MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F023.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KSZL ... Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 28 SFC 974 254 22.0 19.2 84 2.8 20.0 191 6 297.3 300.0 294.1 339.2 14.48 2 950 473 20.8 18.1 85 2.7 18.9 213 11 298.3 300.8 294.0 338.6 13.88 3 900 939 17.4 16.1 92 1.4 16.5 282 10 299.5 301.8 293.6 337.0 12.85 4 850 1425 14.0 6.4 60 7.6 9.6 320 12 300.8 302.1 289.3 321.8 7.09 5 800 1932 9.4 -0.5 50 9.9 4.4 335 15 301.1 302.0 287.1 315.0 4.60 6 750 2462 4.2 -1.7 66 5.9 1.4 336 16 301.1 301.9 287.0 314.7 4.51 7 700 3018 -0.9 -2.4 90 1.5 -1.6 338 19 301.4 302.3 287.2 315.3 4.58 8 650 3605 -4.5 -6.6 85 2.1 -5.4 336 29 303.9 304.6 287.1 315.0 3.60 9 600 4232 -7.7 -10.7 79 3.0 -8.8 327 23 307.2 307.7 287.4 316.1 2.81 10 550 4904 -9.8 -11.6 86 1.9 -10.5 203 19 312.5 313.1 289.3 321.7 2.86 11 500 5642 -10.3 -12.0 87 1.7 -11.0 197 61 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.6 3.05 12 450 6445 -15.3 -18.1 79 2.8 -16.2 203 68 324.0 324.4 292.0 330.9 2.05 13 400 7326 -20.6 -23.9 75 3.2 -21.5 203 69 328.2 328.5 292.6 333.1 1.39 14 350 8299 -27.9 -32.5 65 4.6 -28.7 202 72 331.1 331.3 292.7 333.8 0.71 15 300 9385 -37.5 -43.0 56 5.6 -37.9 202 73 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.28 16 250 10613 -48.3 -51.7 68 3.4 -48.5 199 78 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12069 -50.6 -72.2 6 21.6 -51.0 225 62 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 13916 -58.6 -81.3 4 22.7 -58.9 249 53 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16421 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.3 247 47 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.10 m Freezing level: 709.17 mb = 2915.75 m = 9566.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.12 mb = 2711.47 m = 8895.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.24 % Est. max temperature: 25.59 C = 78.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.82 mb = 611.63 m = 2006.63 ft T: 19.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.57 C/km ThetaE index: 24.51 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1170.84 m = 3841.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.73 C = 76.51 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -7.58 C Showalter Index: 5.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 16.69 C K Index: 29.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1143.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.75 mb = 1017.23 m = 3337.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.75 mb = 1357.60 m = 4454.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.75 mb = 10968.24 m = 35984.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1122.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.75 mb = 13633.48 m = 44728.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -75.5 tot: -43.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 27.81 Bulk Shear: 41.12 m/s