MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.85,-92.62 Latitude: 36.85 Longitude: -92.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 960 380 19.9 19.1 95 0.8 19.4 156 7 296.4 299.1 294.0 338.6 14.64 2 950 473 19.4 18.8 96 0.6 19.0 160 14 296.9 299.5 294.0 338.9 14.55 3 900 939 18.1 16.1 88 1.9 16.8 186 33 300.1 302.5 293.8 338.0 12.92 4 850 1427 14.9 13.6 92 1.3 14.0 211 38 301.7 303.9 293.3 335.9 11.59 5 800 1939 12.4 10.9 90 1.5 11.4 211 36 304.4 306.3 293.1 335.1 10.29 6 750 2478 9.2 8.5 96 0.6 8.8 201 38 306.5 308.3 293.0 334.7 9.34 7 700 3047 5.7 3.9 88 1.8 4.6 201 39 308.8 310.1 292.0 331.0 7.25 8 650 3652 3.7 3.0 95 0.7 3.3 201 44 313.2 314.6 293.3 336.0 7.34 9 600 4297 -1.8 -2.8 93 1.0 -2.3 211 56 314.1 315.1 291.9 330.5 5.21 10 550 4983 -6.3 -8.5 84 2.2 -7.2 219 61 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.67 11 500 5721 -10.9 -15.3 70 4.4 -12.4 222 57 319.8 320.2 291.0 327.6 2.33 12 450 6523 -16.2 -23.3 54 7.1 -18.1 223 56 322.9 323.2 291.0 327.4 1.31 13 400 7400 -21.3 -35.3 27 14.0 -23.7 231 66 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.1 0.48 14 350 8372 -27.7 -32.0 67 4.3 -28.5 238 55 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.2 0.75 15 300 9463 -35.9 -41.8 55 5.9 -36.5 245 54 334.8 334.9 293.3 336.1 0.33 16 250 10699 -46.4 -50.8 61 4.3 -46.6 245 61 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.14 17 200 12149 -54.5 -61.4 43 6.9 -54.7 250 73 346.4 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.05 18 150 13967 -59.0 -83.9 3 24.9 -59.2 258 59 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16463 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 250 41 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.73 m Freezing level: 616.18 mb = 4088.02 m = 13411.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.35 mb = 4027.94 m = 13214.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.98 mb = 473.28 m = 1552.74 ft T: 19.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 7.97 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1259.89 m = 4133.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 37.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 590.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.42 mb = 1020.90 m = 3349.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.42 mb = 2081.95 m = 6830.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.42 mb = 10793.07 m = 35409.91 ft B at Equ Level: 585.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.42 mb = 13310.03 m = 43667.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.5 neg: -12.6 tot: 328.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 4.55 Bulk Shear: 129.78 m/s