MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 54 SFC 961 405 23.2 18.2 73 5.0 19.7 151 1 299.8 302.3 294.3 340.0 13.78 2 950 501 24.0 15.8 60 8.1 18.5 302 2 301.5 303.7 293.5 336.9 12.00 3 900 972 20.4 14.4 68 6.1 16.4 230 7 302.6 304.7 293.5 336.6 11.50 4 850 1463 16.5 13.5 82 3.1 14.6 214 16 303.5 305.6 293.7 337.7 11.50 5 800 1976 12.0 11.6 97 0.4 11.7 217 25 303.9 305.9 293.3 336.0 10.77 6 750 2514 9.3 6.6 83 2.7 7.7 235 27 306.7 308.2 292.1 331.5 8.18 7 700 3083 6.3 -10.3 29 16.6 -0.7 239 31 309.5 310.0 287.9 317.5 2.50 8 650 3686 3.2 -24.1 11 27.2 -5.1 244 37 312.6 312.7 287.2 315.4 0.84 9 600 4329 -0.9 -28.2 11 27.2 -8.3 246 42 315.0 315.1 287.8 317.2 0.63 10 550 5017 -5.2 -28.2 15 23.0 -11.2 246 46 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.3 0.68 11 500 5758 -9.8 -37.9 8 28.2 -15.2 246 47 321.1 321.2 289.4 322.2 0.29 12 450 6562 -15.5 -41.7 9 26.2 -19.7 246 47 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.22 13 400 7439 -21.3 -46.5 8 25.1 -24.4 246 50 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.15 14 350 8407 -28.8 -49.8 11 21.0 -30.7 249 53 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.12 15 300 9489 -38.5 -49.0 32 10.6 -39.2 255 61 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.15 16 250 10711 -48.6 -56.5 39 7.9 -48.9 248 63 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.07 17 200 12161 -52.7 -70.7 10 18.1 -53.0 253 80 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13987 -60.2 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.4 245 62 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16466 -68.4 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.4 248 39 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.03 m Freezing level: 611.43 mb = 4181.88 m = 13719.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.92 mb = 3037.13 m = 9964.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.41 mb = 1044.70 m = 3427.46 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 22.22 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1845.12 m = 6053.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 23.18 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 566.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.62 mb = 1658.38 m = 5440.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.62 mb = 2022.19 m = 6634.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.62 mb = 11096.28 m = 36404.69 ft B at Equ Level: 555.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.62 mb = 12986.00 m = 42604.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.3 neg: -12.8 tot: 175.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 5.25 Bulk Shear: 108.00 m/s