MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 34.00,-94.78 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -94.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 995 130 29.2 16.2 45 13.0 20.3 174 8 302.8 304.9 293.7 337.4 11.69 2 950 534 24.5 15.2 56 9.3 18.3 177 10 302.1 304.2 293.3 336.1 11.51 3 900 1004 19.9 14.3 70 5.6 16.3 180 11 302.1 304.2 293.3 336.0 11.48 4 850 1493 15.1 13.4 89 1.8 14.0 182 11 302.0 304.1 293.3 335.7 11.41 5 800 2005 12.3 11.1 92 1.2 11.5 210 17 304.3 306.2 293.2 335.3 10.41 6 750 2545 12.3 -12.1 17 24.4 2.1 217 16 309.9 310.3 287.6 316.4 2.01 7 700 3120 10.2 -5.7 32 15.8 2.5 233 16 313.7 314.4 290.3 325.2 3.58 8 650 3733 6.3 -2.5 53 8.9 1.8 241 18 316.1 317.1 292.2 331.7 4.89 9 600 4383 1.5 -5.8 58 7.3 -2.0 247 19 317.8 318.6 292.0 331.1 4.12 10 550 5077 -4.0 -11.7 55 7.6 -7.1 254 21 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.7 2.84 11 500 5821 -9.3 -19.0 45 9.8 -12.4 271 20 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.5 1.70 12 450 6627 -14.7 -22.3 52 7.6 -16.9 271 22 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.7 1.42 13 400 7507 -21.0 -29.1 48 8.2 -22.7 256 28 327.8 327.9 291.9 330.9 0.86 14 350 8478 -28.5 -37.5 42 9.0 -29.7 246 32 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.0 0.43 15 300 9568 -35.2 -61.8 5 26.5 -36.6 256 38 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 16 250 10813 -44.3 -60.7 15 16.3 -45.0 254 40 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12280 -51.7 -73.6 6 21.8 -52.1 249 50 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14098 -62.7 -83.0 5 20.4 -62.8 259 48 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16533 -72.8 -85.8 12 13.0 -72.9 250 32 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.32 m Freezing level: 586.82 mb = 4566.04 m = 14980.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4029.74 m = 13220.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.06 mb = 1765.20 m = 5791.28 ft T: 13.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 20.98 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.81 mb = 1923.04 m = 6309.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.27 C = 86.49 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.63 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 21.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 164.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.31 mb = 1721.74 m = 5648.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 552.31 mb = 5043.48 m = 16546.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.31 mb = 9283.70 m = 30457.98 ft B at Equ Level: 160.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.31 mb = 11018.10 m = 36148.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 57.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 6.62 Bulk Shear: 24.85 m/s