MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.02,-95.83 Latitude: 36.02 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 985 201 21.7 20.6 93 1.1 20.9 161 6 296.1 299.0 294.6 341.3 15.68 2 950 513 19.5 19.6 100 -0.0 19.6 191 19 297.0 299.8 294.6 341.1 15.24 3 900 978 17.4 17.4 100 0.0 17.4 222 22 299.5 302.0 294.4 340.4 14.04 4 850 1466 15.4 14.4 94 0.9 14.8 243 20 302.2 304.5 293.9 338.5 12.25 5 800 1979 13.3 7.1 66 6.2 9.6 243 23 305.3 306.8 291.5 329.2 7.92 6 750 2520 10.1 8.5 90 1.6 9.1 213 20 307.5 309.3 293.3 335.8 9.34 7 700 3091 6.7 2.1 72 4.7 4.2 196 30 309.9 311.1 291.6 329.5 6.35 8 650 3695 2.3 -0.6 81 2.9 0.8 203 37 311.5 312.6 291.5 329.1 5.64 9 600 4336 -2.9 -3.3 97 0.4 -3.1 210 43 312.7 313.7 291.3 328.5 5.01 10 550 5020 -6.9 -10.0 79 3.1 -8.1 219 44 315.9 316.6 290.7 326.5 3.26 11 500 5759 -10.9 -24.2 33 13.3 -14.5 227 46 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.5 1.08 12 450 6560 -15.6 -29.2 30 13.6 -18.7 231 42 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.3 0.76 13 400 7438 -21.7 -32.8 36 11.1 -23.7 230 50 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.0 0.61 14 350 8406 -28.8 -32.2 72 3.4 -29.3 236 45 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.7 0.73 15 300 9491 -37.6 -40.4 75 2.8 -37.9 234 53 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.38 16 250 10721 -47.2 -50.4 70 3.2 -47.3 237 66 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12174 -53.5 -63.5 28 10.0 -53.8 249 73 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.04 18 150 13994 -59.9 -82.7 4 22.9 -60.0 247 77 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16476 -70.1 -86.6 7 16.5 -70.2 251 46 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.11 m Freezing level: 628.15 mb = 3975.29 m = 13042.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.90 mb = 3820.73 m = 12535.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.31 mb = 339.01 m = 1112.22 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 677.15 m = 2221.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.43 C = 74.18 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 36.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1228.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.59 mb = 681.20 m = 2234.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.59 mb = 727.53 m = 2386.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.59 mb = 1600.69 m = 5251.53 ft B at Equ Level: 19.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.59 mb = 14567.01 m = 47791.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.7 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 246.7 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 3.8 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.2 neg: -9.8 tot: 126.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 23.74 Bulk Shear: 51.75 m/s