MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.39,-89.40 Latitude: 36.39 Longitude: -89.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 996 88 23.5 19.6 79 3.9 20.8 223 11 297.0 299.6 294.1 339.2 14.60 2 950 499 21.2 18.6 85 2.6 19.4 206 30 298.7 301.4 294.4 340.6 14.37 3 900 966 17.5 17.0 97 0.5 17.2 206 41 299.5 302.0 294.2 339.5 13.69 4 850 1453 14.7 14.7 100 0.0 14.7 208 45 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.4 12.50 5 800 1965 11.5 11.1 97 0.5 11.3 212 41 303.4 305.4 292.9 334.4 10.42 6 750 2502 8.2 6.7 90 1.5 7.3 217 43 305.5 307.0 291.8 330.4 8.26 7 700 3069 5.4 3.5 87 1.9 4.3 216 46 308.4 309.8 291.7 330.0 7.03 8 650 3671 1.2 0.3 94 0.9 0.7 211 50 310.3 311.5 291.5 329.0 6.03 9 600 4311 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.7 211 56 313.2 314.2 291.6 329.5 5.17 10 550 4998 -6.2 -6.2 100 0.0 -6.2 220 65 316.8 317.6 291.9 330.8 4.37 11 500 5738 -10.2 -10.4 98 0.2 -10.3 228 71 320.6 321.3 292.3 332.0 3.46 12 450 6543 -14.7 -15.3 95 0.6 -14.9 228 68 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.5 2.58 13 400 7428 -19.1 -20.1 92 0.9 -19.4 225 61 330.1 330.5 293.6 336.9 1.94 14 350 8408 -26.1 -28.4 81 2.3 -26.6 224 57 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.4 1.05 15 300 9505 -34.7 -37.7 74 3.0 -35.1 232 52 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.4 0.50 16 250 10749 -45.0 -48.5 68 3.4 -45.2 231 75 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.19 17 200 12206 -54.0 -62.2 36 8.3 -54.2 237 84 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14033 -60.2 -82.1 4 21.9 -60.4 249 52 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16503 -67.4 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 260 38 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.75 m Freezing level: 633.68 mb = 3880.04 m = 12729.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.36 mb = 3803.12 m = 12477.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.24 C = 82.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.45 mb = 577.36 m = 1894.20 ft T: 20.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 11.54 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.25 mb = 944.35 m = 3098.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.00 C = 78.80 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.31 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 24.93 C K Index: 37.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 704.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.47 mb = 828.26 m = 2717.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.47 mb = 1162.68 m = 3814.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.47 mb = 10762.81 m = 35310.61 ft B at Equ Level: 700.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.47 mb = 13644.07 m = 44763.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 49.5 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.6 neg: -7.1 tot: 232.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 6.89 Bulk Shear: 102.23 m/s