MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.66,-93.39 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -93.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 956 438 21.7 19.9 89 1.8 20.5 168 12 298.8 301.6 295.3 343.9 15.51 2 950 489 21.0 19.5 91 1.5 20.0 169 13 298.5 301.3 295.0 342.8 15.22 3 900 955 17.1 17.0 99 0.1 17.0 183 32 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.9 13.65 4 850 1442 15.2 14.4 95 0.7 14.7 211 33 302.0 304.3 293.9 338.1 12.23 5 800 1954 12.0 10.6 91 1.4 11.2 213 32 304.0 305.8 292.8 334.1 10.08 6 750 2492 9.3 7.5 88 1.8 8.2 221 32 306.7 308.3 292.5 333.0 8.69 7 700 3064 8.2 2.6 68 5.6 5.1 218 40 311.6 312.8 292.3 332.0 6.59 8 650 3670 3.4 -0.1 78 3.5 1.6 213 48 312.9 314.0 292.0 331.2 5.87 9 600 4315 -1.2 -2.4 92 1.2 -1.9 215 53 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.6 5.34 10 550 5003 -5.7 -7.2 89 1.5 -6.4 217 57 317.3 318.1 291.8 330.4 4.04 11 500 5744 -9.8 -25.8 26 16.0 -14.0 225 59 321.1 321.3 290.1 324.4 0.93 12 450 6549 -14.3 -39.8 9 25.5 -18.7 232 57 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.27 13 400 7431 -20.3 -37.6 20 17.4 -23.1 235 62 328.7 328.7 291.7 330.1 0.37 14 350 8406 -26.6 -32.7 57 6.0 -27.7 243 62 332.8 333.0 293.2 335.4 0.70 15 300 9498 -36.6 -41.1 62 4.6 -37.0 245 64 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.2 0.35 16 250 10731 -45.8 -49.7 64 3.9 -46.0 248 63 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.16 17 200 12190 -53.9 -57.6 63 3.7 -54.0 255 66 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14002 -62.7 -79.0 9 16.3 -62.9 263 63 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16476 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 255 44 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.51 m Freezing level: 613.29 mb = 4143.57 m = 13594.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.83 mb = 3962.60 m = 13000.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.61 mb = 666.28 m = 2185.92 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 12.69 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.15 mb = 934.00 m = 3064.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.05 C = 71.68 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 33.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 668.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.55 mb = 987.28 m = 3239.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.55 mb = 1034.94 m = 3395.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 711.55 mb = 2928.28 m = 9607.11 ft B at Equ Level: 46.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.55 mb = 13534.97 m = 44405.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 284.4 neg: -5.2 tot: 279.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.48 Bulk Shear: 122.00 m/s