MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 961 405 23.5 13.3 53 10.2 16.9 346 4 300.1 301.9 291.6 329.6 10.04 2 950 502 22.3 12.4 53 9.9 16.0 344 5 299.8 301.6 291.1 327.9 9.56 3 900 968 17.8 11.8 68 5.9 14.0 334 9 299.8 301.6 291.2 328.4 9.72 4 850 1454 15.0 0.2 36 14.8 7.3 353 14 301.9 302.7 287.3 315.7 4.58 5 800 1963 10.9 -1.8 41 12.7 4.6 350 12 302.8 303.5 287.2 315.5 4.18 6 750 2496 7.3 -8.9 31 16.2 0.4 334 8 304.5 305.0 286.2 312.6 2.60 7 700 3060 3.2 -6.0 51 9.3 -0.9 270 13 306.1 306.7 287.7 316.9 3.48 8 650 3656 -1.4 -4.4 80 2.9 -2.8 260 26 307.3 308.1 288.9 320.5 4.25 9 600 4290 -4.8 -15.8 42 11.0 -8.6 254 29 310.5 310.9 287.6 316.5 1.85 10 550 4966 -10.1 -15.9 62 5.8 -12.0 260 27 312.1 312.5 288.3 318.7 2.02 11 500 5698 -12.1 -13.1 92 1.0 -12.5 215 43 318.2 318.8 291.0 327.4 2.78 12 450 6496 -17.3 -18.5 90 1.3 -17.6 221 44 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.2 1.97 13 400 7369 -23.1 -24.5 88 1.4 -23.5 229 56 324.9 325.2 291.6 329.5 1.31 14 350 8332 -30.1 -32.2 82 2.1 -30.5 225 60 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.8 0.73 15 300 9410 -39.2 -42.0 75 2.8 -39.4 223 65 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.3 0.32 16 250 10630 -48.0 -56.5 37 8.4 -48.4 228 70 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12095 -50.2 -77.1 3 26.9 -50.6 260 51 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13938 -58.5 -80.5 4 21.9 -58.8 264 53 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16436 -65.2 -86.0 4 20.8 -65.4 261 42 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.26 m Freezing level: 665.38 mb = 3472.54 m = 11392.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.05 mb = 2672.04 m = 8766.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.10 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.84 mb = 1685.84 m = 5530.89 ft T: 13.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 15.72 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.03 mb = 2419.22 m = 7936.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.72 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: 6.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 12.37 C K Index: 18.09 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.34 mb = 1938.27 m = 6359.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.34 mb = 3206.90 m = 10521.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 507.34 mb = 5586.15 m = 18327.03 ft B at Equ Level: 77.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 417.34 mb = 7054.36 m = 23143.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.3 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 283.3 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.7 neg: -34.8 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.17 Bulk Shear: 68.79 m/s