MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.91,-92.77 Latitude: 34.91 Longitude: -92.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 985 198 24.8 18.3 67 6.5 20.3 201 11 299.3 301.7 294.0 338.7 13.53 2 950 511 21.5 17.3 77 4.2 18.7 204 22 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.5 13.18 3 900 978 17.1 16.2 94 0.9 16.5 215 27 299.1 301.5 293.6 336.9 12.96 4 850 1464 14.7 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 232 37 301.6 303.8 293.8 337.9 12.33 5 800 1976 11.6 11.6 100 0.0 11.6 239 33 303.6 305.5 293.2 335.7 10.81 6 750 2515 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.2 230 33 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.0 9.66 7 700 3087 7.8 6.4 91 1.3 6.9 230 38 311.1 312.7 293.7 337.8 8.67 8 650 3694 4.0 -3.5 58 7.5 0.3 222 44 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.0 4.56 9 600 4341 -0.7 -3.5 82 2.7 -2.1 224 47 315.3 316.2 292.0 331.0 4.94 10 550 5030 -6.2 -6.6 97 0.4 -6.4 223 50 316.7 317.5 291.8 330.3 4.24 11 500 5768 -10.8 -10.9 100 0.1 -10.9 223 49 319.8 320.5 291.9 330.8 3.33 12 450 6569 -16.1 -20.6 68 4.5 -17.4 230 59 323.0 323.4 291.3 328.7 1.65 13 400 7447 -21.2 -50.7 5 29.4 -24.5 232 68 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.09 14 350 8416 -28.8 -49.0 12 20.2 -30.7 235 68 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.13 15 300 9501 -36.8 -48.0 31 11.1 -37.7 242 73 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.17 16 250 10739 -44.6 -56.1 27 11.4 -45.2 245 68 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.08 17 200 12210 -51.0 -72.4 6 21.4 -51.4 252 65 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14033 -62.2 -80.3 7 18.2 -62.3 257 60 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16496 -69.0 -87.0 6 18.1 -69.1 261 43 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.92 m Freezing level: 607.77 mb = 4240.16 m = 13911.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.49 mb = 3775.60 m = 12386.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.97 mb = 1025.27 m = 3363.71 ft T: 16.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 2.19 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1206.09 m = 3956.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.80 C = 78.44 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 38.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 512.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.45 mb = 1068.43 m = 3505.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.45 mb = 1711.81 m = 5616.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.45 mb = 2677.11 m = 8783.05 ft B at Equ Level: 11.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 685.45 mb = 3259.25 m = 10692.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.1 neg: -8.6 tot: 163.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 7.52 Bulk Shear: 68.15 m/s