MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.09,-94.36 Latitude: 35.09 Longitude: -94.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 982 223 26.0 20.0 69 6.0 21.7 194 12 300.7 303.5 295.6 345.1 15.11 2 950 508 21.9 18.7 82 3.2 19.7 197 18 299.4 302.1 294.7 341.6 14.45 3 900 975 17.6 17.1 97 0.4 17.3 211 24 299.6 302.1 294.3 339.9 13.79 4 850 1463 14.8 13.1 90 1.7 13.7 223 26 301.7 303.8 293.0 334.9 11.25 5 800 1975 11.9 10.9 94 1.0 11.3 216 17 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.5 10.29 6 750 2514 10.3 3.3 62 7.0 6.3 213 22 307.8 309.0 291.0 327.6 6.47 7 700 3085 7.9 -10.5 26 18.4 0.1 213 32 311.2 311.7 288.5 319.1 2.45 8 650 3692 5.1 -20.1 14 25.1 -3.6 212 36 314.7 314.9 288.3 318.7 1.19 9 600 4338 -0.3 -6.5 63 6.2 -3.1 214 42 315.8 316.5 291.2 328.4 3.91 10 550 5029 -5.4 -9.2 74 3.8 -7.0 213 48 317.7 318.4 291.4 329.0 3.46 11 500 5768 -10.9 -16.6 63 5.7 -12.8 219 53 319.8 320.2 290.8 326.8 2.09 12 450 6571 -15.6 -33.7 20 18.1 -19.1 233 53 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.50 13 400 7448 -21.6 -41.4 15 19.8 -24.4 232 61 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.25 14 350 8416 -29.4 -44.1 23 14.7 -31.0 233 67 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.22 15 300 9500 -37.3 -47.4 34 10.1 -38.1 240 66 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.18 16 250 10734 -46.2 -51.6 54 5.4 -46.4 244 71 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 17 200 12188 -53.3 -71.7 9 18.4 -53.7 247 77 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14013 -59.2 -82.7 3 23.4 -59.5 247 58 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16491 -69.9 -86.3 7 16.4 -70.0 253 35 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.71 m Freezing level: 602.74 mb = 4302.96 m = 14117.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.94 mb = 3097.43 m = 10162.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.72 C = 81.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.06 mb = 984.43 m = 3229.71 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 26.37 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.80 mb = 977.33 m = 3206.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.89 C = 76.81 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 20.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1083.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.01 mb = 994.40 m = 3262.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.01 mb = 1042.06 m = 3418.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.01 mb = 11192.79 m = 36721.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1080.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.01 mb = 14305.07 m = 46932.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.7 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 244.7 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.0 neg: -23.9 tot: 96.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 24.87 Bulk Shear: 43.56 m/s