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: 38.57,-90.47 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -90.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 989 159 25.3 17.2 61 8.1 19.8 198 10 299.4 301.7 293.4 336.2 12.58 2 950 507 20.8 16.5 76 4.3 17.9 202 14 298.3 300.6 293.0 334.8 12.54 3 900 972 17.0 16.1 94 0.9 16.4 232 22 299.0 301.3 293.4 336.5 12.86 4 850 1460 15.7 13.2 86 2.4 14.1 227 24 302.5 304.6 293.3 336.1 11.32 5 800 1973 12.7 7.8 72 5.0 9.7 218 25 304.7 306.3 291.6 329.7 8.31 6 750 2512 9.2 6.0 80 3.2 7.3 229 29 306.5 308.0 291.8 330.3 7.83 7 700 3081 5.3 3.6 89 1.7 4.3 233 31 308.3 309.7 291.7 330.0 7.09 8 650 3682 1.0 0.6 97 0.4 0.8 239 33 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.2 6.15 9 600 4321 -2.8 -3.8 93 1.0 -3.3 241 37 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.1 4.82 10 550 5006 -7.2 -11.1 74 3.9 -8.7 237 41 315.6 316.2 290.3 325.3 2.98 11 500 5741 -12.4 -17.8 64 5.4 -14.2 235 44 317.9 318.2 290.0 324.2 1.88 12 450 6539 -17.7 -20.2 81 2.5 -18.4 238 42 321.0 321.3 290.8 326.8 1.70 13 400 7410 -23.4 -26.2 77 2.9 -24.0 235 44 324.6 324.9 291.3 328.6 1.13 14 350 8370 -31.1 -35.6 64 4.5 -31.7 226 55 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.7 0.53 15 300 9446 -38.8 -41.8 73 3.0 -39.1 234 62 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.32 16 250 10672 -48.1 -51.5 68 3.4 -48.2 234 62 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 17 200 12116 -54.5 -59.3 55 4.9 -54.6 244 69 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 13949 -58.0 -84.5 2 26.5 -58.3 241 66 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16447 -66.3 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 250 34 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.53 m Freezing level: 636.48 mb = 3854.74 m = 12646.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.34 mb = 3801.45 m = 12471.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.89 C = 84.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.10 mb = 1182.53 m = 3879.65 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.76 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.25 mb = 1648.56 m = 5408.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.22 C = 84.59 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C K Index: 39.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 823.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.07 mb = 1095.82 m = 3595.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.07 mb = 2599.37 m = 8528.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.07 mb = 10880.26 m = 35695.97 ft B at Equ Level: 813.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.07 mb = 13455.99 m = 44146.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 107.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 14.39 Bulk Shear: 57.25 m/s