MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.58,-99.43 Latitude: 35.58 Longitude: -99.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 489 SFC 942 564 18.4 17.9 97 0.5 18.1 27 2 296.6 299.1 293.4 336.4 13.81 3 900 956 19.8 15.3 75 4.5 16.8 199 22 301.9 304.1 293.8 338.0 12.23 4 850 1450 19.3 16.3 83 3.0 17.2 215 37 306.4 309.0 296.2 348.1 13.88 5 800 1970 15.8 12.3 80 3.5 13.5 228 36 307.9 310.1 294.8 342.1 11.29 6 750 2514 11.0 7.1 76 4.0 8.6 234 32 308.6 310.1 292.9 334.3 8.44 7 700 3086 7.8 0.7 61 7.1 4.0 236 32 311.2 312.3 291.5 329.2 5.78 8 650 3694 4.1 -8.0 41 12.2 -1.3 241 37 313.7 314.3 290.0 324.0 3.21 9 600 4339 -0.1 -22.8 16 22.7 -7.2 243 39 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.5 1.02 10 550 5029 -4.4 -31.6 10 27.2 -11.0 243 43 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.6 0.49 11 500 5772 -8.9 -39.9 6 31.1 -14.7 237 42 322.2 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.24 12 450 6580 -13.8 -39.5 9 25.7 -18.3 238 47 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.28 13 400 7462 -20.7 -39.6 17 18.9 -23.6 240 50 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.31 14 350 8432 -28.7 -49.0 12 20.2 -30.6 244 56 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.13 15 300 9515 -37.5 -48.7 30 11.1 -38.4 247 69 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.15 16 250 10745 -47.5 -53.0 54 5.4 -47.8 254 82 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.11 17 200 12193 -53.9 -69.6 13 15.7 -54.2 254 89 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14015 -60.4 -82.5 4 22.1 -60.6 247 72 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16483 -69.9 -87.1 6 17.2 -70.0 260 41 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.47 m Freezing level: 601.29 mb = 4322.09 m = 14179.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.45 mb = 3538.30 m = 11608.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.08 mb = 625.37 m = 2051.71 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 28.60 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2151.20 m = 7057.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 25.21 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 940.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.11 mb = 1449.38 m = 4755.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.11 mb = 2909.31 m = 9544.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.11 mb = 11425.59 m = 37485.07 ft B at Equ Level: 936.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.11 mb = 14216.97 m = 46643.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 457.2 neg: -1.8 tot: 455.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.57 Bulk Rich Number: 10.60 Bulk Shear: 88.75 m/s