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: 36.36,-95.62 Latitude: 36.36 Longitude: -95.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 203 22.6 21.5 93 1.1 21.9 175 9 297.2 300.2 295.6 345.3 16.65 2 950 506 20.0 20.0 100 -0.0 20.0 179 20 297.4 300.3 295.0 342.8 15.66 3 900 972 17.5 17.5 100 -0.0 17.5 199 28 299.5 302.1 294.5 340.7 14.10 4 850 1460 14.3 13.9 98 0.4 14.1 233 25 301.1 303.3 293.3 336.1 11.87 5 800 1972 13.7 12.1 90 1.6 12.7 213 13 305.8 307.9 294.1 339.4 11.19 6 750 2514 10.6 8.3 86 2.3 9.2 244 19 308.1 309.8 293.3 336.1 9.22 7 700 3086 6.3 4.6 88 1.8 5.3 248 26 309.5 310.9 292.5 332.8 7.60 8 650 3688 1.2 -5.9 59 7.1 -2.0 247 33 310.4 311.1 289.5 322.3 3.79 9 600 4327 -2.8 -9.7 59 6.9 -5.7 251 34 312.8 313.4 289.6 322.6 3.04 10 550 5011 -7.1 -12.7 64 5.7 -9.2 248 40 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.2 2.61 11 500 5748 -10.7 -28.2 22 17.6 -14.9 239 52 320.0 320.2 289.6 322.7 0.75 12 450 6551 -15.3 -22.0 56 6.8 -17.1 228 53 324.1 324.3 291.5 329.1 1.46 13 400 7431 -21.2 -31.7 38 10.5 -23.2 214 62 327.4 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.68 14 350 8401 -28.4 -33.9 59 5.5 -29.3 217 65 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.8 0.62 15 300 9485 -37.8 -45.7 43 8.0 -38.4 225 79 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.21 16 250 10711 -48.0 -53.0 56 5.0 -48.3 226 85 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 12163 -53.2 -74.5 6 21.3 -53.5 235 87 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13987 -59.7 -81.0 5 21.2 -59.9 241 75 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16471 -68.5 -86.1 6 17.6 -68.6 259 45 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.49 m Freezing level: 634.79 mb = 3882.27 m = 12736.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.87 mb = 3516.45 m = 11536.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.39 mb = 340.34 m = 1116.59 ft T: 21.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 17.11 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.59 mb = 656.40 m = 2153.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.57 C = 74.43 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 37.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1496.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.18 mb = 678.68 m = 2226.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.18 mb = 725.09 m = 2378.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 806.18 mb = 1906.96 m = 6256.35 ft B at Equ Level: 42.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.18 mb = 15045.91 m = 49362.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.9 neg: -56.1 tot: 174.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.91 Bulk Rich Number: 17.41 Bulk Shear: 85.96 m/s