MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509271800F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 37.21,-97.71 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -97.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 977 377 26.0 16.2 55 9.8 19.4 147 7 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.3 11.94 2 950 620 22.3 14.5 61 7.9 17.2 147 8 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.0 10.97 3 900 1087 17.7 13.3 75 4.4 14.9 146 8 299.8 301.8 292.0 331.3 10.75 4 850 1573 14.3 10.1 76 4.2 11.7 96 15 301.1 302.8 291.2 328.2 9.17 5 800 2083 11.6 3.7 58 7.9 7.2 94 15 303.6 304.7 289.5 322.4 6.25 6 750 2621 10.6 -24.4 7 34.9 -0.5 132 10 308.1 308.2 285.5 310.5 0.71 7 700 3190 6.7 -26.1 7 32.9 -3.1 158 7 310.0 310.1 286.1 312.2 0.65 8 650 3793 3.3 -32.8 5 36.2 -5.8 163 6 312.8 312.8 286.8 314.1 0.37 9 600 4437 1.0 -39.6 3 40.6 -7.8 188 4 317.3 317.3 288.1 318.1 0.20 10 550 5133 -1.9 -20.6 22 18.8 -8.1 271 5 321.9 322.1 290.7 326.5 1.34 11 500 5882 -7.3 -20.7 33 13.5 -11.6 170 6 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.3 1.47 12 450 6692 -13.9 -15.8 86 1.9 -14.6 219 19 325.7 326.2 292.8 334.1 2.48 13 400 7576 -19.8 -21.8 85 1.9 -20.4 211 22 329.2 329.5 293.1 335.1 1.68 14 350 8553 -27.0 -29.6 79 2.5 -27.5 227 24 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.7 0.94 15 300 9646 -35.5 -40.2 62 4.7 -36.0 227 20 335.4 335.4 293.5 336.8 0.38 16 250 10890 -45.0 -48.1 71 3.1 -45.2 236 43 339.2 339.2 294.3 340.0 0.20 17 200 12343 -54.3 -69.0 15 14.7 -54.6 234 33 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14152 -61.8 -76.1 13 14.3 -61.9 243 42 363.6 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16627 -65.8 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 242 10 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.33 m Freezing level: 582.40 mb = 4682.36 m = 15361.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.46 mb = 2582.91 m = 8474.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.35 mb = 1609.32 m = 5279.85 ft T: 14.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 25.87 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.93 mb = 2052.15 m = 6732.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.25 C = 82.84 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 2.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 4.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.53 C Cross Totals Index: 17.36 C K Index: -1.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 156.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5484.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.32 mb = 1649.45 m = 5411.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.1 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 174.1 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -15.5 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 41.74 Bulk Shear: 0.09 m/s