MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 56 SFC 960 405 20.7 18.2 86 2.4 19.0 50 3 297.2 299.7 293.6 337.3 13.85 2 950 500 21.3 17.1 77 4.2 18.5 51 5 298.8 301.2 293.5 336.8 13.03 3 900 968 19.1 14.8 76 4.3 16.3 211 6 301.2 303.4 293.3 336.0 11.83 4 850 1457 16.2 12.8 81 3.3 14.0 221 21 303.1 305.1 293.3 335.7 11.01 5 800 1971 12.5 9.9 84 2.6 10.9 241 26 304.5 306.2 292.6 333.2 9.60 6 750 2508 8.1 6.3 88 1.8 7.0 247 31 305.4 306.9 291.6 329.4 7.98 7 700 3076 5.4 3.2 86 2.2 4.2 240 34 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.6 6.90 8 650 3678 1.9 -17.9 21 19.8 -4.9 245 38 311.1 311.4 287.3 315.9 1.43 9 600 4318 -2.0 -17.4 30 15.4 -7.3 245 43 313.7 314.1 288.5 319.1 1.63 10 550 5004 -5.7 -31.2 11 25.5 -11.7 244 47 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.2 0.51 11 500 5744 -10.1 -33.8 12 23.7 -15.1 243 48 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.3 0.44 12 450 6545 -16.1 -38.6 13 22.4 -19.9 244 52 323.0 323.1 290.0 324.1 0.30 13 400 7421 -21.8 -43.1 13 21.4 -24.6 242 58 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.21 14 350 8389 -29.4 -44.4 22 15.0 -31.0 245 65 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.21 15 300 9467 -39.5 -44.9 56 5.4 -39.9 248 71 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.23 16 250 10687 -48.6 -55.9 42 7.4 -48.8 250 84 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 12134 -52.7 -70.8 10 18.0 -53.1 251 90 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13970 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 255 69 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16453 -68.3 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 244 44 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.38 m Freezing level: 625.89 mb = 3986.45 m = 13078.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.06 mb = 3346.58 m = 10979.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.84 mb = 713.42 m = 2340.59 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 7.87 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1802.80 m = 5914.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 669.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.00 mb = 1387.21 m = 4551.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.00 mb = 2267.56 m = 7439.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.00 mb = 10897.92 m = 35753.91 ft B at Equ Level: 665.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.00 mb = 13097.08 m = 42968.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.2 neg: -9.6 tot: 219.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 3.55 Bulk Shear: 188.72 m/s