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,-95.81 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -95.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 214 21.3 20.6 96 0.7 20.8 176 14 296.0 298.8 294.6 341.3 15.76 2 950 503 20.2 18.8 91 1.4 19.2 199 29 297.7 300.3 294.3 339.8 14.51 3 900 970 18.5 13.7 74 4.8 15.4 221 32 300.6 302.6 292.5 332.9 11.02 4 850 1458 15.7 12.0 79 3.7 13.4 224 27 302.6 304.6 292.7 333.6 10.44 5 800 1972 13.1 10.8 86 2.3 11.6 226 23 305.1 307.0 293.2 335.7 10.20 6 750 2511 8.9 6.2 83 2.8 7.3 243 23 306.3 307.8 291.8 330.3 7.93 7 700 3080 5.5 3.0 84 2.5 4.1 251 26 308.6 309.8 291.5 329.4 6.79 8 650 3682 2.2 -0.3 84 2.4 0.9 247 28 311.4 312.5 291.6 329.5 5.78 9 600 4324 -2.4 -3.2 94 0.9 -2.8 225 28 313.4 314.3 291.5 329.2 5.02 10 550 5011 -6.1 -7.0 93 0.9 -6.5 212 32 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.0 4.10 11 500 5749 -11.5 -13.9 83 2.4 -12.4 207 36 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.6 2.61 12 450 6549 -16.1 -18.1 85 1.9 -16.7 213 40 323.0 323.4 291.7 329.9 2.05 13 400 7427 -21.5 -23.7 82 2.2 -22.0 223 38 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.0 1.41 14 350 8397 -28.7 -31.4 77 2.7 -29.2 220 38 330.1 330.3 292.5 333.0 0.79 15 300 9481 -37.7 -40.9 72 3.2 -38.1 226 54 332.2 332.2 292.7 333.5 0.36 16 250 10707 -48.7 -52.4 65 3.8 -48.8 231 71 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.12 17 200 12157 -52.1 -71.0 9 18.9 -52.5 244 86 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 13990 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 243 65 369.4 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16473 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 256 45 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.43 m Freezing level: 625.96 mb = 3990.70 m = 13092.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.83 mb = 3833.70 m = 12577.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.71 mb = 299.17 m = 981.51 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 8.37 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1516.76 m = 4976.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.57 C K Index: 36.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 717.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.31 mb = 1004.68 m = 3296.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.31 mb = 2385.89 m = 7827.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.31 mb = 11211.89 m = 36783.96 ft B at Equ Level: 694.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.31 mb = 13143.32 m = 43120.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.5 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 253.5 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.3 neg: -17.3 tot: 154.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 35.69 Bulk Shear: 20.12 m/s