MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.64,-91.81 Latitude: 35.64 Longitude: -91.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 976 271 22.1 18.1 78 4.0 19.4 206 10 297.3 299.7 293.4 336.3 13.48 2 950 507 20.4 17.3 82 3.1 18.4 211 24 297.9 300.3 293.4 336.3 13.22 3 900 972 17.0 15.4 90 1.6 15.9 214 35 299.0 301.3 293.0 334.9 12.29 4 850 1458 14.2 14.0 99 0.2 14.1 232 32 301.0 303.2 293.3 336.1 11.91 5 800 1968 11.3 10.8 97 0.5 11.0 240 40 303.2 305.1 292.7 333.6 10.23 6 750 2506 8.3 8.3 100 0.0 8.3 239 40 305.6 307.3 292.6 333.3 9.19 7 700 3074 6.3 3.9 85 2.4 4.9 233 45 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.7 7.24 8 650 3680 2.8 0.6 86 2.2 1.7 223 47 312.1 313.3 292.1 331.4 6.17 9 600 4323 -1.4 -5.9 71 4.5 -3.5 218 53 314.5 315.3 291.0 327.6 4.10 10 550 5011 -6.3 -7.2 93 1.0 -6.7 218 57 316.7 317.4 291.6 329.7 4.04 11 500 5749 -11.1 -15.4 71 4.3 -12.6 226 54 319.5 319.9 290.9 327.2 2.31 12 450 6550 -16.3 -23.8 52 7.5 -18.2 226 55 322.8 323.0 290.9 327.1 1.24 13 400 7426 -21.7 -27.0 62 5.3 -22.9 229 59 326.7 326.9 291.8 330.4 1.04 14 350 8398 -28.1 -31.3 74 3.2 -28.7 240 67 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.80 15 300 9484 -37.1 -40.3 72 3.2 -37.5 235 70 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.38 16 250 10720 -45.0 -49.7 59 4.7 -45.3 248 61 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.16 17 200 12190 -50.7 -76.1 3 25.4 -51.1 242 61 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14011 -62.2 -79.4 8 17.2 -62.3 257 58 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16489 -68.2 -87.0 5 18.8 -68.4 264 37 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.48 m Freezing level: 616.40 mb = 4112.18 m = 13491.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.90 mb = 3881.40 m = 12734.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.36 mb = 779.73 m = 2558.12 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 8.43 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.46 mb = 1236.46 m = 4056.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 368.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.12 mb = 1037.55 m = 3403.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.12 mb = 1677.70 m = 5504.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.12 mb = 9758.12 m = 32014.45 ft B at Equ Level: 365.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.12 mb = 11928.07 m = 39133.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 44.6 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 33.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.6 neg: -9.7 tot: 175.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 4.94 Bulk Shear: 74.71 m/s