MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.44,-97.63 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -97.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 191 SFC 974 409 5.5 0.2 68 5.4 3.1 284 6 280.8 281.5 277.6 291.9 3.97 2 950 615 9.9 -4.5 36 14.4 3.8 332 15 287.2 287.7 279.3 295.6 2.87 3 900 1061 6.7 -6.5 38 13.2 1.3 9 19 288.4 288.8 279.6 296.0 2.60 4 850 1528 4.2 -10.8 32 15.1 -1.2 350 27 290.6 290.9 279.8 296.5 1.97 5 800 2020 4.6 -37.1 3 41.7 -4.3 337 33 296.0 296.0 279.8 296.7 0.20 6 750 2544 4.0 -33.1 5 37.1 -4.7 332 50 300.9 300.9 282.1 301.9 0.31 7 700 3102 2.3 -42.5 2 44.9 -6.4 322 51 305.1 305.1 283.6 305.5 0.13 8 650 3697 -0.2 -28.9 9 28.7 -7.5 317 52 308.8 308.9 285.5 310.7 0.54 9 600 4332 -3.6 -16.5 36 12.8 -8.0 318 56 311.9 312.2 288.0 317.7 1.76 10 550 5016 -6.4 -19.0 36 12.6 -10.5 317 65 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.7 1.55 11 500 5755 -9.9 -29.4 19 19.5 -14.6 314 67 320.9 321.1 289.8 323.3 0.67 12 450 6558 -16.3 -33.9 20 17.7 -19.7 314 70 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.48 13 400 7431 -23.1 -38.9 22 15.9 -25.4 314 72 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.3 0.33 14 350 8393 -31.0 -50.4 13 19.4 -32.6 315 73 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.3 0.11 15 300 9467 -39.7 -57.7 13 18.0 -40.6 314 74 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.05 16 250 10685 -49.3 -58.8 32 9.5 -49.6 315 78 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 17 200 12129 -52.8 -70.9 10 18.0 -53.2 321 73 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13961 -58.3 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.6 295 60 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16457 -66.4 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 280 29 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.36 m Freezing level: 653.02 mb = 3660.71 m = 12010.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.75 mb = 1302.88 m = 4274.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.29 % Est. max temperature: 18.00 C = 64.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.62 mb = 1091.97 m = 3582.54 ft T: 6.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.62 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 973.9-272008302207532160516096.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 468.65 mb = 6248.58 m = 20500.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.52 C = 115.74 F Cap Strength: 19.98 C Lifted Index: 22.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.50 C Showalter Index: 21.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.19 C Cross Totals Index: -0.87 C K Index: -41.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16571.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.15 mb = 2456.28 m = 8058.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.5 at 48.0 knts Storm direction: 352.5 at 36.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 6.7 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.3 neg: -99.1 tot: -3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 156.82 m/s