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: 36.39,-92.91 Latitude: 36.39 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 974 264 23.1 17.5 70 5.7 19.3 191 14 298.5 300.8 293.4 336.3 12.99 2 950 484 21.3 16.9 76 4.5 18.3 195 27 298.8 301.2 293.4 336.2 12.83 3 900 950 17.0 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 201 35 299.0 301.3 293.3 335.9 12.67 4 850 1437 14.6 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 219 50 301.4 303.6 293.5 336.7 11.96 5 800 1948 12.3 11.7 96 0.6 11.9 220 42 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.6 10.86 6 750 2487 9.1 7.9 92 1.2 8.4 218 40 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.5 8.96 7 700 3058 6.9 6.6 98 0.3 6.7 216 43 310.2 311.8 293.6 337.0 8.77 8 650 3662 2.2 -0.9 80 3.1 0.6 219 52 311.5 312.5 291.3 328.7 5.51 9 600 4305 -1.5 -5.2 76 3.7 -3.3 222 59 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.2 4.33 10 550 4991 -6.8 -7.6 95 0.7 -7.2 222 68 316.0 316.7 291.3 328.6 3.94 11 500 5729 -11.0 -12.4 89 1.4 -11.5 226 70 319.6 320.2 291.5 329.4 2.95 12 450 6530 -16.1 -36.1 16 20.0 -19.7 226 68 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.4 0.39 13 400 7406 -21.8 -40.3 17 18.5 -24.5 228 64 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.28 14 350 8375 -28.2 -32.0 70 3.7 -28.9 237 47 330.7 330.8 292.6 333.4 0.75 15 300 9463 -36.8 -39.8 74 2.9 -37.2 240 40 333.4 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.40 16 250 10697 -46.8 -50.2 68 3.4 -47.0 249 57 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.15 17 200 12148 -52.3 -56.7 58 4.5 -52.4 250 58 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.4 0.09 18 150 13981 -60.8 -85.0 3 24.2 -61.0 258 62 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16474 -68.3 -86.7 5 18.4 -68.4 253 40 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.16 m Freezing level: 620.23 mb = 4044.52 m = 13269.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.17 mb = 3759.12 m = 12332.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.45 C = 81.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.66 mb = 981.72 m = 3220.83 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 3.18 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.67 mb = 1300.84 m = 4267.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.39 C = 77.70 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 39.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 420.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.39 mb = 1089.43 m = 3574.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.39 mb = 2372.09 m = 7782.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.39 mb = 2706.11 m = 8878.21 ft B at Equ Level: 4.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.39 mb = 12461.77 m = 40884.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 51.3 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 38.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.0 neg: -49.0 tot: 301.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 3.59 Bulk Shear: 117.22 m/s