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: 37.10,-93.81 Latitude: 37.10 Longitude: -93.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 964 378 22.3 20.3 89 2.0 20.9 215 8 298.6 301.4 295.3 344.3 15.72 2 950 502 20.8 19.5 92 1.3 19.9 214 10 298.3 301.1 294.9 342.5 15.22 3 900 968 17.7 16.5 93 1.2 17.0 233 23 299.8 302.2 294.0 338.6 13.27 4 850 1456 15.1 13.3 89 1.8 13.9 228 26 302.0 304.0 293.2 335.5 11.36 5 800 1968 11.8 11.1 95 0.8 11.3 227 23 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.8 10.40 6 750 2505 8.5 5.7 82 2.8 6.9 232 27 305.8 307.2 291.4 328.9 7.66 7 700 3072 5.0 1.8 80 3.2 3.3 216 26 308.0 309.2 290.9 327.2 6.25 8 650 3673 1.8 -1.9 76 3.7 -0.1 206 33 310.9 311.9 290.8 326.9 5.11 9 600 4314 -2.4 -6.2 75 3.8 -4.1 210 42 313.4 314.1 290.6 326.2 4.02 10 550 4999 -7.2 -8.6 89 1.5 -7.8 224 47 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.3 3.62 11 500 5734 -11.7 -15.8 72 4.1 -13.1 228 54 318.8 319.2 290.6 326.2 2.23 12 450 6536 -16.6 -22.8 59 6.2 -18.3 231 50 322.4 322.6 290.9 327.1 1.36 13 400 7409 -22.2 -24.9 79 2.7 -22.9 238 59 326.1 326.4 291.9 330.6 1.27 14 350 8377 -28.9 -33.7 63 4.8 -29.7 246 69 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.1 0.63 15 300 9461 -37.6 -44.8 47 7.2 -38.2 246 84 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.24 16 250 10689 -47.7 -53.0 54 5.4 -47.9 253 73 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.11 17 200 12131 -56.7 -64.5 37 7.8 -56.8 241 75 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 13959 -58.0 -83.9 2 25.9 -58.3 252 59 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16458 -67.1 -87.4 4 20.3 -67.2 250 37 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.01 m Freezing level: 628.72 mb = 3945.82 m = 12945.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.43 mb = 3655.34 m = 11992.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.42 mb = 625.79 m = 2053.09 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 18.13 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1132.44 m = 3715.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.20 C = 75.55 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.61 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1257.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.58 mb = 1009.87 m = 3313.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.58 mb = 1449.86 m = 4756.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.58 mb = 11498.14 m = 37723.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1254.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.58 mb = 14358.38 m = 47106.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.0 neg: -17.2 tot: 54.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 21.43 Bulk Shear: 58.69 m/s