MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.87,-92.55 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -92.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 961 409 25.1 16.3 58 8.8 19.1 173 11 301.7 303.9 293.7 337.7 12.22 2 950 506 23.5 15.5 61 7.9 18.1 175 15 301.0 303.2 293.2 335.6 11.76 3 900 975 18.8 14.6 76 4.2 16.0 178 19 300.8 303.0 293.1 335.1 11.65 4 850 1462 14.3 13.8 96 0.6 14.0 196 21 301.1 303.3 293.2 335.6 11.72 5 800 1974 12.0 11.0 94 1.0 11.3 206 22 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.8 10.35 6 750 2512 9.4 4.1 70 5.3 6.4 209 25 306.7 308.0 291.0 327.6 6.86 7 700 3083 7.7 -2.4 49 10.1 2.6 216 32 311.0 311.9 290.4 325.4 4.58 8 650 3690 4.0 -2.1 64 6.1 0.9 218 37 313.5 314.5 291.6 329.5 5.06 9 600 4336 -0.3 -7.5 58 7.2 -3.5 225 43 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.5 3.63 10 550 5025 -5.9 -9.2 78 3.2 -7.3 227 49 317.0 317.7 291.2 328.3 3.47 11 500 5764 -10.9 -20.3 46 9.3 -13.8 228 53 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.9 1.52 12 450 6567 -14.9 -41.9 8 26.9 -19.3 233 50 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.3 0.21 13 400 7447 -20.8 -44.0 11 23.2 -23.9 236 56 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 14 350 8418 -28.1 -47.3 14 19.1 -30.1 237 63 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.15 15 300 9505 -37.0 -44.5 46 7.4 -37.7 239 71 333.1 333.2 292.8 334.1 0.24 16 250 10736 -47.5 -51.2 66 3.7 -47.7 239 77 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12187 -53.5 -73.4 7 19.9 -53.8 245 78 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 14003 -60.3 -82.4 4 22.1 -60.5 247 74 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16482 -68.7 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.8 257 36 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.11 m Freezing level: 602.91 mb = 4298.31 m = 14101.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.51 mb = 3821.16 m = 12536.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.47 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.53 mb = 1516.68 m = 4975.94 ft T: 14.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 10.25 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1658.42 m = 5440.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.59 C = 78.07 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 28.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 195.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.25 mb = 1509.51 m = 4952.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.25 mb = 4465.57 m = 14650.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.25 mb = 9964.65 m = 32692.03 ft B at Equ Level: 195.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.25 mb = 11861.94 m = 38916.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 2.22 Bulk Shear: 88.05 m/s