MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 5Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.93,-94.39 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -94.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 973 283 21.2 17.1 77 4.1 18.4 209 9 296.6 298.9 292.6 333.2 12.67 2 950 490 20.3 16.3 78 4.0 17.7 212 23 297.8 300.1 292.7 333.8 12.39 3 900 957 18.8 14.2 74 4.7 15.8 221 41 300.9 303.0 292.9 334.3 11.36 4 850 1445 14.8 14.6 99 0.2 14.7 229 41 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.2 12.40 5 800 1957 11.8 11.8 100 -0.0 11.8 235 36 303.7 305.7 293.4 336.2 10.92 6 750 2495 8.9 8.9 100 0.0 8.9 238 33 306.2 308.0 293.1 335.1 9.57 7 700 3067 7.0 6.6 97 0.4 6.7 241 29 310.2 311.9 293.6 337.0 8.75 8 650 3674 4.4 4.4 99 0.1 4.4 244 32 314.0 315.5 294.1 339.2 8.08 9 600 4319 -1.8 -4.8 80 3.1 -3.2 244 35 314.1 314.9 291.2 328.2 4.45 10 550 5005 -6.5 -12.3 63 5.9 -8.7 244 41 316.4 316.9 290.3 325.3 2.70 11 500 5744 -11.0 -20.3 46 9.4 -13.8 239 45 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.8 1.52 12 450 6544 -16.5 -22.4 60 5.9 -18.1 240 49 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.3 1.40 13 400 7419 -22.3 -27.5 63 5.2 -23.4 242 52 326.0 326.2 291.6 329.6 1.00 14 350 8386 -29.3 -36.1 52 6.8 -30.3 241 56 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.1 0.50 15 300 9467 -38.4 -58.0 11 19.6 -39.4 243 65 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.05 16 250 10690 -49.1 -57.5 37 8.4 -49.4 239 65 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.06 17 200 12130 -53.6 -72.1 9 18.5 -53.9 242 68 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13964 -58.4 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.6 248 64 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16452 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 249 40 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.14 m Freezing level: 614.37 mb = 4134.11 m = 13563.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.14 mb = 4040.50 m = 13256.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.75 mb = 807.22 m = 2648.32 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 3.15 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.23 mb = 1623.75 m = 5327.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 25.58 C K Index: 39.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 341.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.60 mb = 1260.35 m = 4134.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.60 mb = 4138.85 m = 13578.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.60 mb = 10857.49 m = 35621.24 ft B at Equ Level: 332.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.60 mb = 12337.74 m = 40477.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.6 neg: -20.4 tot: 220.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 8.46 Bulk Shear: 40.34 m/s