MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F007.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KSZL ... Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 7Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: KSZL Latitude: 38.73 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 976 254 20.9 16.9 78 4.0 18.2 200 11 296.1 298.3 292.3 332.1 12.52 2 950 490 21.0 15.9 73 5.1 17.6 207 31 298.5 300.7 292.7 333.6 12.07 3 900 959 19.8 13.1 65 6.7 15.5 224 45 302.0 303.9 292.6 333.3 10.58 4 850 1449 16.4 12.8 79 3.6 14.0 236 38 303.3 305.3 293.3 335.9 10.96 5 800 1963 12.5 11.5 93 1.1 11.9 244 35 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.5 10.69 6 750 2502 9.3 8.6 95 0.7 8.9 245 36 306.7 308.5 293.1 335.2 9.42 7 700 3073 6.8 -1.4 56 8.2 2.5 241 43 310.0 310.9 290.3 325.3 4.92 8 650 3676 2.8 -15.6 24 18.4 -4.0 242 42 312.1 312.4 288.1 317.8 1.74 9 600 4318 -1.3 -18.1 27 16.8 -7.0 245 41 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.8 1.54 10 550 5006 -5.4 -30.8 12 25.3 -11.5 244 42 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.6 0.54 11 500 5745 -10.6 -32.2 15 21.5 -15.3 241 43 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.9 0.52 12 450 6546 -16.4 -42.3 9 25.9 -20.4 240 45 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.3 0.20 13 400 7421 -22.0 -44.4 11 22.3 -24.9 241 49 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.19 14 350 8389 -29.3 -47.5 16 18.2 -31.0 242 49 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.15 15 300 9468 -38.8 -48.0 37 9.2 -39.4 245 54 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.17 16 250 10690 -49.8 -53.1 68 3.3 -50.0 246 61 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 17 200 12128 -53.3 -71.1 10 17.8 -53.6 250 71 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13958 -59.5 -80.7 5 21.2 -59.7 247 67 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16437 -67.6 -87.9 4 20.4 -67.7 243 39 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.84 m Freezing level: 615.80 mb = 4115.53 m = 13502.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.65 mb = 3300.85 m = 10829.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.73 mb = 761.70 m = 2499.00 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 18.64 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 1987.38 m = 6520.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 31.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 206.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.95 mb = 1429.48 m = 4689.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.95 mb = 4094.87 m = 13434.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.95 mb = 10768.89 m = 35330.59 ft B at Equ Level: 203.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.95 mb = 11907.42 m = 39065.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 327.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 3.65 Bulk Shear: 56.54 m/s