MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.99,-95.02 Latitude: 35.99 Longitude: -95.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 978 266 21.8 20.4 92 1.4 20.8 174 12 296.8 299.6 294.7 341.7 15.57 2 950 518 19.7 19.5 98 0.2 19.6 181 19 297.2 299.9 294.6 341.0 15.16 3 900 983 17.1 16.9 99 0.2 17.0 210 35 299.2 301.6 294.0 338.9 13.61 4 850 1471 16.2 12.8 80 3.4 14.0 238 29 303.1 305.1 293.2 335.7 10.98 5 800 1986 13.3 13.3 100 -0.0 13.3 238 21 305.3 307.6 294.7 341.5 12.10 6 750 2529 10.8 10.7 99 0.1 10.8 238 18 308.3 310.4 294.6 341.3 10.87 7 700 3101 6.8 5.9 94 1.0 6.3 240 23 310.1 311.6 293.2 335.7 8.34 8 650 3705 2.2 0.4 88 1.7 1.2 239 26 311.4 312.5 291.8 330.3 6.07 9 600 4347 -2.6 -5.1 83 2.5 -3.7 246 31 313.1 314.0 290.9 327.0 4.37 10 550 5030 -7.9 -11.7 74 3.8 -9.4 247 34 314.7 315.2 289.9 323.9 2.83 11 500 5765 -12.1 -13.9 86 1.8 -12.8 244 38 318.3 318.8 290.8 326.9 2.61 12 450 6566 -15.8 -17.0 90 1.2 -16.2 232 30 323.4 323.8 292.0 330.9 2.24 13 400 7444 -21.2 -21.9 94 0.7 -21.4 226 30 327.4 327.7 292.6 333.1 1.65 14 350 8416 -27.7 -28.0 97 0.3 -27.8 226 35 331.4 331.6 293.2 335.3 1.09 15 300 9507 -35.4 -37.3 83 1.9 -35.7 226 48 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.4 0.52 16 250 10751 -45.5 -48.6 70 3.2 -45.7 223 70 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.2 0.18 17 200 12197 -55.7 -67.9 20 12.2 -55.9 236 94 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 14009 -60.3 -84.4 3 24.1 -60.5 250 80 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16491 -69.3 -86.5 6 17.2 -69.4 256 41 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.48 m Freezing level: 627.21 mb = 3997.80 m = 13115.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.67 mb = 3858.92 m = 12660.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.15 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.39 mb = 441.44 m = 1448.28 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 17.66 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.77 mb = 814.42 m = 2671.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.42 C = 74.15 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 40.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 907.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.42 mb = 789.61 m = 2590.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.42 mb = 930.96 m = 3054.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.42 mb = 1122.23 m = 3681.83 ft B at Equ Level: 15.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 815.42 mb = 1823.53 m = 5982.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.2 neg: -29.1 tot: 245.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 14.11 Bulk Shear: 64.34 m/s