MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 960 405 21.7 18.4 81 3.3 19.5 215 6 298.4 300.9 294.1 339.1 14.02 2 950 493 23.0 17.1 70 5.9 19.0 226 16 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.8 13.06 3 900 964 20.7 14.5 68 6.2 16.6 225 26 302.8 305.0 293.6 337.2 11.61 4 850 1455 17.2 12.7 75 4.5 14.3 224 29 304.1 306.1 293.5 336.7 10.92 5 800 1970 12.7 11.4 92 1.3 11.9 226 32 304.7 306.7 293.4 336.4 10.61 6 750 2509 9.5 9.2 98 0.2 9.3 220 33 306.9 308.7 293.4 336.5 9.82 7 700 3079 6.4 2.4 76 4.0 4.2 236 31 309.6 310.8 291.6 329.6 6.52 8 650 3684 3.3 -15.6 24 18.9 -3.7 239 40 312.7 313.0 288.2 318.5 1.75 9 600 4326 -1.0 -30.6 9 29.5 -8.5 244 43 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.7 0.50 10 550 5014 -4.7 -33.0 9 28.3 -11.3 247 46 318.5 318.6 288.8 320.1 0.43 11 500 5756 -10.1 -35.4 11 25.3 -15.2 243 47 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.2 0.38 12 450 6559 -15.8 -40.6 10 24.8 -19.8 242 48 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.3 0.25 13 400 7436 -21.4 -46.4 9 25.0 -24.5 242 52 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.15 14 350 8404 -28.8 -50.1 11 21.3 -30.7 247 57 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.11 15 300 9486 -38.4 -48.0 36 9.7 -39.1 249 63 331.3 331.3 292.2 332.0 0.16 16 250 10709 -49.0 -56.0 44 6.9 -49.3 248 66 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.5 0.08 17 200 12153 -52.7 -72.4 8 19.6 -53.1 246 66 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13985 -59.4 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 241 67 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16459 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 245 45 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.48 m Freezing level: 611.91 mb = 4173.22 m = 13691.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.58 mb = 3393.01 m = 11131.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.95 mb = 829.74 m = 2722.22 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 19.86 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.32 mb = 1892.37 m = 6208.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 35.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 689.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.91 mb = 1597.14 m = 5239.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.91 mb = 2388.18 m = 7835.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.91 mb = 11222.62 m = 36819.18 ft B at Equ Level: 675.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.91 mb = 13153.90 m = 43155.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.2 neg: -4.0 tot: 159.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 14.40 Bulk Shear: 47.87 m/s