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,-95.53 Latitude: 36.49 Longitude: -95.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 981 231 22.2 21.2 94 1.1 21.5 173 8 297.0 300.0 295.3 344.3 16.35 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 17.5 210 27 299.5 302.0 294.4 340.5 14.07 4 850 1459 14.6 13.7 94 0.9 14.0 228 22 301.5 303.6 293.3 335.9 11.67 5 800 1971 13.5 11.9 90 1.6 12.4 205 13 305.5 307.6 294.0 338.5 11.00 6 750 2514 10.8 7.7 81 3.1 8.9 240 19 308.3 310.0 293.1 335.2 8.85 7 700 3085 6.5 3.8 83 2.6 5.0 248 27 309.6 311.0 292.2 331.8 7.22 8 650 3687 1.3 -8.3 49 9.5 -2.9 248 36 310.4 311.0 288.9 320.4 3.15 9 600 4326 -3.2 -8.4 67 5.3 -5.4 252 37 312.4 313.1 289.8 323.2 3.37 10 550 5010 -7.3 -12.1 68 4.8 -9.1 248 42 315.5 316.0 290.1 324.4 2.75 11 500 5746 -11.2 -27.4 25 16.2 -15.2 242 52 319.4 319.5 289.4 322.2 0.81 12 450 6548 -15.4 -30.5 26 15.1 -18.7 233 57 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.3 0.67 13 400 7426 -21.5 -29.6 48 8.1 -23.2 217 65 327.1 327.2 291.7 330.0 0.82 14 350 8396 -28.4 -33.6 60 5.3 -29.2 218 71 330.5 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.64 15 300 9480 -37.9 -44.7 49 6.8 -38.4 225 81 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.24 16 250 10707 -48.2 -52.6 60 4.5 -48.3 225 86 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.12 17 200 12156 -53.3 -73.3 7 20.0 -53.6 233 89 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13982 -59.3 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.5 241 76 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16468 -68.5 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 258 46 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.19 m Freezing level: 635.87 mb = 3867.79 m = 12689.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.23 mb = 3462.62 m = 11360.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.93 mb = 361.15 m = 1184.85 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 18.15 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.91 mb = 698.54 m = 2291.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.46 C = 74.23 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.92 C K Index: 36.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1471.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.90 mb = 707.86 m = 2322.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.90 mb = 754.43 m = 2475.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 792.90 mb = 2046.11 m = 6712.88 ft B at Equ Level: 35.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.90 mb = 14724.03 m = 48306.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.1 neg: -50.4 tot: 165.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.66 Bulk Rich Number: 16.59 Bulk Shear: 88.70 m/s