MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 37.31,-97.4 Latitude: 37.31 Longitude: -97.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 963 387 28.2 16.6 49 11.6 20.2 204 13 304.6 306.9 294.7 341.8 12.46 2 950 508 24.3 15.5 58 8.8 18.4 205 15 301.8 304.0 293.4 336.4 11.73 3 900 978 19.4 14.4 73 4.9 16.1 206 16 301.4 303.6 293.2 335.4 11.54 4 850 1467 16.7 9.4 62 7.3 12.2 220 25 303.7 305.3 291.7 329.8 8.76 5 800 1982 15.1 5.9 54 9.2 9.7 208 23 307.3 308.6 291.6 329.5 7.30 6 750 2526 11.4 5.9 69 5.5 8.1 208 20 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.7 7.76 7 700 3099 7.9 4.1 77 3.8 5.8 215 23 311.3 312.7 292.8 334.1 7.37 8 650 3706 3.6 -3.1 62 6.6 0.3 225 28 313.0 313.9 291.1 327.8 4.70 9 600 4351 -0.4 -15.1 32 14.7 -5.9 232 30 315.6 316.0 289.4 322.1 1.96 10 550 5040 -5.0 -23.5 22 18.4 -10.5 234 32 318.1 318.3 289.3 321.7 1.04 11 500 5781 -10.1 -32.5 14 22.5 -15.0 237 36 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.6 0.50 12 450 6584 -15.8 -36.6 15 20.7 -19.6 240 39 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.37 13 400 7459 -22.0 -41.6 15 19.6 -24.7 241 39 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.25 14 350 8427 -29.0 -47.4 15 18.5 -30.7 237 36 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.15 15 300 9510 -37.4 -53.1 18 15.7 -38.3 240 37 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.09 16 250 10746 -45.7 -62.7 13 17.1 -46.2 250 48 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12204 -53.5 -70.1 11 16.6 -53.8 243 46 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14023 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 244 42 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16485 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 242 32 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.74 m Freezing level: 605.62 mb = 4278.37 m = 14036.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.93 mb = 3731.83 m = 12243.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.89 C = 85.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.89 mb = 1836.09 m = 6023.83 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 12.25 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.66 mb = 2551.78 m = 8371.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.58 C = 90.64 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 19.47 C K Index: 32.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 252.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 187.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.65 mb = 1724.45 m = 5657.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.65 mb = 4355.56 m = 14289.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.65 mb = 9748.11 m = 31981.59 ft B at Equ Level: 251.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.65 mb = 11896.31 m = 39029.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.7 neg: -29.4 tot: 48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 10.32 Bulk Shear: 24.49 m/s