MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.02,-95.80 Latitude: 36.02 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 983 205 21.5 20.5 94 1.0 20.8 171 10 296.2 299.0 294.6 341.2 15.64 2 950 498 19.5 19.5 100 -0.0 19.5 184 20 296.9 299.7 294.5 340.7 15.16 3 900 964 18.3 17.6 96 0.7 17.8 217 38 300.4 303.0 294.8 342.1 14.23 4 850 1455 16.7 13.5 81 3.3 14.6 246 30 303.7 305.8 293.8 337.9 11.50 5 800 1970 14.3 13.3 94 0.9 13.7 241 23 306.4 308.6 295.0 342.8 12.12 6 750 2515 11.8 11.3 97 0.5 11.5 242 24 309.4 311.6 295.3 343.9 11.33 7 700 3089 7.2 5.9 91 1.3 6.4 245 27 310.5 312.1 293.3 336.1 8.35 8 650 3695 3.6 2.3 91 1.3 2.9 240 34 313.1 314.4 293.0 334.8 6.98 9 600 4339 -1.9 -5.7 75 3.8 -3.7 239 36 313.9 314.7 290.9 327.1 4.15 10 550 5025 -6.6 -11.7 67 5.1 -8.6 230 39 316.3 316.8 290.4 325.5 2.83 11 500 5763 -10.4 -22.8 35 12.4 -14.0 221 44 320.3 320.6 290.1 324.5 1.22 12 450 6567 -15.0 -33.1 20 18.1 -18.7 218 47 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.3 0.52 13 400 7447 -21.0 -41.5 14 20.4 -23.9 216 55 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.25 14 350 8416 -29.0 -39.5 36 10.5 -30.3 220 58 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.36 15 300 9504 -36.4 -42.7 52 6.3 -37.0 226 77 334.1 334.2 293.1 335.2 0.30 16 250 10739 -47.3 -50.8 67 3.5 -47.5 226 82 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 12186 -53.2 -69.5 12 16.3 -53.5 239 93 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14010 -60.7 -81.3 5 20.5 -60.9 243 81 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16477 -70.2 -85.9 8 15.7 -70.2 248 44 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.62 m Freezing level: 617.31 mb = 4116.29 m = 13504.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.97 mb = 3972.67 m = 13033.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.46 mb = 332.00 m = 1089.21 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 19.37 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1053.75 m = 3457.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.35 C = 79.43 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 39.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1112.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.86 mb = 729.14 m = 2392.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.86 mb = 2856.03 m = 9370.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.86 mb = 11571.70 m = 37964.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1092.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.86 mb = 14436.01 m = 47361.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.8 neg: -14.6 tot: 276.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.95 Bulk Rich Number: 15.54 Bulk Shear: 71.59 m/s