MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.41,-93.73 Latitude: 38.41 Longitude: -93.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 976 245 23.8 19.0 75 4.8 20.5 243 4 299.1 301.7 294.6 340.9 14.36 2 950 479 21.2 18.2 83 3.0 19.1 245 5 298.7 301.2 294.1 339.3 13.97 3 900 944 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 252 7 298.7 301.2 293.7 337.6 13.34 4 850 1431 16.0 8.7 62 7.3 11.6 275 8 302.9 304.5 291.0 327.7 8.32 5 800 1942 12.1 3.2 54 8.9 7.2 264 11 304.1 305.2 289.5 322.4 6.04 6 750 2479 8.7 -11.5 23 20.1 0.5 244 14 306.0 306.4 286.3 312.7 2.12 7 700 3045 4.9 -23.1 11 28.1 -3.7 254 15 307.9 308.1 285.6 310.8 0.85 8 650 3643 -0.2 -10.0 48 9.8 -4.1 265 20 308.8 309.3 287.9 317.5 2.75 9 600 4277 -5.0 -7.5 82 2.6 -6.1 265 28 310.4 311.1 289.3 321.8 3.62 10 550 4956 -8.7 -11.7 78 3.1 -9.8 238 32 313.8 314.3 289.6 322.9 2.83 11 500 5689 -13.0 -14.5 89 1.4 -13.5 224 46 317.2 317.7 290.4 325.4 2.49 12 450 6489 -16.6 -18.1 88 1.5 -17.0 209 52 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.4 2.05 13 400 7363 -22.9 -25.1 82 2.2 -23.4 206 55 325.3 325.5 291.6 329.7 1.25 14 350 8328 -29.4 -32.1 77 2.7 -29.9 210 52 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.8 0.74 15 300 9410 -37.7 -40.8 73 3.0 -38.1 208 71 332.2 332.2 292.7 333.5 0.36 16 250 10640 -47.6 -50.9 69 3.3 -47.8 216 84 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12083 -54.4 -69.4 14 15.1 -54.6 239 79 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13913 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.8 263 60 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16417 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.7 251 40 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.32 m Freezing level: 651.81 mb = 3620.98 m = 11879.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.21 mb = 2542.93 m = 8342.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.93 mb = 849.89 m = 2788.33 ft T: 17.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 30.15 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1472.01 m = 4829.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 9.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 201.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1158.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.22 mb = 980.29 m = 3216.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.22 mb = 1929.66 m = 6330.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.22 mb = 11145.57 m = 36566.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1143.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.22 mb = 13861.51 m = 45476.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -5.5 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 30.98 Bulk Shear: 37.39 m/s