MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-98.5 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 52 SFC 971 309 22.8 16.9 69 6.0 18.8 189 11 298.5 300.8 293.0 335.0 12.54 2 950 498 23.5 16.2 64 7.3 18.6 197 29 301.1 303.3 293.6 337.3 12.32 3 900 971 23.1 13.4 54 9.7 16.7 217 41 305.3 307.3 293.7 337.7 10.81 4 850 1468 19.9 14.0 69 5.9 16.0 234 33 307.0 309.2 295.0 342.9 11.92 5 800 1988 16.9 11.2 69 5.6 13.2 240 20 309.1 311.1 294.6 341.1 10.52 6 750 2536 13.9 5.6 57 8.3 8.9 236 20 311.6 313.1 293.1 335.2 7.63 7 700 3114 8.9 4.8 76 4.1 6.5 234 24 312.3 313.8 293.4 336.3 7.73 8 650 3721 3.2 1.8 91 1.4 2.5 233 26 312.6 313.9 292.7 333.6 6.74 9 600 4367 0.1 -12.1 40 12.1 -4.8 232 29 316.2 316.7 290.1 324.5 2.53 10 550 5057 -5.1 -20.2 29 15.1 -9.9 233 31 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.7 1.39 11 500 5798 -9.3 -34.6 11 25.3 -14.7 237 35 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.1 0.41 12 450 6606 -13.0 -42.3 7 29.4 -17.9 242 42 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.20 13 400 7493 -19.2 -44.4 9 25.2 -22.8 243 46 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.18 14 350 8469 -27.2 -51.2 8 23.9 -29.5 250 52 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.10 15 300 9559 -36.0 -50.6 21 14.5 -37.1 252 62 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.12 16 250 10797 -45.8 -55.3 34 9.4 -46.3 257 68 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.09 17 200 12255 -52.7 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.1 251 78 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14066 -63.5 -80.0 9 16.5 -63.6 246 68 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16509 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.6 253 34 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.20 m Freezing level: 599.52 mb = 4373.38 m = 14348.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.07 mb = 3934.23 m = 12907.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.47 C = 90.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.36 mb = 1074.75 m = 3526.05 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 7.72 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.36 mb = 2850.52 m = 9351.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.22 C = 97.20 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 39.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 217.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 276.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.90 mb = 1819.23 m = 5968.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.90 mb = 3585.03 m = 11761.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.90 mb = 10251.79 m = 33634.07 ft B at Equ Level: 217.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.90 mb = 12225.92 m = 40110.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.6 neg: -24.5 tot: 245.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 8.07 Bulk Shear: 27.03 m/s