MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.98,-90.61 Latitude: 35.98 Longitude: -90.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 131 26.3 17.4 58 9.0 20.2 179 12 300.2 302.6 293.7 337.4 12.69 2 950 504 23.4 16.3 65 7.1 18.7 183 26 300.9 303.2 293.7 337.4 12.40 3 900 973 18.8 15.4 80 3.4 16.5 185 27 300.9 303.1 293.6 337.0 12.30 4 850 1461 14.8 14.1 96 0.7 14.3 189 28 301.6 303.8 293.6 336.9 11.96 5 800 1972 12.0 8.4 79 3.5 9.8 214 35 303.9 305.5 291.7 329.9 8.70 6 750 2510 8.7 7.0 89 1.7 7.7 219 36 306.0 307.6 292.1 331.5 8.43 7 700 3082 7.2 3.8 79 3.4 5.3 217 37 310.5 311.8 292.4 332.7 7.21 8 650 3687 3.3 0.7 83 2.6 1.9 224 40 312.7 313.9 292.3 332.1 6.22 9 600 4332 -0.9 -4.8 75 3.9 -2.8 223 47 315.0 315.9 291.5 329.3 4.46 10 550 5021 -5.6 -11.7 62 6.1 -8.0 221 50 317.5 318.0 290.8 326.8 2.84 11 500 5760 -11.7 -12.9 91 1.2 -12.1 226 54 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.2 2.84 12 450 6562 -15.0 -35.1 16 20.1 -18.8 230 56 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.0 0.43 13 400 7443 -20.5 -43.8 10 23.3 -23.7 230 62 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.20 14 350 8416 -27.8 -43.9 20 16.0 -29.7 231 67 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.22 15 300 9502 -37.0 -51.9 20 15.0 -37.9 237 70 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 16 250 10738 -45.6 -57.5 25 11.9 -46.1 247 64 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.06 17 200 12196 -54.2 -67.7 17 13.5 -54.4 248 66 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14011 -61.3 -81.0 6 19.7 -61.5 255 64 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16490 -69.0 -85.9 7 16.8 -69.1 257 40 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.27 m Freezing level: 611.07 mb = 4189.25 m = 13744.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.79 mb = 3941.73 m = 12932.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.80 mb = 1264.70 m = 4149.23 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 7.49 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1496.24 m = 4908.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 25.73 C K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 424.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.95 mb = 1371.85 m = 4500.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.95 mb = 1826.64 m = 5992.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 713.95 mb = 2918.11 m = 9573.72 ft B at Equ Level: 18.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.95 mb = 12723.40 m = 41742.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.0 neg: -3.0 tot: 208.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 5.32 Bulk Shear: 79.74 m/s