MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 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 45 SFC 960 405 23.8 17.4 68 6.4 19.4 239 4 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.1 13.17 2 950 494 25.1 16.1 58 9.0 19.0 240 9 302.6 304.9 294.0 338.7 12.20 3 900 967 21.1 14.7 67 6.4 16.8 226 15 303.2 305.4 293.9 338.1 11.76 4 850 1458 17.0 12.7 76 4.3 14.2 218 23 303.9 306.0 293.4 336.4 10.90 5 800 1972 12.7 11.7 94 1.0 12.0 221 30 304.6 306.7 293.6 337.1 10.85 6 750 2513 10.5 3.2 61 7.3 6.4 240 30 307.9 309.1 291.0 327.6 6.42 7 700 3083 6.3 -7.2 37 13.6 0.3 238 29 309.5 310.1 288.6 319.6 3.18 8 650 3687 3.4 -22.1 13 25.5 -4.8 242 31 312.8 313.0 287.5 316.2 1.00 9 600 4330 -0.6 -29.3 9 28.7 -8.2 246 37 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.3 0.56 10 550 5019 -4.8 -33.5 8 28.7 -11.4 246 45 318.4 318.5 288.7 319.9 0.41 11 500 5760 -9.3 -37.7 8 28.3 -14.9 244 44 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.30 12 450 6566 -15.3 -41.0 9 25.8 -19.4 243 42 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.23 13 400 7443 -21.5 -47.0 8 25.6 -24.5 244 45 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.14 14 350 8411 -28.6 -55.1 6 26.6 -30.6 244 47 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.06 15 300 9495 -37.5 -54.8 15 17.2 -38.5 250 48 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.08 16 250 10727 -47.3 -61.2 19 14.0 -47.7 245 57 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.04 17 200 12177 -52.5 -69.8 11 17.4 -52.8 239 59 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 13999 -60.5 -80.8 5 20.3 -60.7 245 55 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16476 -68.7 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.8 250 35 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.79 m Freezing level: 608.00 mb = 4227.01 m = 13867.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.48 mb = 3112.34 m = 10210.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.24 mb = 1216.42 m = 3990.84 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 20.86 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.30 mb = 1926.86 m = 6321.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 25.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 571.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.35 mb = 1738.62 m = 5704.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.35 mb = 2880.59 m = 9450.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.35 mb = 11063.99 m = 36298.75 ft B at Equ Level: 558.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.35 mb = 12938.34 m = 42448.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.5 neg: -2.6 tot: 151.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 9.09 Bulk Shear: 62.88 m/s