MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 1Z MON 29 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 140 SFC 971 404 25.2 16.3 58 8.8 19.2 150 4 300.9 303.1 293.4 336.5 12.12 2 950 594 27.0 13.3 43 13.6 18.0 170 10 304.5 306.4 293.0 335.0 10.17 3 900 1068 22.6 12.2 52 10.5 15.8 187 9 304.8 306.7 293.0 334.6 9.94 4 850 1562 19.3 6.8 44 12.4 11.8 114 1 306.3 307.7 291.3 328.6 7.33 5 800 2079 15.3 2.2 41 13.0 8.0 58 5 307.4 308.5 290.2 324.7 5.63 6 750 2622 11.7 -6.5 27 18.1 3.2 60 6 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.1 3.14 7 700 3192 6.3 -6.0 41 12.3 0.7 80 11 309.5 310.2 288.9 320.6 3.50 8 650 3795 2.5 -15.6 25 18.0 -4.2 118 7 311.7 312.1 287.9 317.5 1.75 9 600 4438 0.0 -33.4 6 33.4 -8.1 147 6 316.2 316.2 287.9 317.5 0.38 10 550 5130 -2.4 -45.8 2 43.3 -10.5 177 7 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.6 0.12 11 500 5880 -6.2 -42.0 4 35.7 -13.1 200 6 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.19 12 450 6694 -12.8 -17.9 65 5.2 -14.5 228 8 327.2 327.6 292.9 334.4 2.07 13 400 7580 -19.5 -27.2 51 7.7 -21.4 242 13 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.3 1.03 14 350 8556 -27.1 -31.0 70 3.9 -27.8 259 23 332.2 332.4 293.1 335.2 0.82 15 300 9649 -35.6 -44.5 40 8.9 -36.4 283 23 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.1 0.24 16 250 10890 -45.5 -50.0 60 4.5 -45.8 267 28 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.16 17 200 12351 -53.2 -65.4 21 12.2 -53.5 277 31 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14166 -61.7 -77.0 11 15.2 -61.9 266 23 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16629 -69.8 -84.7 10 14.9 -69.8 204 6 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.75 m Freezing level: 599.11 mb = 4449.86 m = 14599.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.17 mb = 3272.10 m = 10735.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.77 mb = 1533.80 m = 5032.08 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.69 C/km ThetaE index: 17.37 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.32 mb = 2909.99 m = 9547.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.60 C = 92.48 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: 2.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: 5.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 13.10 C K Index: 20.05 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.82 mb = 2337.04 m = 7667.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.82 mb = 3660.39 m = 12009.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 630.82 mb = 4035.14 m = 13238.47 ft B at Equ Level: 12.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 590.82 mb = 4560.20 m = 14961.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.3 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 171.3 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.9 neg: -5.2 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.44 Bulk Shear: 2.90 m/s