MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.70,-93.79 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -93.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 359 24.9 18.7 68 6.2 20.6 181 10 301.0 303.6 295.0 342.6 14.17 2 950 509 22.5 17.7 74 4.8 19.2 183 14 300.1 302.5 294.3 339.8 13.56 3 900 977 17.9 16.4 91 1.5 16.8 190 18 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.3 13.11 4 850 1464 15.1 11.8 81 3.3 13.0 215 32 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.3 10.26 5 800 1975 11.8 9.6 87 2.1 10.4 220 33 303.7 305.4 292.2 331.9 9.45 6 750 2515 10.8 3.5 60 7.4 6.7 222 32 308.3 309.6 291.3 328.4 6.55 7 700 3089 9.0 -10.0 25 19.0 0.7 222 36 312.5 313.0 289.0 320.7 2.55 8 650 3698 5.6 -11.6 28 17.2 -1.6 215 41 315.3 315.7 289.8 323.2 2.42 9 600 4345 0.0 -4.5 71 4.5 -2.2 212 42 316.1 317.0 291.9 330.7 4.56 10 550 5036 -5.0 -10.6 65 5.6 -7.4 213 44 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.2 3.10 11 500 5776 -11.2 -16.5 65 5.3 -12.9 220 49 319.4 319.8 290.7 326.5 2.11 12 450 6579 -15.4 -34.9 17 19.5 -19.1 232 52 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.5 0.44 13 400 7457 -21.1 -43.1 12 21.9 -24.1 232 62 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.21 14 350 8427 -28.8 -49.3 12 20.5 -30.7 235 68 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.12 15 300 9511 -37.1 -45.8 40 8.7 -37.8 248 66 333.1 333.2 292.8 333.9 0.21 16 250 10747 -45.7 -56.9 27 11.3 -46.1 251 69 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.5 0.07 17 200 12204 -53.2 -68.5 14 15.4 -53.5 246 79 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14031 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 249 59 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16502 -70.7 -87.0 7 16.3 -70.7 250 37 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.54 m Freezing level: 599.81 mb = 4348.11 m = 14265.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.58 mb = 3271.64 m = 10733.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.27 mb = 1146.59 m = 3761.73 ft T: 16.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 21.87 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1396.07 m = 4580.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.05 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 18.99 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 572.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.19 mb = 1225.04 m = 4019.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.19 mb = 1673.33 m = 5489.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 769.19 mb = 2303.88 m = 7558.57 ft B at Equ Level: 9.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 739.19 mb = 2635.85 m = 8647.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 158.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 6.69 Bulk Shear: 85.51 m/s