MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 56 SFC 971 309 21.2 17.2 78 4.0 18.5 191 12 296.9 299.2 292.7 333.9 12.82 2 950 500 20.7 16.7 78 4.0 18.0 199 25 298.2 300.5 293.1 335.1 12.68 3 900 969 21.7 14.0 62 7.7 16.6 243 36 303.9 306.0 293.7 337.4 11.25 4 850 1463 20.5 0.6 26 19.9 9.7 268 17 307.6 308.5 289.4 322.1 4.69 5 800 1983 16.6 11.4 71 5.3 13.2 247 17 308.9 310.9 294.6 341.2 10.63 6 750 2529 12.6 6.8 68 5.8 9.1 229 16 310.3 311.9 293.3 335.8 8.31 7 700 3104 8.0 4.3 78 3.7 5.9 216 22 311.4 312.8 292.9 334.5 7.48 8 650 3711 3.2 1.5 88 1.7 2.2 213 26 312.6 313.8 292.6 333.1 6.57 9 600 4355 -0.8 -5.8 69 5.0 -3.1 214 30 315.2 316.0 291.3 328.5 4.15 10 550 5044 -5.8 -14.1 52 8.3 -8.9 222 33 317.2 317.6 290.2 324.9 2.33 11 500 5782 -11.5 -18.6 56 7.1 -13.7 221 39 319.0 319.3 290.2 324.9 1.76 12 450 6584 -15.1 -35.5 16 20.4 -19.0 229 49 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.8 0.41 13 400 7464 -20.8 -44.0 11 23.2 -23.9 232 57 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.8 0.19 14 350 8436 -27.8 -50.1 10 22.4 -29.9 236 66 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.11 15 300 9525 -36.4 -48.3 28 12.0 -37.3 238 74 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.16 16 250 10761 -46.3 -55.1 36 8.8 -46.7 242 79 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.09 17 200 12221 -51.6 -73.5 6 21.9 -52.0 245 89 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14043 -61.7 -79.8 7 18.1 -61.9 245 72 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16504 -70.2 -87.3 6 17.1 -70.3 263 39 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.12 m Freezing level: 609.82 mb = 4228.64 m = 13873.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.94 mb = 3976.09 m = 13044.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.17 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.23 mb = 823.23 m = 2700.87 ft T: 21.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 16.35 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.27 mb = 2751.39 m = 9026.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.98 C = 94.97 F Cap Strength: 6.22 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.99 C Cross Totals Index: 12.09 C K Index: 28.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 78.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 174.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 339.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.21 mb = 1654.68 m = 5428.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.21 mb = 4140.57 m = 13584.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 366.21 mb = 8106.23 m = 26594.92 ft B at Equ Level: 174.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.21 mb = 11131.71 m = 36520.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 233.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 27.81 Bulk Shear: 6.29 m/s