MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 47.54,-96.96 Latitude: 47.54 Longitude: -96.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 983 269 23.9 18.4 71 5.5 20.1 137 6 298.5 301.0 293.9 338.3 13.69 2 950 572 25.6 17.2 60 8.4 19.8 159 26 303.1 305.6 294.8 341.9 13.07 3 900 1046 23.5 10.8 45 12.7 15.4 189 29 305.7 307.4 292.5 333.0 9.07 4 850 1542 21.1 7.6 42 13.5 12.9 205 21 308.3 309.7 292.2 331.9 7.74 5 800 2063 16.7 5.3 47 11.4 10.0 198 19 309.0 310.3 291.9 330.5 7.01 6 750 2608 11.7 3.9 58 7.9 7.2 205 18 309.3 310.6 291.7 330.1 6.75 7 700 3180 6.2 3.9 85 2.3 4.9 209 18 309.4 310.7 292.2 331.6 7.24 8 650 3783 2.0 -3.4 67 5.4 -0.6 207 14 311.2 312.1 290.5 325.6 4.57 9 600 4423 -2.7 -5.8 79 3.1 -4.1 195 13 313.0 313.8 290.6 326.1 4.14 10 550 5108 -7.3 -10.0 81 2.7 -8.4 189 11 315.4 316.0 290.6 325.9 3.26 11 500 5843 -11.9 -17.0 65 5.2 -13.6 212 16 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.3 2.01 12 450 6643 -16.2 -25.0 47 8.7 -18.4 236 17 322.8 323.1 290.8 326.7 1.12 13 400 7518 -22.7 -33.0 38 10.3 -24.5 234 23 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.6 0.59 14 350 8483 -29.4 -43.6 24 14.2 -31.0 236 20 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.23 15 300 9563 -38.6 -44.6 53 5.9 -39.1 246 27 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.24 16 250 10788 -48.9 -52.1 69 3.2 -49.0 234 42 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12227 -54.5 -68.2 17 13.7 -54.8 249 33 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14053 -57.7 -81.8 3 24.2 -57.9 267 30 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16583 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 265 16 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.11 m Freezing level: 628.65 mb = 4056.23 m = 13307.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.67 mb = 3712.00 m = 12178.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.89 C = 93.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.94 mb = 978.32 m = 3209.69 ft T: 23.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.81 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.88 mb = 2642.57 m = 8669.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.68 C = 94.42 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.99 C Cross Totals Index: 19.48 C K Index: 38.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 959.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.71 mb = 1959.50 m = 6428.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.71 mb = 3124.45 m = 10250.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.71 mb = 11194.92 m = 36728.29 ft B at Equ Level: 959.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.71 mb = 13856.72 m = 45461.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.5 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 227.5 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.8 neg: -8.8 tot: 179.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 48.91 Bulk Shear: 19.63 m/s