MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 139 SFC 970 403 18.3 14.0 76 4.3 15.6 136 3 294.0 295.9 289.9 323.9 10.43 2 950 585 24.9 12.0 44 12.9 16.7 240 18 302.5 304.2 291.7 330.1 9.31 3 900 1058 22.8 11.2 48 11.6 15.4 247 13 305.0 306.7 292.5 332.9 9.30 4 850 1552 18.6 10.4 59 8.2 13.4 271 6 305.6 307.3 292.7 333.7 9.36 5 800 2069 15.8 3.0 42 12.9 8.6 342 4 308.0 309.2 290.6 326.3 5.93 6 750 2613 12.6 -10.5 19 23.0 2.5 85 7 310.2 310.6 287.9 317.6 2.29 7 700 3185 7.2 -6.0 38 13.2 1.1 65 8 310.5 311.2 289.2 321.6 3.50 8 650 3789 2.2 -9.4 42 11.6 -2.7 62 9 311.5 312.0 288.9 320.7 2.88 9 600 4429 -1.9 -24.5 16 22.5 -8.4 72 9 313.9 314.0 287.7 316.9 0.88 10 550 5115 -4.8 -37.8 6 33.0 -11.7 84 9 318.3 318.4 288.5 319.3 0.27 11 500 5860 -7.6 -43.0 4 35.4 -14.0 83 6 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.4 0.17 12 450 6672 -12.9 -37.7 11 24.8 -17.7 16 3 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.2 0.33 13 400 7556 -20.1 -36.4 22 16.3 -22.9 294 6 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.42 14 350 8529 -28.0 -39.4 33 11.5 -29.5 274 13 331.1 331.1 292.4 332.4 0.36 15 300 9617 -36.4 -47.4 31 11.1 -37.2 284 16 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.18 16 250 10854 -45.4 -53.4 40 8.1 -45.7 276 18 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.11 17 200 12316 -53.7 -72.0 9 18.3 -54.1 244 6 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 14130 -61.3 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.4 268 22 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16593 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 257 9 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.83 m Freezing level: 623.49 mb = 4128.08 m = 13543.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.89 mb = 3351.15 m = 10994.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.07 mb = 960.36 m = 3150.74 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 16.14 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.10 mb = 3136.99 m = 10291.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.64 C = 94.35 F Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lifted Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 23.34 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5782.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.55 mb = 2276.53 m = 7468.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.4 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 100.4 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.2 neg: -8.8 tot: 94.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 66.72 m/s