MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 2Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.84,-94.88 Latitude: 39.84 Longitude: -94.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 975 264 22.2 16.7 71 5.5 18.5 257 4 297.5 299.8 292.6 333.5 12.40 2 950 489 23.1 16.0 64 7.1 18.3 240 14 300.6 302.8 293.4 336.2 12.11 3 900 958 19.7 14.8 74 4.8 16.5 228 21 301.8 304.0 293.5 336.8 11.87 4 850 1447 15.1 13.8 92 1.2 14.3 220 25 302.0 304.1 293.5 336.8 11.79 5 800 1958 11.2 11.2 100 0.1 11.2 220 30 303.1 305.0 292.9 334.2 10.47 6 750 2496 8.4 5.3 81 3.1 6.6 228 31 305.7 307.1 291.2 328.2 7.46 7 700 3063 4.7 0.1 72 4.5 2.3 235 35 307.6 308.7 290.2 324.6 5.52 8 650 3663 1.4 -3.2 71 4.6 -0.9 237 38 310.5 311.4 290.3 325.1 4.64 9 600 4304 -2.3 -9.4 58 7.1 -5.3 240 44 313.5 314.1 289.8 323.5 3.13 10 550 4990 -6.1 -18.6 36 12.6 -10.2 240 51 316.9 317.2 289.5 322.2 1.60 11 500 5728 -10.1 -40.4 6 30.3 -15.5 238 51 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.6 0.23 12 450 6532 -15.6 -42.3 8 26.6 -19.8 240 49 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.3 0.21 13 400 7407 -22.7 -45.6 11 22.9 -25.5 238 50 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.16 14 350 8371 -29.5 -53.8 8 24.3 -31.4 236 53 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.07 15 300 9452 -38.2 -54.7 16 16.6 -39.1 235 53 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.08 16 250 10680 -48.7 -59.1 29 10.5 -49.0 236 65 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.05 17 200 12117 -53.6 -70.2 11 16.6 -53.9 239 67 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13942 -59.3 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 241 66 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16432 -66.2 -84.7 6 18.5 -66.4 256 40 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.24 m Freezing level: 631.14 mb = 3904.70 m = 12810.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.58 mb = 3495.55 m = 11468.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.33 mb = 964.53 m = 3164.43 ft T: 19.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 12.20 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.79 mb = 1609.69 m = 5281.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 34.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 667.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.55 mb = 1431.84 m = 4697.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.55 mb = 1785.78 m = 5858.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.55 mb = 11035.94 m = 36206.73 ft B at Equ Level: 654.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.55 mb = 12908.43 m = 42349.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 9.19 Bulk Shear: 72.64 m/s