MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161200F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161200F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 19Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 35.35,-95.68 Latitude: 35.35 Longitude: -95.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 988 194 28.2 16.3 49 11.9 20.1 181 11 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.6 11.90 2 950 535 23.2 14.8 59 8.4 17.7 185 15 300.8 302.8 292.7 333.7 11.21 3 900 1003 18.6 13.9 74 4.7 15.5 188 16 300.7 302.8 292.7 333.6 11.17 4 850 1490 14.3 9.7 74 4.6 11.5 203 20 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.6 8.94 5 800 2001 13.3 -3.4 31 16.7 5.2 217 17 305.4 306.1 287.7 316.9 3.72 6 750 2542 12.1 -7.8 24 20.0 3.0 211 16 309.7 310.3 288.3 318.7 2.82 7 700 3116 9.4 -5.2 35 14.6 2.3 220 19 312.9 313.6 290.2 324.6 3.69 8 650 3726 5.1 -3.9 52 9.0 0.6 231 21 314.7 315.5 291.3 328.7 4.40 9 600 4374 1.0 -6.0 60 7.0 -2.4 244 23 317.2 318.0 291.8 330.3 4.06 10 550 5068 -3.8 -10.7 58 7.0 -6.7 256 26 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.7 3.07 11 500 5812 -9.5 -17.5 53 7.9 -12.2 261 27 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.0 1.94 12 450 6616 -15.4 -27.7 34 12.3 -18.3 261 26 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.0 0.87 13 400 7494 -21.8 -39.2 19 17.4 -24.4 252 28 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.32 14 350 8462 -28.9 -44.4 21 15.5 -30.6 252 30 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.21 15 300 9547 -36.4 -59.8 7 23.3 -37.7 256 35 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 16 250 10789 -44.5 -65.3 8 20.8 -45.2 254 41 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 17 200 12251 -53.2 -70.1 11 17.0 -53.5 248 41 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14065 -62.1 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.2 243 38 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16515 -70.9 -85.9 9 15.1 -70.9 242 25 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.35 m Freezing level: 589.89 mb = 4514.49 m = 14811.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.76 mb = 3854.47 m = 12645.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.96 C = 82.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.78 mb = 1682.79 m = 5520.89 ft T: 13.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.39 mb = 2819.62 m = 9250.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.00 C = 98.59 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Showalter Index: 2.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 19.28 C K Index: 19.01 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 303.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.13 mb = 1618.62 m = 5310.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 512.13 mb = 5624.83 m = 18453.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.13 mb = 9045.84 m = 29677.59 ft B at Equ Level: 89.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.13 mb = 10466.00 m = 34336.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.3 neg: -5.0 tot: 63.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.15 Bulk Shear: 29.22 m/s