MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.59,-90.42 Latitude: 37.59 Longitude: -90.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 980 257 24.1 17.2 66 6.8 19.4 199 8 299.0 301.3 293.3 336.1 12.73 2 950 522 20.3 16.2 77 4.2 17.6 208 13 297.8 300.1 292.6 333.4 12.27 3 900 990 18.9 16.8 88 2.1 17.5 240 30 301.0 303.5 294.5 340.7 13.49 4 850 1479 15.1 14.2 94 0.9 14.5 251 22 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.4 12.03 5 800 1989 11.1 10.9 99 0.2 10.9 236 16 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.4 10.26 6 750 2527 8.8 7.8 93 1.1 8.2 212 18 306.2 307.8 292.5 333.0 8.88 7 700 3097 6.9 1.2 67 5.8 3.8 212 26 310.1 311.3 291.3 328.6 5.95 8 650 3702 2.7 -1.1 76 3.9 0.8 219 31 312.1 313.1 291.5 329.1 5.43 9 600 4344 -2.3 -5.4 79 3.2 -3.7 225 35 313.5 314.3 290.9 327.0 4.26 10 550 5031 -6.0 -18.7 36 12.7 -10.2 225 38 316.9 317.3 289.5 322.3 1.59 11 500 5767 -12.1 -20.9 48 8.7 -14.7 231 44 318.2 318.5 289.7 323.1 1.45 12 450 6564 -16.9 -30.6 29 13.7 -19.7 236 48 322.0 322.1 290.1 324.4 0.66 13 400 7441 -21.5 -42.5 13 21.1 -24.4 241 59 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.23 14 350 8408 -29.3 -48.4 14 19.0 -31.1 239 64 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.14 15 300 9489 -37.7 -47.2 37 9.4 -38.5 246 73 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.18 16 250 10721 -47.2 -50.7 67 3.5 -47.4 253 72 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.15 17 200 12166 -53.6 -61.0 40 7.5 -53.8 254 91 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.05 18 150 13994 -59.7 -81.9 4 22.1 -60.0 248 77 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16479 -68.6 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.7 247 35 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.11 m Freezing level: 622.53 mb = 4054.63 m = 13302.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.61 mb = 3806.30 m = 12487.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.41 mb = 1119.88 m = 3674.12 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 12.07 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1460.90 m = 4792.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 26.31 C K Index: 35.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 698.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.54 mb = 1166.97 m = 3828.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.54 mb = 1714.37 m = 5624.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.54 mb = 3020.17 m = 9908.58 ft B at Equ Level: 35.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.54 mb = 13329.16 m = 43730.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.4 neg: -8.2 tot: 127.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 19.61 Bulk Shear: 35.64 m/s