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: 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 983 214 22.5 20.9 90 1.7 21.4 190 10 297.2 300.1 295.1 343.5 16.01 2 950 507 20.0 20.0 100 -0.0 20.0 193 16 297.5 300.3 295.0 342.8 15.68 3 900 973 17.7 17.3 97 0.4 17.4 221 32 299.8 302.3 294.4 340.5 13.92 4 850 1463 16.6 14.3 87 2.2 15.1 245 17 303.5 305.7 294.2 339.7 12.17 5 800 1979 14.7 11.9 83 2.8 12.9 232 15 306.8 308.9 294.3 340.1 11.04 6 750 2522 11.0 9.5 90 1.5 10.0 239 20 308.5 310.4 294.0 338.8 9.98 7 700 3094 6.9 0.1 62 6.8 3.3 243 26 310.1 311.2 290.9 327.2 5.50 8 650 3698 2.2 1.0 92 1.2 1.6 245 32 311.5 312.7 292.0 331.2 6.35 9 600 4340 -2.9 -4.3 90 1.4 -3.5 247 37 312.8 313.7 291.0 327.5 4.65 10 550 5025 -6.5 -15.0 51 8.5 -9.6 241 43 316.3 316.8 289.8 323.5 2.16 11 500 5763 -10.9 -15.1 71 4.2 -12.3 231 50 319.8 320.3 291.0 327.7 2.37 12 450 6565 -15.4 -25.1 43 9.6 -17.9 225 54 323.9 324.1 291.1 327.8 1.11 13 400 7444 -21.4 -33.3 33 11.9 -23.6 222 63 327.1 327.3 291.5 329.2 0.57 14 350 8413 -28.4 -47.3 15 18.9 -30.3 225 71 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.15 15 300 9498 -37.4 -43.6 52 6.2 -38.0 228 78 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.27 16 250 10728 -47.4 -53.9 48 6.4 -47.7 230 83 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 17 200 12178 -53.3 -72.7 8 19.4 -53.6 239 88 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14002 -59.8 -82.9 3 23.1 -60.0 244 76 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16481 -69.2 -86.4 6 17.2 -69.2 257 44 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.66 m Freezing level: 627.96 mb = 3980.96 m = 13060.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.29 mb = 3894.28 m = 12776.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.33 mb = 422.23 m = 1385.24 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.87 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.05 mb = 754.78 m = 2476.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.05 C = 75.29 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.19 C K Index: 34.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1345.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.48 mb = 732.06 m = 2401.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.48 mb = 872.82 m = 2863.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 890.48 mb = 1063.69 m = 3489.76 ft B at Equ Level: 15.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 820.48 mb = 1763.41 m = 5785.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.3 neg: -33.8 tot: 157.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.38 Bulk Rich Number: 22.62 Bulk Shear: 59.51 m/s