MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F043.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F043.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 43 hour NAM valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.45,-97.27 Latitude: 35.45 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 67 SFC 966 369 20.8 14.8 68 6.1 16.9 219 20 297.0 298.9 291.4 328.8 11.01 2 950 509 19.6 14.0 70 5.6 16.0 221 29 297.1 299.0 291.2 328.0 10.67 3 900 972 15.2 12.4 83 2.9 13.4 227 32 297.2 299.0 290.7 326.5 10.09 4 850 1455 13.9 8.2 68 5.7 10.5 221 31 300.8 302.2 290.2 324.6 8.05 5 800 1965 12.4 -0.6 41 13.0 5.8 215 17 304.4 305.3 288.2 318.4 4.58 6 750 2503 9.6 -7.1 30 16.6 2.1 276 12 307.0 307.5 287.5 316.4 3.00 7 700 3069 4.1 -9.3 37 13.3 -1.5 323 14 307.0 307.5 287.2 315.5 2.70 8 650 3666 0.4 0.2 99 0.2 0.3 104 2 309.4 310.6 291.1 327.9 5.99 9 600 4307 -2.1 -2.2 99 0.1 -2.1 196 23 313.7 314.8 291.9 330.8 5.43 10 550 4994 -6.4 -6.8 97 0.4 -6.6 203 25 316.5 317.3 291.7 329.9 4.18 11 500 5733 -10.1 -10.8 95 0.7 -10.4 206 34 320.7 321.4 292.2 331.8 3.37 12 450 6537 -15.5 -16.5 92 1.0 -15.9 205 43 323.7 324.2 292.2 331.6 2.33 13 400 7417 -20.9 -22.2 90 1.3 -21.3 203 47 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.4 1.61 14 350 8388 -28.6 -31.0 79 2.4 -29.0 212 51 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.2 0.82 15 300 9473 -37.5 -40.3 75 2.8 -37.8 222 52 332.5 332.5 292.7 333.9 0.38 16 250 10700 -48.1 -51.9 65 3.8 -48.3 230 63 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 17 200 12152 -51.2 -75.9 4 24.8 -51.6 271 43 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13994 -58.8 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.0 265 45 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16481 -67.6 -86.0 6 18.4 -67.7 265 38 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.73 m Freezing level: 641.78 mb = 3771.39 m = 12373.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.03 mb = 2825.76 m = 9270.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.93 mb = 1133.63 m = 3719.20 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.32 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.95 mb = 2481.00 m = 8139.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: 2.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 3.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 18.91 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6245.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.90 mb = 1377.09 m = 4517.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.3 neg: -62.2 tot: 61.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 5.61 m/s