MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.46,-91.67 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -91.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 973 320 23.3 16.8 67 6.5 18.9 173 5 298.8 301.1 293.1 335.2 12.46 2 950 526 22.7 16.2 67 6.4 18.3 179 15 300.2 302.4 293.4 336.2 12.31 3 900 995 19.0 15.4 80 3.6 16.6 190 21 301.1 303.4 293.7 337.4 12.36 4 850 1483 15.2 11.1 76 4.1 12.7 197 22 302.1 303.9 292.0 331.2 9.83 5 800 1994 11.4 6.6 72 4.8 8.6 206 22 303.3 304.7 290.6 326.2 7.65 6 750 2532 11.0 -6.1 30 17.1 3.0 222 24 308.5 309.1 288.3 318.7 3.23 7 700 3105 8.9 -7.2 31 16.1 1.4 227 27 312.3 312.9 289.5 322.4 3.17 8 650 3714 4.7 -5.6 47 10.3 -0.2 236 25 314.2 315.0 290.7 326.6 3.87 9 600 4360 -0.3 -3.6 79 3.2 -1.9 253 23 315.7 316.7 292.1 331.3 4.90 10 550 5050 -5.3 -8.6 78 3.2 -6.8 265 23 317.7 318.4 291.6 329.5 3.63 11 500 5791 -10.4 -14.5 71 4.2 -11.9 271 24 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.7 2.48 12 450 6593 -16.1 -22.3 59 6.2 -17.9 266 25 322.9 323.2 291.1 327.8 1.42 13 400 7469 -22.0 -30.9 45 8.8 -23.8 268 29 326.3 326.5 291.4 329.0 0.73 14 350 8436 -29.5 -36.5 51 7.0 -30.5 263 31 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.7 0.48 15 300 9517 -37.6 -47.2 36 9.5 -38.4 268 34 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.18 16 250 10752 -45.3 -60.0 18 14.6 -45.9 274 32 338.6 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.05 17 200 12210 -53.8 -71.0 10 17.2 -54.1 257 37 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 14021 -62.0 -81.7 6 19.7 -62.1 263 46 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16473 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 255 34 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.70 m Freezing level: 603.49 mb = 4314.99 m = 14156.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.54 mb = 3631.35 m = 11913.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.76 mb = 1150.32 m = 3773.97 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 18.76 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.59 mb = 1647.46 m = 5404.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 20.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 417.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.81 mb = 1415.15 m = 4642.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.81 mb = 1870.50 m = 6136.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 781.81 mb = 2185.66 m = 7170.72 ft B at Equ Level: 7.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 751.81 mb = 2511.87 m = 8240.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 9.50 Bulk Shear: 43.98 m/s