MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 27 SEP 25 Station: 25.58,-104.05 Latitude: 25.58 Longitude: -104.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 539 2 900 1018 3 850 1520 SFC 804 1997 19.7 14.7 73 4.9 16.3 43 1 311.6 314.1 297.1 352.1 13.20 5 800 2045 18.9 14.0 73 4.9 15.5 43 0 311.2 313.6 296.6 350.0 12.64 6 750 2595 13.5 12.4 93 1.0 12.8 140 1 311.2 313.5 296.3 348.5 12.18 7 700 3173 9.7 5.6 76 4.1 7.2 225 5 313.2 314.8 294.0 338.6 8.19 8 650 3785 6.1 4.2 88 1.8 4.9 212 7 315.8 317.3 294.6 340.9 7.99 9 600 4438 2.1 2.1 100 0.0 2.1 206 8 318.6 320.1 294.9 342.4 7.47 10 550 5136 -1.6 -5.0 78 3.4 -3.3 206 6 322.2 323.2 293.8 338.0 4.82 11 500 5889 -6.3 -7.4 92 1.1 -6.8 203 4 325.3 326.2 294.3 339.9 4.38 12 450 6706 -11.2 -12.9 87 1.7 -11.9 190 4 329.2 329.8 294.3 339.9 3.15 13 400 7601 -16.3 -19.2 79 2.8 -17.3 205 9 333.7 334.2 294.6 341.1 2.09 14 350 8593 -22.5 -27.3 65 4.8 -23.7 231 15 338.4 338.6 295.0 342.6 1.16 15 300 9707 -30.5 -35.7 60 5.2 -31.3 228 23 342.5 342.6 295.4 344.8 0.61 16 250 10977 -40.0 -45.5 56 5.5 -40.5 243 33 346.5 346.6 296.1 347.6 0.26 17 200 12459 -52.3 -59.7 40 7.4 -52.5 245 30 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.06 18 150 14264 -65.7 -73.2 34 7.5 -65.8 246 22 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16639 -78.7 -84.5 38 5.8 -78.8 216 11 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.57 m Freezing level: 571.15 mb = 4840.55 m = 15880.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.25 mb = 4706.27 m = 15440.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.27 % Est. max temperature: 23.38 C = 74.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.63 mb = 2621.44 m = 8600.43 ft T: 13.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 13.48 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.26 mb = 3003.89 m = 9855.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.59 C = 69.07 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 360.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.94 mb = 2891.07 m = 9485.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.94 mb = 3185.24 m = 10450.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.94 mb = 10213.87 m = 33509.65 ft B at Equ Level: 358.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.94 mb = 13900.91 m = 45606.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.6 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 235.6 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -1.5 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 81.25 Bulk Shear: 4.43 m/s