MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 120 SFC 968 404 23.5 18.5 74 5.0 20.1 88 4 299.4 302.0 294.4 340.2 13.98 2 950 573 27.6 13.9 43 13.7 18.5 160 8 305.1 307.1 293.5 336.7 10.54 3 900 1049 24.0 12.0 47 12.0 16.2 192 7 306.2 308.0 293.3 335.7 9.81 4 850 1544 19.2 11.0 59 8.2 14.0 216 7 306.3 308.1 293.2 335.6 9.75 5 800 2062 15.8 4.3 46 11.5 9.2 275 4 307.9 309.2 291.1 327.9 6.52 6 750 2606 11.9 2.0 51 9.8 6.4 8 11 309.4 310.6 291.0 327.7 5.92 7 700 3178 7.5 -8.1 32 15.6 0.5 16 11 310.8 311.4 288.8 320.3 2.97 8 650 3783 3.0 -16.7 22 19.7 -4.1 2 12 312.4 312.7 288.0 317.6 1.60 9 600 4425 -1.4 -27.2 12 25.8 -8.5 355 10 314.4 314.6 287.7 316.8 0.68 10 550 5113 -3.9 -40.3 4 36.4 -11.2 24 10 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.21 11 500 5860 -7.2 -42.6 4 35.5 -13.7 24 6 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.18 12 450 6672 -12.6 -46.7 4 34.0 -17.9 2 6 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.13 13 400 7557 -19.9 -37.3 20 17.4 -22.8 332 8 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.6 0.39 14 350 8531 -27.6 -43.8 20 16.2 -29.5 299 20 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.22 15 300 9619 -36.6 -45.7 39 9.1 -37.4 295 27 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.6 0.21 16 250 10855 -46.2 -58.0 25 11.9 -46.6 294 28 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.06 17 200 12310 -53.3 -70.9 10 17.6 -53.6 310 12 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14129 -59.8 -82.9 3 23.1 -60.0 286 21 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16605 -69.0 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 295 15 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.07 m Freezing level: 616.30 mb = 4215.37 m = 13829.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.09 mb = 3247.61 m = 10654.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.59 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.81 mb = 1050.46 m = 3446.34 ft T: 23.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 23.41 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.95 mb = 2910.91 m = 9550.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.19 C = 93.55 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 18.16 C K Index: 21.76 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.60 mb = 2334.15 m = 7657.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.60 mb = 3663.29 m = 12018.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 539.60 mb = 5262.25 m = 17264.39 ft B at Equ Level: 61.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.60 mb = 11131.80 m = 36521.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.5 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 36.5 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 168.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.30 Bulk Shear: 32.15 m/s