MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.75,-90.79 Latitude: 37.75 Longitude: -90.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 973 300 23.7 18.0 71 5.6 19.8 189 6 299.1 301.6 293.9 338.4 13.48 2 950 511 21.7 17.1 75 4.6 18.6 195 14 299.2 301.6 293.6 337.2 13.02 3 900 979 19.3 14.3 73 5.0 16.0 232 24 301.4 303.5 293.1 335.2 11.47 4 850 1468 15.7 9.0 65 6.6 11.6 228 25 302.6 304.1 291.1 327.9 8.53 5 800 1978 11.0 8.4 84 2.5 9.5 206 22 302.8 304.4 291.3 328.7 8.70 6 750 2515 8.4 8.4 100 0.0 8.3 185 21 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.5 9.24 7 700 3084 6.5 0.2 64 6.3 3.2 205 26 309.7 310.8 290.9 327.0 5.57 8 650 3689 3.5 -4.8 55 8.3 -0.4 213 33 312.9 313.7 290.6 326.0 4.12 9 600 4333 -1.5 -11.2 48 9.7 -5.4 225 37 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.2 2.71 10 550 5019 -6.2 -23.2 25 16.9 -11.1 223 37 316.7 316.9 288.9 320.4 1.08 11 500 5755 -12.2 -26.3 30 14.1 -15.7 219 42 318.1 318.3 289.1 321.3 0.89 12 450 6551 -17.8 -27.5 42 9.7 -20.0 223 47 320.9 321.0 290.0 324.0 0.88 13 400 7424 -22.1 -37.6 23 15.5 -24.5 233 60 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.38 14 350 8390 -29.6 -45.8 19 16.2 -31.3 233 70 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.18 15 300 9468 -38.1 -42.6 63 4.4 -38.5 231 73 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.30 16 250 10700 -47.7 -50.9 70 3.1 -47.9 238 74 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 12140 -54.3 -69.7 13 15.4 -54.6 246 75 346.7 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13967 -58.3 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.6 241 71 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16458 -67.3 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 236 37 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.07 m Freezing level: 614.92 mb = 4140.59 m = 13584.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.18 mb = 3611.92 m = 11849.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.12 mb = 1015.65 m = 3332.15 ft T: 19.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 13.08 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.59 mb = 1672.50 m = 5487.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 30.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 583.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.76 mb = 1400.05 m = 4593.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.76 mb = 1855.53 m = 6087.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 701.76 mb = 3063.23 m = 10049.85 ft B at Equ Level: 30.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.76 mb = 12747.62 m = 41822.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.0 neg: -37.5 tot: 86.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 15.97 Bulk Shear: 36.57 m/s