MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 135 SFC 970 403 18.9 14.3 75 4.6 16.0 150 3 294.6 296.6 290.3 325.1 10.63 2 950 582 24.9 12.5 46 12.4 16.9 231 19 302.5 304.2 292.0 331.0 9.62 3 900 1055 22.9 11.1 47 11.9 15.4 241 13 305.2 306.9 292.5 332.9 9.23 4 850 1550 18.7 10.5 59 8.2 13.5 265 6 305.7 307.4 292.8 334.0 9.41 5 800 2067 15.9 3.0 42 12.9 8.6 341 4 308.1 309.2 290.7 326.4 5.95 6 750 2611 12.6 -10.0 20 22.7 2.7 72 8 310.3 310.8 288.1 317.9 2.37 7 700 3184 7.5 -8.8 30 16.3 0.3 72 9 310.7 311.3 288.6 319.7 2.80 8 650 3787 2.3 -11.0 36 13.4 -3.1 65 10 311.6 312.1 288.6 319.8 2.53 9 600 4428 -1.8 -25.1 15 23.3 -8.4 73 8 314.0 314.2 287.7 316.9 0.83 10 550 5115 -4.6 -38.6 5 34.0 -11.6 88 8 318.6 318.7 288.6 319.5 0.25 11 500 5860 -7.5 -42.8 4 35.3 -13.9 80 5 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.17 12 450 6672 -12.9 -38.2 10 25.3 -17.6 5 4 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.32 13 400 7556 -20.1 -35.6 24 15.4 -22.9 299 7 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.5 0.46 14 350 8530 -28.1 -39.1 34 10.9 -29.6 283 14 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.2 0.37 15 300 9616 -36.4 -47.0 33 10.6 -37.2 293 18 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.18 16 250 10855 -45.2 -54.1 36 9.0 -45.6 278 18 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.10 17 200 12318 -53.7 -70.9 10 17.2 -53.9 221 4 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 14133 -61.0 -80.8 6 19.7 -61.2 273 21 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16598 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 261 7 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.89 m Freezing level: 621.73 mb = 4149.42 m = 13613.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.48 mb = 3236.42 m = 10618.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.77 mb = 999.47 m = 3279.06 ft T: 23.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 16.05 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.61 mb = 3140.88 m = 10304.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.82 C = 94.67 F Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lifted Index: 2.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 17.99 C K Index: 20.37 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5698.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.23 mb = 2277.82 m = 7473.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 76.3 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 106.3 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.1 neg: -8.3 tot: 99.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 65.77 m/s