MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.31,-92.38 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -92.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 1000 75 28.1 19.4 59 8.7 21.9 178 9 301.2 303.9 295.1 343.3 14.30 2 950 525 22.0 18.0 78 4.0 19.2 182 15 299.5 302.0 294.2 339.6 13.76 3 900 992 18.2 16.8 91 1.5 17.2 201 25 300.3 302.8 294.3 339.8 13.47 4 850 1482 16.6 11.3 71 5.3 13.2 198 25 303.5 305.3 292.6 333.1 9.93 5 800 1995 12.9 10.1 83 2.8 11.2 203 24 304.9 306.8 292.9 334.3 9.78 6 750 2535 9.2 5.0 75 4.2 6.8 197 25 306.5 307.9 291.3 328.7 7.29 7 700 3105 7.4 1.9 68 5.5 4.4 201 28 310.7 311.9 291.8 330.3 6.30 8 650 3713 4.5 0.0 73 4.4 2.1 211 32 314.0 315.1 292.4 332.6 5.91 9 600 4360 0.2 -4.6 70 4.8 -2.1 211 31 316.4 317.3 292.0 330.9 4.54 10 550 5051 -4.9 -11.1 62 6.2 -7.5 215 31 318.2 318.8 291.2 328.0 2.98 11 500 5791 -11.2 -15.2 72 4.0 -12.6 216 39 319.4 319.9 290.9 327.3 2.35 12 450 6597 -13.0 -43.1 6 30.2 -17.9 227 48 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.19 13 400 7484 -19.5 -46.7 7 27.3 -23.0 233 56 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.14 14 350 8459 -27.4 -50.8 9 23.3 -29.6 238 63 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 15 300 9549 -36.0 -52.3 17 16.4 -37.1 240 71 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 16 250 10788 -45.7 -49.0 70 3.2 -45.9 245 70 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.18 17 200 12249 -51.7 -69.2 11 17.5 -52.1 251 75 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14072 -61.5 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.7 246 67 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16516 -70.4 -86.2 8 15.7 -70.5 250 41 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.95 m Freezing level: 597.60 mb = 4393.08 m = 14412.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.11 mb = 4028.47 m = 13216.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.28 mb = 1171.99 m = 3845.07 ft T: 17.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 6.72 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1534.32 m = 5033.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 33.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.80 mb = 1099.21 m = 3606.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.80 mb = 1955.33 m = 6415.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.80 mb = 11226.39 m = 36831.55 ft B at Equ Level: 634.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.80 mb = 13514.42 m = 44338.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 85.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 16.19 Bulk Shear: 40.22 m/s