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: 36.49,-95.49 Latitude: 36.49 Longitude: -95.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 980 238 22.1 21.2 95 0.9 21.5 174 8 297.0 299.9 295.3 344.3 16.36 2 950 505 20.0 20.0 100 -0.0 20.0 180 18 297.4 300.3 295.0 342.7 15.65 3 900 971 17.4 17.4 100 -0.0 17.4 209 27 299.4 301.9 294.4 340.3 14.00 4 850 1459 14.9 13.5 91 1.5 14.0 231 20 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.7 11.48 5 800 1971 13.4 11.7 90 1.6 12.3 208 14 305.4 307.4 293.9 338.0 10.89 6 750 2514 10.9 6.4 74 4.4 8.2 241 20 308.4 309.9 292.5 333.0 8.08 7 700 3085 5.9 2.9 81 3.0 4.2 247 27 309.1 310.3 291.7 329.8 6.76 8 650 3687 1.3 -5.5 61 6.7 -1.9 248 33 310.4 311.1 289.6 322.7 3.91 9 600 4326 -2.8 -11.7 50 9.0 -6.3 250 36 312.9 313.4 289.2 321.3 2.60 10 550 5010 -7.1 -14.1 57 7.0 -9.6 247 41 315.6 316.1 289.8 323.3 2.33 11 500 5746 -11.6 -26.0 29 14.4 -15.3 241 53 318.9 319.1 289.4 322.1 0.92 12 450 6548 -15.4 -32.0 23 16.6 -18.8 232 59 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.0 0.58 13 400 7427 -21.4 -31.2 41 9.9 -23.3 219 67 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.8 0.71 14 350 8397 -28.2 -32.0 70 3.7 -28.9 218 71 330.7 330.8 292.6 333.4 0.75 15 300 9481 -37.8 -45.2 46 7.5 -38.4 225 81 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.22 16 250 10708 -48.1 -53.1 57 4.9 -48.3 224 85 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 17 200 12157 -53.3 -72.5 8 19.2 -53.6 233 89 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13982 -59.3 -81.2 4 21.9 -59.5 241 76 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16468 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 258 46 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.86 m Freezing level: 634.27 mb = 3887.86 m = 12755.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.22 mb = 3498.65 m = 11478.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.94 mb = 351.91 m = 1154.54 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 16.70 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.93 mb = 707.40 m = 2320.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.40 C = 74.11 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 36.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1431.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.08 mb = 715.31 m = 2346.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.08 mb = 761.90 m = 2499.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 792.08 mb = 2055.19 m = 6742.68 ft B at Equ Level: 30.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.08 mb = 14762.16 m = 48431.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.0 neg: -41.5 tot: 173.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 16.71 Bulk Shear: 85.69 m/s