MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.59,-92.74 Latitude: 36.59 Longitude: -92.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 976 278 24.5 20.4 78 4.1 21.6 172 6 299.8 302.6 295.6 345.4 15.61 2 950 511 22.0 19.1 84 2.8 20.0 183 9 299.5 302.2 295.0 342.8 14.84 3 900 979 18.1 17.9 98 0.3 17.9 200 15 300.2 302.8 294.9 342.5 14.44 4 850 1468 15.1 15.1 100 -0.0 15.1 228 19 301.9 304.3 294.3 339.7 12.80 5 800 1981 12.2 10.5 89 1.7 11.2 215 13 304.1 306.0 292.8 334.0 10.02 6 750 2519 8.2 6.1 86 2.2 7.0 201 15 305.5 307.0 291.5 329.3 7.89 7 700 3086 6.4 -2.9 51 9.4 1.8 196 22 309.6 310.4 289.8 323.4 4.40 8 650 3691 2.8 -2.6 67 5.5 0.1 200 31 312.2 313.1 291.0 327.5 4.86 9 600 4334 -1.7 -6.0 72 4.4 -3.7 213 40 314.2 315.0 290.9 327.2 4.06 10 550 5020 -6.6 -9.8 78 3.2 -7.9 219 44 316.2 316.8 290.8 326.9 3.31 11 500 5758 -11.1 -13.0 86 1.9 -11.8 224 47 319.5 320.1 291.4 328.8 2.81 12 450 6559 -16.1 -27.1 38 11.0 -18.7 231 47 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.2 0.92 13 400 7435 -21.8 -40.9 16 19.2 -24.5 234 51 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.27 14 350 8403 -28.7 -52.7 8 23.9 -30.7 228 65 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 15 300 9485 -37.8 -43.4 56 5.6 -38.4 233 76 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.27 16 250 10718 -47.0 -50.6 67 3.6 -47.2 239 70 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.15 17 200 12165 -53.7 -74.0 7 20.2 -54.1 238 73 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 13987 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 240 72 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16471 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.5 253 44 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.73 m Freezing level: 618.38 mb = 4097.46 m = 13442.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.20 mb = 3713.05 m = 12181.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.72 C = 81.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.61 mb = 802.11 m = 2631.57 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 22.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.24 mb = 995.94 m = 3267.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.02 C = 77.03 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 26.16 C K Index: 31.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1605.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.26 mb = 957.53 m = 3141.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.26 mb = 1101.08 m = 3612.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.26 mb = 11627.96 m = 38149.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1596.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.26 mb = 14993.78 m = 49191.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.6 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 243.6 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.6 neg: -8.7 tot: 91.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 28.28 Bulk Shear: 56.79 m/s