MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.80,-88.82 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -88.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 990 131 23.4 16.7 66 6.8 18.9 176 16 297.4 299.6 292.4 332.5 12.13 2 950 492 22.1 15.3 65 6.9 17.6 186 41 299.7 301.8 292.7 333.5 11.56 3 900 960 18.5 14.3 76 4.2 15.7 194 52 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.2 11.46 4 850 1447 14.5 14.5 100 0.0 14.5 194 55 301.3 303.6 293.7 337.5 12.28 5 800 1958 12.6 0.5 43 12.1 6.2 208 45 304.6 305.5 288.6 319.7 4.96 6 750 2495 8.9 4.8 76 4.0 6.6 214 47 306.2 307.5 291.2 328.1 7.22 7 700 3063 4.3 3.3 93 1.0 3.8 213 48 307.2 308.5 291.3 328.4 6.96 8 650 3666 3.0 0.2 82 2.7 1.5 215 51 312.3 313.5 292.0 331.1 6.00 9 600 4308 -1.8 -6.2 72 4.4 -3.8 217 54 314.0 314.8 290.8 326.8 4.00 10 550 4994 -6.3 -10.3 73 4.0 -7.9 214 55 316.6 317.3 290.9 327.0 3.18 11 500 5733 -10.7 -16.5 62 5.8 -12.7 218 59 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.0 2.10 12 450 6536 -15.6 -19.7 71 4.1 -16.8 217 72 323.6 324.0 291.6 329.8 1.79 13 400 7417 -20.4 -22.7 82 2.2 -21.0 229 62 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.9 1.55 14 350 8391 -26.6 -31.0 66 4.4 -27.4 235 48 332.9 333.1 293.3 336.0 0.82 15 300 9485 -35.7 -38.6 74 3.0 -36.0 235 48 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.8 0.45 16 250 10724 -46.2 -49.4 70 3.2 -46.3 231 51 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.17 17 200 12179 -52.2 -70.8 9 18.5 -52.6 235 69 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14004 -61.1 -79.7 7 18.5 -61.3 245 57 364.7 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16478 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.4 252 36 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.25 m Freezing level: 619.10 mb = 4062.41 m = 13327.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.88 mb = 3841.71 m = 12603.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.67 mb = 991.66 m = 3253.44 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 17.77 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.86 mb = 1896.56 m = 6222.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 38.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.41 mb = 1333.70 m = 4375.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.41 mb = 2645.81 m = 8680.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 656.41 mb = 3585.76 m = 11764.15 ft B at Equ Level: 30.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 316.41 mb = 9106.95 m = 29878.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 408.7 neg: -2.8 tot: 405.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 85.14 m/s