MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.11,-93.31 Latitude: 37.11 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 966 368 17.5 16.0 91 1.5 16.5 170 6 293.5 295.7 291.0 327.6 11.95 2 950 516 21.7 15.8 69 5.8 17.8 189 22 299.2 301.4 292.9 334.2 12.00 3 900 986 20.2 13.8 67 6.3 16.0 211 29 302.3 304.3 293.1 335.2 11.12 4 850 1475 15.6 11.8 78 3.7 13.2 213 31 302.4 304.3 292.5 333.0 10.30 5 800 1988 13.2 6.6 64 6.6 9.3 231 25 305.3 306.7 291.3 328.4 7.67 6 750 2530 12.2 2.9 53 9.3 7.0 247 20 309.9 311.1 291.5 329.4 6.32 7 700 3105 8.7 -1.2 50 9.9 3.5 249 23 312.1 313.0 291.1 327.8 5.01 8 650 3711 3.6 -7.0 46 10.6 -1.3 248 28 313.0 313.6 290.0 324.1 3.48 9 600 4355 -0.8 -18.0 26 17.1 -6.8 249 34 315.1 315.4 288.8 320.3 1.55 10 550 5044 -5.2 -26.0 18 20.9 -10.9 246 34 318.0 318.1 289.0 320.9 0.83 11 500 5784 -10.2 -34.2 12 24.0 -15.2 242 33 320.7 320.7 289.4 322.2 0.42 12 450 6586 -16.5 -38.1 14 21.6 -20.2 242 34 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.6 0.32 13 400 7459 -22.1 -45.5 10 23.5 -24.9 246 38 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.16 14 350 8429 -28.5 -50.7 10 22.2 -30.4 251 41 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 15 300 9513 -37.7 -52.5 20 14.8 -38.7 255 45 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 16 250 10743 -47.3 -56.8 33 9.5 -47.6 251 55 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 17 200 12195 -53.1 -70.4 10 17.3 -53.4 255 70 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14014 -60.7 -83.6 3 22.9 -60.9 255 64 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16477 -69.0 -86.2 7 17.3 -69.1 245 31 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.71 m Freezing level: 609.62 mb = 4231.46 m = 13882.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.29 mb = 3545.78 m = 11632.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.55 mb = 557.10 m = 1827.75 ft T: 21.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 9.07 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2718.62 m = 8919.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.98 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 27.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 156.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 236.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.14 mb = 1533.88 m = 5032.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.14 mb = 4499.87 m = 14763.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.14 mb = 8650.50 m = 28380.56 ft B at Equ Level: 155.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.14 mb = 11600.10 m = 38057.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.6 neg: -6.3 tot: 211.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.20 Bulk Shear: 48.84 m/s