MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.41,-93.70 Latitude: 38.41 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 978 241 18.9 16.8 88 2.0 17.5 242 5 293.8 296.1 291.5 329.3 12.41 2 950 495 19.9 15.9 78 3.9 17.2 226 23 297.3 299.5 292.3 332.3 12.06 3 900 963 19.4 14.7 74 4.7 16.3 239 42 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.3 11.78 4 850 1453 16.1 12.7 80 3.4 13.8 251 38 303.0 305.0 293.2 335.3 10.89 5 800 1965 11.8 11.3 97 0.5 11.5 257 33 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.3 10.60 6 750 2503 9.0 7.3 89 1.7 8.0 250 32 306.4 308.0 292.3 332.4 8.61 7 700 3073 6.2 2.7 79 3.4 4.2 241 39 309.3 310.6 291.7 329.8 6.66 8 650 3676 2.6 -13.0 30 15.7 -3.5 238 40 312.0 312.4 288.4 319.0 2.16 9 600 4318 -1.7 -25.7 14 24.0 -8.4 242 44 314.2 314.3 287.7 316.9 0.79 10 550 5003 -6.2 -30.2 13 24.0 -12.0 244 45 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.7 0.56 11 500 5741 -11.3 -32.9 15 21.6 -15.9 239 46 319.3 319.4 289.0 321.0 0.48 12 450 6540 -16.5 -39.0 13 22.4 -20.3 239 52 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.5 0.29 13 400 7415 -22.0 -41.5 15 19.5 -24.7 238 58 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.25 14 350 8381 -29.9 -45.8 20 15.9 -31.5 237 58 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.18 15 300 9459 -39.0 -50.4 29 11.4 -39.7 242 63 330.4 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.13 16 250 10679 -49.0 -57.3 38 8.2 -49.3 247 74 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.07 17 200 12122 -53.7 -70.6 11 16.9 -54.0 251 87 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13954 -58.8 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.1 249 68 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16439 -67.3 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 247 39 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.22 m Freezing level: 619.55 mb = 4066.72 m = 13342.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.60 mb = 3398.20 m = 11148.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.61 mb = 498.84 m = 1636.60 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 19.40 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.95 mb = 1767.44 m = 5798.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.96 C K Index: 36.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 323.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.00 mb = 1214.12 m = 3983.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.00 mb = 3812.88 m = 12509.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.00 mb = 10704.84 m = 35120.44 ft B at Equ Level: 317.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.00 mb = 12153.95 m = 39874.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 6.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.5 neg: -10.9 tot: 222.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 6.44 Bulk Shear: 50.20 m/s