MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 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 62 SFC 961 405 25.1 16.5 59 8.6 19.2 206 12 301.7 303.9 293.9 338.1 12.36 2 950 509 22.7 15.7 65 7.0 18.0 206 14 300.2 302.4 293.0 335.0 11.87 3 900 976 17.9 14.4 80 3.5 15.7 208 16 300.0 302.1 292.7 333.9 11.57 4 850 1466 17.9 10.7 63 7.1 13.3 210 26 304.8 306.6 292.7 333.5 9.56 5 800 1982 14.7 9.6 71 5.1 11.5 211 23 306.8 308.6 293.1 335.3 9.41 6 750 2525 10.8 6.8 77 3.9 8.4 225 25 308.2 309.8 292.7 333.5 8.30 7 700 3097 7.6 3.4 74 4.3 5.2 237 28 310.9 312.3 292.4 332.5 6.97 8 650 3704 4.2 -8.2 40 12.4 -1.3 239 32 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.9 3.17 9 600 4350 -0.2 -7.1 60 6.9 -3.3 236 31 315.9 316.6 291.1 327.9 3.74 10 550 5041 -4.3 -32.5 9 28.3 -11.0 235 34 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.7 0.45 11 500 5783 -9.9 -37.1 9 27.2 -15.3 236 36 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.1 0.32 12 450 6586 -15.8 -42.6 8 26.8 -19.8 239 37 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.20 13 400 7461 -22.2 -46.3 9 24.0 -25.1 243 38 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.15 14 350 8428 -29.2 -49.3 12 20.2 -31.0 238 38 329.4 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.12 15 300 9509 -37.5 -58.3 10 20.8 -38.6 241 37 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.05 16 250 10745 -45.7 -61.4 15 15.8 -46.2 244 45 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.04 17 200 12203 -53.5 -69.5 12 16.0 -53.8 242 43 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14019 -60.8 -82.2 4 21.5 -60.9 235 45 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16490 -70.0 -85.8 8 15.8 -70.1 238 25 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.92 m Freezing level: 602.27 mb = 4321.02 m = 14176.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.16 mb = 3577.16 m = 11735.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.04 mb = 1495.64 m = 4906.89 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 11.33 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.13 mb = 2401.10 m = 7877.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.33 C = 88.39 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 251.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.84 mb = 1558.17 m = 5112.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 525.84 mb = 5390.40 m = 17684.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.84 mb = 9603.64 m = 31507.61 ft B at Equ Level: 166.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.84 mb = 11125.67 m = 36501.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.8 neg: -10.3 tot: 96.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 4.78 Bulk Shear: 35.13 m/s