MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.32,-90.29 Latitude: 38.32 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 993 140 22.3 16.8 71 5.5 18.7 212 8 296.0 298.2 292.0 331.2 12.21 2 950 524 20.6 15.4 72 5.3 17.2 233 27 298.1 300.2 292.3 332.0 11.64 3 900 991 18.8 13.3 70 5.5 15.3 251 34 300.9 302.9 292.4 332.5 10.74 4 850 1480 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.5 262 25 302.1 304.1 292.8 333.9 10.77 5 800 1991 11.7 11.7 100 -0.0 11.7 253 18 303.6 305.6 293.3 336.0 10.87 6 750 2530 8.9 8.9 100 0.0 8.9 224 13 306.3 308.1 293.1 335.3 9.62 7 700 3099 5.8 3.2 84 2.6 4.4 225 24 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.1 6.92 8 650 3701 1.0 -2.1 80 3.0 -0.6 222 34 310.1 311.0 290.5 325.8 5.06 9 600 4339 -3.3 -3.4 99 0.1 -3.4 226 38 312.3 313.2 291.1 327.8 4.96 10 550 5024 -6.8 -8.9 85 2.1 -7.7 230 43 316.0 316.6 291.0 327.4 3.54 11 500 5760 -12.2 -20.5 50 8.3 -14.6 233 46 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.2 1.50 12 450 6556 -17.6 -30.5 31 12.9 -20.3 242 51 321.1 321.3 289.8 323.5 0.67 13 400 7430 -22.2 -41.6 16 19.4 -24.9 243 55 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.25 14 350 8395 -30.0 -44.7 22 14.8 -31.5 238 61 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.20 15 300 9473 -38.5 -47.7 37 9.2 -39.2 244 66 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.17 16 250 10699 -48.8 -52.1 69 3.2 -49.0 249 80 333.4 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 17 200 12143 -52.3 -72.9 7 20.7 -52.7 252 95 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13977 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 247 74 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16466 -67.6 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.7 237 33 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.58 m Freezing level: 638.78 mb = 3844.20 m = 12612.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.75 mb = 3629.41 m = 11907.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.27 mb = 836.14 m = 2743.20 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 10.14 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.23 mb = 1831.82 m = 6009.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 37.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 243.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.09 mb = 1279.85 m = 4198.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.09 mb = 3393.44 m = 11133.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.09 mb = 8911.08 m = 29235.48 ft B at Equ Level: 243.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.09 mb = 11672.27 m = 38294.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.0 neg: -5.9 tot: 157.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 14.03 Bulk Shear: 17.33 m/s