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: 36.05,-95.81 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -95.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 983 213 19.1 18.4 95 0.8 18.7 154 8 293.8 296.2 292.4 332.7 13.64 2 950 505 20.2 18.9 92 1.3 19.3 197 25 297.7 300.4 294.3 340.1 14.62 3 900 973 20.4 15.0 71 5.4 16.8 228 31 302.5 304.7 293.8 337.9 11.98 4 850 1465 17.7 13.5 77 4.1 14.9 248 33 304.6 306.8 294.1 339.1 11.54 5 800 1981 13.9 13.0 95 0.8 13.3 256 31 305.9 308.1 294.7 341.5 11.87 6 750 2525 11.5 7.7 77 3.8 9.2 240 27 309.1 310.8 293.3 336.1 8.85 7 700 3098 7.3 5.3 87 2.0 6.1 235 33 310.5 312.0 293.1 335.1 7.99 8 650 3703 2.2 -0.0 85 2.2 1.0 232 37 311.4 312.5 291.6 329.8 5.88 9 600 4345 -1.0 -8.5 57 7.4 -4.3 237 40 314.9 315.6 290.5 325.8 3.36 10 550 5033 -6.1 -20.0 32 13.9 -10.5 236 44 316.9 317.1 289.2 321.6 1.42 11 500 5770 -11.3 -21.8 41 10.5 -14.3 233 44 319.3 319.6 289.9 323.9 1.34 12 450 6571 -15.5 -40.3 10 24.9 -19.6 241 47 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.25 13 400 7451 -21.0 -46.1 9 25.1 -24.1 240 53 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.4 0.15 14 350 8420 -28.9 -46.6 17 17.7 -30.7 239 58 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.17 15 300 9504 -37.1 -48.9 28 11.7 -38.0 245 69 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.15 16 250 10737 -47.3 -51.5 62 4.2 -47.5 248 77 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.13 17 200 12186 -53.1 -70.0 11 16.9 -53.4 251 90 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 14009 -61.1 -82.5 4 21.3 -61.3 253 73 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16485 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 256 36 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.68 m Freezing level: 616.04 mb = 4138.73 m = 13578.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.37 mb = 3822.33 m = 12540.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.60 mb = 310.88 m = 1019.92 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 19.90 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.43 mb = 1818.68 m = 5966.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.54 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 40.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 699.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.50 mb = 1044.91 m = 3428.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.50 mb = 3244.82 m = 10645.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.50 mb = 11069.77 m = 36317.69 ft B at Equ Level: 689.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.50 mb = 13309.73 m = 43666.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 295.0 neg: -14.6 tot: 280.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 9.66 Bulk Shear: 72.40 m/s