MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.92,-90.43 Latitude: 35.92 Longitude: -90.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 997 71 25.5 17.4 61 8.1 20.0 173 14 298.9 301.2 293.3 335.7 12.64 2 950 495 22.8 16.1 66 6.7 18.3 184 35 300.4 302.6 293.3 336.2 12.21 3 900 964 19.0 14.8 76 4.2 16.2 195 38 301.1 303.3 293.3 335.9 11.82 4 850 1452 14.6 14.1 96 0.6 14.3 199 39 301.5 303.7 293.5 336.7 11.96 5 800 1963 12.1 3.0 54 9.0 7.1 206 38 304.0 305.1 289.4 322.0 5.96 6 750 2500 8.7 7.7 94 1.0 8.1 209 37 306.0 307.7 292.4 332.7 8.83 7 700 3070 6.6 3.2 79 3.4 4.7 216 42 309.8 311.1 292.0 331.1 6.90 8 650 3676 3.7 0.2 78 3.4 1.8 219 49 313.1 314.2 292.2 331.9 6.00 9 600 4321 -0.6 -5.3 71 4.7 -2.8 213 53 315.4 316.3 291.5 329.2 4.31 10 550 5012 -5.4 -10.0 70 4.6 -7.3 217 50 317.7 318.3 291.2 328.3 3.26 11 500 5751 -10.4 -22.1 38 11.7 -13.8 231 53 320.3 320.6 290.2 324.8 1.30 12 450 6554 -16.2 -24.0 51 7.8 -18.2 227 63 322.9 323.1 290.9 327.1 1.22 13 400 7431 -20.8 -22.4 87 1.6 -21.2 229 72 328.0 328.3 292.7 333.5 1.59 14 350 8406 -27.2 -29.6 80 2.4 -27.6 237 64 332.1 332.3 293.2 335.5 0.94 15 300 9500 -35.3 -38.2 75 2.9 -35.7 248 55 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.3 0.47 16 250 10741 -45.8 -49.1 69 3.3 -46.0 244 55 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.18 17 200 12194 -51.9 -68.8 11 16.9 -52.3 250 69 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14014 -60.9 -80.4 6 19.6 -61.0 246 58 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16498 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 245 36 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.71 m Freezing level: 606.97 mb = 4231.41 m = 13882.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.17 mb = 3925.94 m = 12880.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.84 mb = 1099.01 m = 3605.62 ft T: 17.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 14.68 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.60 mb = 1535.39 m = 5037.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 229.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.16 mb = 1330.34 m = 4364.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.16 mb = 2204.18 m = 7231.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.16 mb = 2985.98 m = 9796.40 ft B at Equ Level: 13.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.16 mb = 11365.03 m = 37286.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 293.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 2.69 Bulk Shear: 85.14 m/s