 3668.24 m = 12034.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.92 mb = 552.51 m = 1812.66 ft T: 17.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 16.40 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.12 mb = 3215.72 m = 10550.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.18 C = 97.13 F Cap Strength: 7.26 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.01 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 30.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8092.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.74 mb = 1494.02 m = 4901.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.1 neg: -8.4 tot: 123.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 83.29 m/s