MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.17,-90.62 Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -90.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 60 26.3 18.7 63 7.7 21.0 184 11 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.3 13.65 1 1000 62 26.8 18.5 61 8.2 21.1 182 9 299.9 302.4 294.2 339.6 13.56 2 950 515 24.1 17.5 67 6.6 19.5 191 30 301.7 304.1 294.6 341.0 13.35 3 900 985 19.7 16.3 81 3.4 17.4 196 34 301.8 304.2 294.4 340.2 13.03 4 850 1475 15.6 15.7 100 -0.0 15.7 198 35 302.5 305.0 294.7 341.8 13.27 5 800 1988 11.9 11.4 97 0.5 11.6 215 40 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.4 10.63 6 750 2524 7.3 6.7 96 0.6 6.9 220 42 304.5 306.0 291.5 329.2 8.22 7 700 3092 6.3 5.9 97 0.4 6.1 217 45 309.5 311.0 293.0 335.0 8.33 8 650 3696 2.0 -7.7 49 9.7 -2.3 219 48 311.2 311.9 289.3 321.7 3.30 9 600 4336 -2.6 -3.4 94 0.8 -3.0 215 44 313.1 314.0 291.3 328.7 4.96 10 550 5022 -6.2 -8.0 87 1.8 -7.0 217 50 316.7 317.4 291.4 329.0 3.80 11 500 5762 -10.2 -11.7 89 1.5 -10.8 221 56 320.6 321.2 292.0 330.9 3.12 12 450 6569 -14.4 -15.9 88 1.5 -15.0 220 50 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.4 2.45 13 400 7452 -19.8 -21.7 84 1.9 -20.3 231 58 329.3 329.6 293.1 335.2 1.68 14 350 8430 -26.3 -28.7 80 2.4 -26.8 252 58 333.4 333.6 293.6 337.1 1.02 15 300 9525 -34.8 -37.8 75 2.9 -35.2 251 53 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.1 0.49 16 250 10772 -44.3 -47.7 69 3.4 -44.5 237 68 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.21 17 200 12233 -53.3 -61.7 35 8.4 -53.5 242 69 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.05 18 150 14050 -61.8 -80.5 7 18.7 -62.0 247 56 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16512 -69.7 -85.5 8 15.8 -69.8 255 41 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.71 m Freezing level: 628.30 mb = 3973.98 m = 13037.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.61 mb = 3527.42 m = 11572.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.50 mb = 1037.49 m = 3403.80 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 12.62 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.27 mb = 1461.82 m = 4795.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 25.87 C K Index: 41.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 763.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.93 mb = 1305.65 m = 4283.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.93 mb = 1656.43 m = 5434.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.93 mb = 10453.39 m = 34295.47 ft B at Equ Level: 762.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.93 mb = 13566.87 m = 44510.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.7 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 243.7 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 261.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 9.19 Bulk Shear: 83.15 m/s