MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.60,-93.79 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -93.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 978 252 23.0 20.3 85 2.8 21.1 195 7 298.0 300.8 295.0 342.9 15.46 2 950 507 20.8 19.3 91 1.5 19.7 197 15 298.3 301.0 294.7 341.7 14.96 3 900 973 17.6 16.3 92 1.3 16.8 221 26 299.6 302.0 293.8 337.9 13.09 4 850 1460 14.7 12.5 87 2.2 13.3 227 27 301.6 303.5 292.6 333.4 10.80 5 800 1971 11.2 9.9 92 1.3 10.4 221 27 303.1 304.9 292.2 331.8 9.64 6 750 2510 10.1 6.3 77 3.8 7.9 212 33 307.5 309.0 292.2 331.9 8.02 7 700 3082 8.9 -11.6 22 20.5 0.3 214 40 312.4 312.8 288.6 319.6 2.24 8 650 3691 6.0 -22.0 11 27.9 -3.4 217 41 315.7 315.9 288.5 319.2 1.01 9 600 4339 0.1 -5.6 66 5.7 -2.6 220 44 316.2 317.1 291.6 329.8 4.21 10 550 5029 -5.8 -8.4 82 2.5 -6.9 222 47 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.2 3.70 11 500 5769 -10.2 -19.5 46 9.3 -13.2 224 52 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.1 1.63 12 450 6573 -15.2 -38.3 12 23.1 -19.3 225 52 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.31 13 400 7452 -20.9 -46.4 8 25.4 -24.1 226 64 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.15 14 350 8423 -28.5 -44.3 21 15.8 -30.2 230 73 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.21 15 300 9511 -36.1 -44.4 42 8.4 -36.8 236 73 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.5 0.24 16 250 10748 -45.7 -52.4 47 6.7 -46.0 243 75 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.12 17 200 12216 -51.2 -69.2 10 18.1 -51.5 253 78 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14039 -62.7 -82.0 6 19.2 -62.9 253 67 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16503 -70.2 -86.5 7 16.4 -70.2 252 42 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.16 m Freezing level: 599.06 mb = 4352.37 m = 14279.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.50 mb = 3123.09 m = 10246.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.03 mb = 597.81 m = 1961.31 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 12.77 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1017.34 m = 3337.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.79 C = 76.62 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 16.92 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 712.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.40 mb = 911.72 m = 2991.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.40 mb = 1248.29 m = 4095.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 741.40 mb = 2605.21 m = 8547.16 ft B at Equ Level: 46.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.40 mb = 13194.00 m = 43286.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.2 neg: -1.2 tot: 152.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 9.26 Bulk Shear: 76.99 m/s