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: 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 54 SFC 960 405 23.9 10.3 42 13.5 15.5 318 7 300.5 302.0 290.2 324.8 8.23 2 950 500 23.4 8.5 38 14.9 14.4 322 11 301.0 302.3 289.6 322.8 7.34 3 900 968 18.9 6.8 45 12.1 11.9 325 14 301.0 302.3 289.2 321.6 6.92 4 850 1454 14.4 4.9 53 9.4 9.0 328 16 301.2 302.4 288.8 320.3 6.40 5 800 1962 10.4 -1.4 43 11.9 4.5 327 16 302.3 303.1 287.2 315.3 4.30 6 750 2495 7.1 -8.1 33 15.2 0.5 318 14 304.3 304.8 286.4 312.9 2.77 7 700 3059 3.4 -9.4 38 12.8 -1.9 291 16 306.2 306.7 287.0 314.7 2.67 8 650 3654 -1.3 -10.4 50 9.1 -4.9 283 28 307.5 308.0 287.4 315.9 2.66 9 600 4287 -5.4 -16.2 42 10.8 -9.1 278 29 309.8 310.2 287.3 315.6 1.79 10 550 4962 -10.9 -17.2 60 6.3 -12.9 283 27 311.1 311.4 287.8 317.0 1.80 11 500 5688 -15.0 -17.1 84 2.1 -15.7 267 27 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.3 2.00 12 450 6483 -17.1 -18.7 87 1.7 -17.6 241 43 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.4 1.94 13 400 7356 -23.1 -25.0 85 1.8 -23.5 217 41 324.9 325.2 291.5 329.3 1.26 14 350 8320 -29.8 -32.1 81 2.3 -30.2 212 51 328.5 328.7 292.0 331.2 0.74 15 300 9400 -38.9 -41.5 76 2.7 -39.1 207 61 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.33 16 250 10625 -45.5 -60.9 16 15.4 -46.0 226 64 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.04 17 200 12099 -49.9 -76.9 3 27.0 -50.4 264 52 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13939 -59.3 -81.1 4 21.8 -59.6 265 57 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16433 -64.9 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 267 40 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.03 m Freezing level: 663.88 mb = 3488.94 m = 11446.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.88 mb = 2617.38 m = 8587.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.44 C = 77.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.90 mb = 2098.60 m = 6885.08 ft T: 9.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 11.86 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.88 mb = 3048.72 m = 10002.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 21.48 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.27 mb = 2448.46 m = 8032.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 569.27 mb = 4694.84 m = 15402.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.27 mb = 5548.18 m = 18202.46 ft B at Equ Level: 8.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 489.27 mb = 5851.83 m = 19198.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.5 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 315.5 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.7 neg: -7.3 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 30.28 m/s