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: 36.91,-92.15 Latitude: 36.91 Longitude: -92.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 309 23.4 20.1 81 3.4 21.1 181 7 299.1 301.9 295.3 344.0 15.39 2 950 499 21.4 19.2 87 2.3 19.9 184 14 298.9 301.6 294.8 342.2 14.87 3 900 967 18.7 16.4 87 2.3 17.2 203 25 300.8 303.2 294.2 339.5 13.19 4 850 1455 15.0 13.5 91 1.5 14.0 221 25 301.8 303.9 293.3 335.8 11.49 5 800 1967 11.6 11.6 100 0.0 11.6 213 21 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.7 10.79 6 750 2504 8.9 2.9 66 6.0 5.6 215 25 306.2 307.4 290.3 325.3 6.28 7 700 3073 6.6 -4.9 44 11.5 1.1 223 32 309.8 310.5 289.3 321.8 3.80 8 650 3677 3.2 -1.1 73 4.3 1.0 225 40 312.5 313.6 291.6 329.6 5.42 9 600 4322 -1.1 -4.6 77 3.5 -2.8 227 45 314.8 315.7 291.5 329.2 4.52 10 550 5009 -6.3 -8.9 82 2.6 -7.4 225 51 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.2 3.56 11 500 5747 -11.8 -14.1 83 2.3 -12.6 224 55 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.2 2.58 12 450 6547 -16.0 -30.2 28 14.2 -19.1 230 52 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.6 0.69 13 400 7423 -22.2 -39.8 19 17.6 -24.7 237 56 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.30 14 350 8389 -30.2 -40.3 37 10.1 -31.4 234 65 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.33 15 300 9469 -37.5 -42.5 60 4.9 -38.0 239 66 332.5 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.30 16 250 10702 -47.0 -50.4 68 3.4 -47.1 247 59 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.15 17 200 12146 -55.7 -69.6 16 13.9 -55.9 248 68 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13969 -58.5 -85.7 2 27.2 -58.8 249 60 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16464 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 256 41 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.69 m Freezing level: 613.11 mb = 4152.64 m = 13623.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.24 mb = 3837.03 m = 12588.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.79 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.24 mb = 736.78 m = 2417.24 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.23 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1226.71 m = 4024.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.68 C = 78.23 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 25.28 C K Index: 28.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1276.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.64 mb = 1065.83 m = 3496.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.64 mb = 1408.88 m = 4622.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.64 mb = 11394.36 m = 37382.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1274.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.64 mb = 14634.30 m = 48012.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.6 neg: -16.6 tot: 177.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 15.29 Bulk Shear: 83.48 m/s