MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.89,-90.67 Latitude: 35.89 Longitude: -90.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 105 23.4 18.7 75 4.7 20.2 182 15 297.0 299.5 293.5 336.8 13.78 2 950 502 20.0 18.0 89 1.9 18.7 187 32 297.4 299.9 293.7 337.5 13.84 3 900 967 16.9 14.6 87 2.2 15.4 201 37 298.9 301.0 292.6 333.1 11.72 4 850 1453 14.9 7.7 62 7.2 10.6 211 36 301.7 303.2 290.2 324.8 7.75 5 800 1964 11.5 11.4 99 0.1 11.4 211 37 303.4 305.4 293.1 335.1 10.66 6 750 2501 7.2 6.5 95 0.7 6.8 215 40 304.4 305.9 291.4 328.8 8.12 7 700 3070 6.8 3.7 81 3.0 5.1 214 44 310.0 311.4 292.3 332.1 7.17 8 650 3676 3.9 -6.6 46 10.4 -0.9 216 47 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.8 3.60 9 600 4321 -0.9 -5.3 72 4.4 -2.9 217 48 315.1 316.0 291.4 328.9 4.31 10 550 5010 -6.2 -7.9 87 1.8 -7.0 215 52 316.8 317.5 291.5 329.1 3.83 11 500 5748 -10.6 -13.0 82 2.4 -11.5 219 54 320.1 320.6 291.5 329.4 2.81 12 450 6552 -14.9 -20.8 61 5.8 -16.7 219 56 324.5 324.8 291.7 330.1 1.63 13 400 7431 -22.0 -27.0 64 4.9 -23.1 223 67 326.3 326.5 291.7 330.1 1.05 14 350 8402 -27.0 -29.5 79 2.6 -27.5 230 64 332.4 332.6 293.3 335.9 0.95 15 300 9494 -35.5 -38.7 72 3.2 -35.9 231 47 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.0 0.45 16 250 10735 -46.3 -50.5 62 4.2 -46.5 234 74 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.15 17 200 12189 -53.1 -71.7 9 18.6 -53.4 243 68 348.6 348.7 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14016 -61.0 -79.4 7 18.4 -61.2 252 63 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16500 -67.9 -86.1 6 18.2 -67.9 260 38 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.57 m Freezing level: 609.03 mb = 4204.56 m = 13794.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.68 mb = 3580.23 m = 11746.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.99 mb = 694.34 m = 2277.99 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 12.74 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1164.58 m = 3820.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.41 C = 79.54 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 30.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 286.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.48 mb = 885.97 m = 2906.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.48 mb = 1927.28 m = 6323.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 703.48 mb = 3029.49 m = 9939.16 ft B at Equ Level: 43.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.48 mb = 11763.99 m = 38595.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 244.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 3.93 Bulk Shear: 72.86 m/s