MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 56 SFC 961 405 25.9 16.6 57 9.3 19.6 213 12 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.4 12.47 2 950 504 23.5 15.9 62 7.7 18.4 212 13 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.4 12.02 3 900 973 18.7 14.8 78 4.0 16.1 210 15 300.8 303.0 293.2 335.5 11.81 4 850 1462 17.5 10.3 63 7.1 13.0 210 26 304.4 306.2 292.3 332.3 9.30 5 800 1978 14.7 10.0 73 4.8 11.7 209 24 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.1 9.66 6 750 2522 11.5 6.6 72 4.8 8.6 227 27 309.0 310.6 292.8 334.0 8.19 7 700 3094 7.4 -0.4 57 7.8 3.3 241 31 310.7 311.7 290.9 327.3 5.32 8 650 3700 3.5 -2.5 65 6.0 0.4 241 32 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.3 4.89 9 600 4345 0.2 -23.8 14 24.0 -7.1 240 34 316.4 316.5 288.6 319.6 0.93 10 550 5036 -4.3 -35.1 7 30.9 -11.2 238 37 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.3 0.35 11 500 5778 -9.8 -35.9 10 26.0 -15.1 238 39 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.36 12 450 6582 -15.4 -43.5 7 28.1 -19.7 240 37 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.18 13 400 7458 -22.2 -45.1 11 22.9 -25.1 242 38 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.7 0.17 14 350 8424 -29.3 -51.3 10 22.0 -31.2 239 40 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.10 15 300 9506 -37.3 -57.9 10 20.6 -38.4 244 40 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 16 250 10742 -45.7 -63.3 12 17.6 -46.2 246 48 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12200 -53.5 -70.0 12 16.6 -53.8 245 45 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14016 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.3 239 44 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16487 -70.0 -86.4 7 16.4 -70.1 241 27 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.32 m Freezing level: 597.73 mb = 4376.70 m = 14359.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.16 mb = 3735.19 m = 12254.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.79 mb = 1574.92 m = 5167.00 ft T: 16.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 8.77 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.54 mb = 2493.17 m = 8179.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 29.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 253.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.82 mb = 1615.32 m = 5299.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 549.82 mb = 5038.44 m = 16530.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.82 mb = 9740.14 m = 31955.47 ft B at Equ Level: 253.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.82 mb = 11887.16 m = 38999.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.5 neg: -9.7 tot: 121.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 5.83 Bulk Shear: 43.47 m/s