MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 55 SFC 971 309 21.4 16.8 75 4.6 18.3 187 13 297.0 299.3 292.6 333.2 12.49 2 950 499 21.1 16.4 74 4.7 17.9 198 25 298.6 300.8 293.0 334.7 12.41 3 900 969 22.7 11.7 50 10.9 15.6 239 41 304.9 306.7 292.7 333.8 9.66 4 850 1464 19.7 7.9 46 11.8 12.5 254 29 306.8 308.3 291.9 330.8 7.91 5 800 1984 16.8 10.5 66 6.4 12.7 246 20 309.1 311.0 294.2 339.5 9.99 6 750 2531 13.1 6.5 64 6.5 9.1 233 17 310.7 312.3 293.3 335.8 8.12 7 700 3107 8.4 4.3 76 4.1 6.0 225 20 311.7 313.2 293.0 334.9 7.47 8 650 3714 3.1 2.5 96 0.6 2.7 221 24 312.4 313.8 292.9 334.4 7.07 9 600 4358 -0.8 -3.2 84 2.4 -2.0 218 28 315.2 316.1 292.0 331.1 5.02 10 550 5048 -5.7 -15.2 47 9.5 -9.2 224 33 317.3 317.7 290.1 324.4 2.13 11 500 5785 -11.5 -18.0 59 6.5 -13.6 223 39 319.0 319.4 290.3 325.3 1.86 12 450 6588 -14.7 -37.9 12 23.2 -18.8 232 47 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.0 0.33 13 400 7469 -20.4 -43.4 11 23.0 -23.6 234 55 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.21 14 350 8443 -27.6 -51.5 8 23.9 -29.8 240 63 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.09 15 300 9532 -36.4 -49.1 26 12.7 -37.3 241 70 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.15 16 250 10767 -46.7 -54.2 42 7.5 -47.0 245 74 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 17 200 12222 -52.7 -70.6 10 17.9 -53.0 246 87 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14039 -61.5 -79.6 7 18.1 -61.6 244 70 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16502 -70.3 -86.7 7 16.4 -70.4 260 38 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.41 m Freezing level: 610.74 mb = 4220.01 m = 13845.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.40 mb = 4076.25 m = 13373.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.39 C = 90.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.35 mb = 898.41 m = 2947.49 ft T: 22.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 15.17 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.82 mb = 2920.46 m = 9581.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.67 C = 96.21 F Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 35.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 363.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.43 mb = 1809.66 m = 5937.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.43 mb = 4472.39 m = 14673.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 441.43 mb = 6731.95 m = 22086.18 ft B at Equ Level: 111.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 281.43 mb = 9964.79 m = 32692.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.8 neg: -12.0 tot: 254.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 9.36 Bulk Shear: 12.00 m/s