MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.69,-93.65 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -93.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 961 381 20.8 20.1 96 0.6 20.4 91 6 297.3 300.1 294.9 342.5 15.64 2 950 482 20.1 19.7 98 0.3 19.9 92 8 297.6 300.3 294.8 342.2 15.43 3 900 948 17.7 17.3 98 0.4 17.4 179 21 299.7 302.2 294.4 340.4 13.93 4 850 1436 15.0 14.5 97 0.5 14.7 211 39 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.2 12.31 5 800 1948 12.3 11.0 92 1.2 11.5 213 38 304.2 306.1 293.1 335.2 10.37 6 750 2487 8.7 6.9 88 1.8 7.6 210 36 306.1 307.6 292.0 331.2 8.34 7 700 3055 5.5 4.9 96 0.6 5.1 213 40 308.5 310.0 292.3 332.3 7.77 8 650 3658 3.0 -0.1 80 3.0 1.4 217 50 312.4 313.5 291.9 330.7 5.87 9 600 4302 -1.0 -6.3 67 5.3 -3.5 223 62 314.9 315.7 291.0 327.6 3.96 10 550 4991 -5.7 -10.6 68 4.9 -7.7 225 67 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.5 3.10 11 500 5730 -11.3 -15.1 73 3.8 -12.6 227 65 319.3 319.7 290.9 327.1 2.36 12 450 6531 -15.9 -18.5 81 2.5 -16.7 227 63 323.2 323.6 291.7 330.0 1.98 13 400 7409 -21.5 -29.5 48 8.0 -23.2 229 73 327.1 327.2 291.7 330.0 0.83 14 350 8379 -28.4 -31.4 75 3.1 -28.9 237 65 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.4 0.79 15 300 9465 -37.1 -40.6 70 3.5 -37.5 236 57 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.37 16 250 10700 -46.3 -49.8 68 3.4 -46.5 241 46 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.16 17 200 12144 -56.5 -65.1 33 8.6 -56.7 246 59 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 13959 -58.7 -83.5 3 24.8 -58.9 250 73 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16467 -68.1 -87.0 5 18.9 -68.2 262 36 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.96 m Freezing level: 612.87 mb = 4136.42 m = 13570.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.94 mb = 3834.06 m = 12578.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.88 mb = 455.59 m = 1494.71 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 11.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.02 mb = 957.30 m = 3140.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.22 C = 73.80 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 25.79 C K Index: 40.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1142.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.62 mb = 894.37 m = 2934.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.62 mb = 1133.81 m = 3719.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.62 mb = 11509.42 m = 37760.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1139.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.62 mb = 14358.15 m = 47106.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 47.6 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 499.9 neg: -20.6 tot: 479.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.12 Bulk Rich Number: 3.90 Bulk Shear: 292.90 m/s