MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.05,-95.83 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 982 211 22.0 20.5 91 1.5 21.0 168 10 296.7 299.6 294.8 342.0 15.69 2 950 497 19.5 19.5 100 -0.0 19.5 177 18 297.0 299.8 294.6 341.0 15.23 3 900 963 17.4 17.4 100 -0.0 17.4 202 31 299.4 301.9 294.4 340.3 14.00 4 850 1451 15.0 14.5 97 0.5 14.7 236 34 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.1 12.30 5 800 1964 13.1 12.8 98 0.3 12.9 246 22 305.1 307.3 294.4 340.1 11.72 6 750 2505 10.7 10.7 100 -0.0 10.7 252 20 308.2 310.2 294.6 341.0 10.83 7 700 3079 7.8 7.5 97 0.4 7.6 252 24 311.2 312.9 294.3 339.8 9.31 8 650 3687 3.3 1.2 86 2.2 2.1 254 28 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.8 6.42 9 600 4330 -2.2 -3.2 93 1.0 -2.7 249 27 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.5 5.05 10 550 5015 -6.8 -7.8 92 1.1 -7.2 234 34 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.5 3.86 11 500 5753 -11.6 -14.3 80 2.7 -12.5 223 47 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.3 2.54 12 450 6556 -15.0 -26.2 38 11.2 -17.8 216 51 324.4 324.6 291.1 328.0 1.00 13 400 7436 -20.6 -34.4 28 13.8 -23.1 214 59 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.1 0.52 14 350 8410 -26.8 -34.0 50 7.2 -28.0 218 62 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.9 0.61 15 300 9502 -36.1 -39.8 69 3.7 -36.5 219 77 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.40 16 250 10738 -47.1 -50.7 67 3.6 -47.3 216 87 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.15 17 200 12188 -53.5 -70.1 12 16.5 -53.8 234 86 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14006 -61.0 -80.4 6 19.4 -61.2 246 70 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16474 -69.4 -85.7 8 16.3 -69.5 253 47 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.29 m Freezing level: 619.70 mb = 4076.34 m = 13373.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.84 mb = 3965.37 m = 13009.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.15 mb = 396.63 m = 1301.27 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 13.65 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.08 mb = 679.85 m = 2230.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.25 C = 73.84 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -5.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 26.07 C K Index: 40.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 955.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.35 mb = 695.88 m = 2283.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.35 mb = 742.35 m = 2435.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.35 mb = 2357.15 m = 7733.34 ft B at Equ Level: 25.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.35 mb = 14282.26 m = 46857.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.3 neg: -18.4 tot: 261.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 12.44 Bulk Shear: 76.80 m/s