MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.05,-95.05 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -95.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 974 294 21.0 20.0 94 1.0 20.4 212 8 296.4 299.2 294.4 340.5 15.31 2 950 511 18.7 18.3 97 0.4 18.4 217 16 296.2 298.7 293.4 336.6 14.05 3 900 975 17.8 16.0 89 1.8 16.6 231 29 299.9 302.2 293.7 337.4 12.83 4 850 1464 16.5 12.5 77 4.0 13.9 234 28 303.4 305.4 293.2 335.4 10.75 5 800 1977 13.0 7.4 69 5.6 9.7 236 29 305.0 306.5 291.6 329.5 8.13 6 750 2517 9.4 4.4 71 5.0 6.6 234 27 306.8 308.1 291.2 328.1 7.02 7 700 3086 5.5 1.6 76 3.9 3.4 227 29 308.6 309.7 291.0 327.5 6.14 8 650 3687 1.0 0.2 95 0.8 0.6 222 33 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.7 5.99 9 600 4328 -1.5 -1.6 100 0.1 -1.5 214 36 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.4 5.70 10 550 5018 -5.4 -5.4 100 0.0 -5.4 212 41 317.7 318.6 292.4 332.7 4.67 11 500 5759 -10.3 -10.3 100 0.0 -10.3 214 41 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.1 3.50 12 450 6565 -14.8 -14.8 100 0.0 -14.8 222 43 324.6 325.2 292.7 333.7 2.69 13 400 7444 -21.8 -26.4 66 4.6 -22.8 224 41 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.6 1.11 14 350 8413 -28.8 -36.1 49 7.3 -29.9 226 49 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.7 0.50 15 300 9496 -37.7 -41.4 68 3.7 -38.1 228 51 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.5 0.34 16 250 10724 -47.8 -51.4 67 3.5 -48.0 233 70 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12176 -52.3 -76.3 4 24.0 -52.7 242 78 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 13996 -60.5 -82.4 4 21.9 -60.7 243 73 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16479 -69.0 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 258 43 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.18 m Freezing level: 629.92 mb = 3944.39 m = 12940.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.84 mb = 3863.33 m = 12674.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.21 mb = 418.53 m = 1373.11 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 9.97 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.01 mb = 1594.18 m = 5230.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 35.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 657.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.32 mb = 924.25 m = 3032.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.32 mb = 2513.31 m = 8245.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.32 mb = 10980.94 m = 36026.27 ft B at Equ Level: 650.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.32 mb = 13192.32 m = 43281.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.5 neg: -4.0 tot: 70.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 19.03 Bulk Shear: 34.57 m/s