MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.35,-97.30 Latitude: 35.35 Longitude: -97.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 966 358 21.1 18.8 86 2.4 19.5 200 16 297.2 299.8 293.9 338.4 14.25 2 950 507 19.6 18.1 91 1.5 18.6 202 26 297.1 299.6 293.6 337.3 13.90 3 900 971 16.5 16.1 97 0.4 16.3 214 40 298.5 300.9 293.3 336.0 12.89 4 850 1458 16.3 2.8 40 13.5 8.9 231 24 303.2 304.2 288.7 319.8 5.51 5 800 1970 12.8 -0.0 41 12.8 6.1 250 17 304.8 305.7 288.5 319.4 4.78 6 750 2507 8.5 -3.2 43 11.8 2.8 281 15 305.8 306.6 288.2 318.2 4.01 7 700 3073 4.3 -2.4 62 6.7 1.0 304 14 307.2 308.1 289.2 321.4 4.57 8 650 3673 2.0 0.5 90 1.5 1.2 205 8 311.2 312.4 291.8 330.3 6.13 9 600 4316 -1.4 -1.4 99 0.1 -1.4 195 23 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.7 5.74 10 550 5004 -5.8 -5.9 99 0.1 -5.9 200 30 317.2 318.0 292.2 331.6 4.47 11 500 5744 -11.4 -13.3 86 1.9 -12.1 213 44 319.1 319.7 291.2 328.2 2.75 12 450 6544 -16.9 -18.9 85 1.9 -17.6 220 43 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.4 1.91 13 400 7419 -21.8 -24.1 82 2.3 -22.4 207 54 326.6 326.9 292.1 331.4 1.36 14 350 8388 -29.3 -32.3 75 3.0 -29.7 202 62 329.3 329.4 292.2 332.0 0.73 15 300 9471 -37.6 -40.7 73 3.1 -37.9 214 54 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.36 16 250 10698 -48.1 -51.5 68 3.3 -48.3 231 65 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.0 0.13 17 200 12155 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -51.9 260 49 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.00 18 150 13996 -58.0 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 257 52 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16477 -68.5 -86.7 6 18.1 -68.7 262 40 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.28 m Freezing level: 620.10 mb = 4057.48 m = 13311.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.89 mb = 3963.84 m = 13004.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.80 mb = 654.27 m = 2146.53 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1800.60 m = 5907.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.18 C = 82.73 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 14.20 C K Index: 23.74 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 361.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.74 mb = 1097.35 m = 3600.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.74 mb = 2488.18 m = 8163.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.74 mb = 9893.56 m = 32458.78 ft B at Equ Level: 360.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.74 mb = 12098.40 m = 39692.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.0 neg: -7.2 tot: 139.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 58.65 Bulk Shear: 6.15 m/s