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 the city database file for: KSPS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: KSPS Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 971 309 23.2 17.3 69 5.9 19.2 178 11 298.9 301.2 293.4 336.5 12.91 2 950 501 24.4 16.4 61 8.0 19.0 187 31 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.8 12.48 3 900 974 22.4 15.7 66 6.7 17.8 203 39 304.6 306.9 294.8 342.1 12.55 4 850 1470 19.7 13.2 66 6.5 15.4 222 29 306.8 308.9 294.5 340.7 11.27 5 800 1990 16.9 9.9 63 7.0 12.4 231 21 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.5 9.63 6 750 2538 14.3 4.4 51 9.9 8.5 239 18 312.1 313.5 292.8 334.0 7.03 7 700 3116 9.3 3.3 66 6.0 5.8 241 23 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.4 6.93 8 650 3725 3.8 0.5 79 3.3 2.0 241 24 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.5 6.12 9 600 4370 -0.3 -5.5 68 5.3 -2.8 236 27 315.8 316.6 291.5 329.3 4.22 10 550 5061 -4.8 -21.2 26 16.5 -9.9 239 30 318.4 318.7 289.6 322.8 1.28 11 500 5802 -9.6 -32.7 13 23.0 -14.7 239 33 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.0 0.49 12 450 6609 -13.6 -43.9 6 30.3 -18.4 245 39 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.17 13 400 7494 -19.3 -45.6 8 26.3 -22.9 243 43 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 14 350 8469 -27.3 -49.8 10 22.4 -29.5 250 50 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.12 15 300 9559 -36.2 -51.6 19 15.4 -37.3 254 59 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.11 16 250 10796 -45.8 -55.3 34 9.4 -46.3 262 68 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.08 17 200 12255 -52.5 -71.4 9 18.8 -52.9 256 74 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14071 -63.1 -81.1 7 18.0 -63.2 243 66 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16506 -72.0 -86.4 10 14.4 -72.1 247 35 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.05 m Freezing level: 603.46 mb = 4325.65 m = 14191.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.89 mb = 3991.02 m = 13093.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.48 % Est. max temperature: 32.41 C = 90.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.08 mb = 1070.35 m = 3511.59 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 8.09 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.88 mb = 2765.97 m = 9074.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.63 C = 97.94 F Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 583.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.06 mb = 1683.70 m = 5523.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.06 mb = 3548.81 m = 11642.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.06 mb = 11226.80 m = 36832.88 ft B at Equ Level: 568.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.06 mb = 13505.46 m = 44308.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.8 neg: -21.3 tot: 235.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 12.12 Bulk Shear: 48.13 m/s