MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.89,-94.15 Latitude: 36.89 Longitude: -94.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 965 361 24.0 19.9 78 4.1 21.1 189 14 300.1 302.9 295.5 345.0 15.33 2 950 501 21.9 19.1 84 2.8 19.9 190 19 299.4 302.1 294.9 342.5 14.76 3 900 969 20.0 17.0 83 2.9 17.9 213 38 302.1 304.6 294.9 342.5 13.71 4 850 1461 17.7 11.3 66 6.4 13.6 218 33 304.7 306.5 292.9 334.5 9.95 5 800 1976 13.7 8.1 69 5.7 10.3 217 27 305.8 307.4 292.1 331.3 8.48 6 750 2516 9.4 7.7 89 1.7 8.4 190 22 306.8 308.5 292.7 333.6 8.84 7 700 3086 6.5 3.8 82 2.8 4.9 206 29 309.7 311.1 292.2 331.8 7.18 8 650 3690 2.4 -1.6 75 4.0 0.4 211 36 311.6 312.6 291.2 328.0 5.24 9 600 4331 -2.6 -4.5 87 1.9 -3.5 208 39 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.5 4.56 10 550 5015 -7.7 -9.4 87 1.8 -8.4 215 39 315.0 315.6 290.6 326.0 3.40 11 500 5750 -12.2 -14.7 82 2.5 -13.0 217 45 318.2 318.7 290.6 326.3 2.45 12 450 6549 -17.0 -23.9 55 6.9 -18.8 222 46 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.2 1.24 13 400 7422 -22.5 -36.9 26 14.3 -24.8 231 62 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.40 14 350 8386 -31.0 -36.0 61 5.0 -31.7 227 68 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.8 0.50 15 300 9466 -37.2 -40.3 73 3.0 -37.5 241 61 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.38 16 250 10697 -47.9 -51.3 68 3.4 -48.1 244 68 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.14 17 200 12137 -54.6 -64.7 28 10.2 -54.8 249 81 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 13963 -59.4 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 242 72 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16458 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 248 38 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.27 m Freezing level: 626.22 mb = 3995.10 m = 13107.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.20 mb = 3749.55 m = 12301.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.67 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.63 mb = 876.61 m = 2875.98 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 11.20 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.63 mb = 1728.61 m = 5671.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1628.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.58 mb = 1254.86 m = 4116.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.58 mb = 2128.22 m = 6982.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.58 mb = 11652.91 m = 38230.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1617.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.58 mb = 15056.16 m = 49396.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.7 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 241.7 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.4 neg: -54.7 tot: 141.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 76.55 Bulk Shear: 21.27 m/s