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: 36.31,-94.57 Latitude: 36.31 Longitude: -94.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 967 338 21.2 20.7 97 0.5 20.9 232 5 297.2 300.1 295.2 343.8 16.11 2 950 496 20.5 19.8 96 0.7 20.1 223 14 298.0 300.8 295.0 343.0 15.51 3 900 962 17.3 17.3 100 0.0 17.3 218 26 299.3 301.9 294.3 340.0 13.92 4 850 1449 14.9 14.4 97 0.5 14.6 230 34 301.8 304.0 293.8 337.9 12.26 5 800 1961 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.0 220 27 304.1 306.2 293.6 337.1 11.05 6 750 2500 9.2 9.0 99 0.2 9.1 216 26 306.5 308.4 293.2 335.7 9.66 7 700 3070 5.6 5.2 97 0.4 5.4 222 28 308.7 310.2 292.5 333.0 7.96 8 650 3673 2.0 0.8 92 1.1 1.4 225 29 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.6 6.27 9 600 4316 -1.3 -2.6 91 1.2 -1.9 229 33 314.6 315.6 292.1 331.3 5.29 10 550 5005 -5.3 -6.2 93 0.9 -5.7 230 35 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.9 4.37 11 500 5747 -10.0 -10.8 94 0.8 -10.3 229 37 320.9 321.5 292.3 332.0 3.37 12 450 6554 -13.7 -14.4 94 0.7 -14.0 232 44 326.0 326.5 293.2 335.4 2.78 13 400 7441 -19.4 -19.7 97 0.3 -19.5 235 50 329.8 330.2 293.5 336.8 2.01 14 350 8415 -28.3 -28.5 98 0.2 -28.3 233 50 330.6 330.8 292.9 334.3 1.04 15 300 9500 -37.5 -38.1 94 0.6 -37.5 258 49 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.3 0.47 16 250 10729 -47.9 -50.8 72 2.8 -48.1 253 61 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12170 -54.4 -58.3 62 3.8 -54.5 264 29 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 13988 -58.6 -80.7 4 22.0 -58.9 256 62 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16489 -67.1 -87.5 4 20.4 -67.2 247 35 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.43 m Freezing level: 620.07 mb = 4057.91 m = 13313.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 3934.78 m = 12909.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.53 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.89 mb = 397.47 m = 1304.02 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 13.13 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 850.30 m = 2789.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.06 C = 73.52 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 38.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1111.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.62 mb = 841.79 m = 2761.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.62 mb = 889.12 m = 2917.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.62 mb = 11624.76 m = 38138.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1098.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.62 mb = 14087.12 m = 46217.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.9 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 255.9 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.4 neg: -46.9 tot: 87.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 37.33 Bulk Shear: 29.79 m/s