MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.28,-95.77 Latitude: 36.28 Longitude: -95.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 202 22.3 21.3 94 1.1 21.6 175 8 296.8 299.8 295.3 344.1 16.37 2 950 507 20.0 20.0 100 -0.0 20.0 179 18 297.5 300.3 295.0 342.8 15.68 3 900 973 17.6 17.6 100 -0.0 17.7 201 28 299.7 302.3 294.6 341.3 14.24 4 850 1461 14.5 14.4 99 0.1 14.5 229 30 301.4 303.6 293.7 337.5 12.25 5 800 1972 13.0 13.0 100 -0.0 13.0 217 13 305.0 307.2 294.4 340.3 11.83 6 750 2514 9.9 8.7 92 1.2 9.2 237 16 307.3 309.1 293.3 336.1 9.48 7 700 3086 6.7 6.7 100 0.0 6.8 245 23 309.9 311.6 293.6 337.1 8.86 8 650 3691 2.8 2.0 95 0.8 2.4 248 31 312.1 313.4 292.6 333.4 6.83 9 600 4333 -2.9 -6.4 77 3.5 -4.5 251 34 312.8 313.5 290.3 325.3 3.95 10 550 5017 -7.5 -10.0 82 2.6 -8.5 248 39 315.2 315.9 290.5 325.7 3.25 11 500 5752 -11.6 -17.1 63 5.6 -13.4 239 49 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.6 1.99 12 450 6554 -15.6 -19.6 71 4.0 -16.9 225 48 323.6 324.0 291.6 329.7 1.79 13 400 7432 -21.3 -28.1 55 6.7 -22.8 213 56 327.3 327.4 291.9 330.7 0.95 14 350 8402 -28.7 -37.2 44 8.6 -29.9 218 62 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.45 15 300 9485 -37.9 -43.4 56 5.6 -38.4 224 77 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.27 16 250 10711 -48.0 -54.2 49 6.2 -48.2 227 86 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.10 17 200 12165 -52.8 -73.0 7 20.2 -53.1 237 85 349.2 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13990 -60.0 -80.5 5 20.5 -60.2 241 74 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16473 -68.4 -86.2 6 17.9 -68.4 260 46 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.12 m Freezing level: 625.41 mb = 4006.76 m = 13145.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.76 mb = 3906.74 m = 12817.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.52 % Est. max temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.09 mb = 334.42 m = 1097.17 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 6.66 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.62 mb = 665.88 m = 2184.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.69 C = 74.64 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 26.01 C K Index: 40.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1563.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.37 mb = 677.39 m = 2222.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.37 mb = 723.80 m = 2374.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.37 mb = 11652.15 m = 38228.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1544.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.37 mb = 15039.59 m = 49341.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 253.7 neg: -72.0 tot: 181.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.25 Bulk Rich Number: 19.73 Bulk Shear: 79.25 m/s