MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.19,-90.5 Latitude: 37.19 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 991 145 28.0 19.4 59 8.7 21.9 197 9 301.9 304.6 295.4 344.5 14.42 2 950 517 22.6 18.3 76 4.3 19.6 200 16 300.1 302.7 294.6 341.2 14.04 3 900 986 19.9 17.3 85 2.6 18.1 221 32 302.0 304.6 295.1 343.1 13.91 4 850 1477 16.2 14.2 88 2.1 14.9 221 32 303.2 305.4 294.0 338.9 12.06 5 800 1991 12.6 10.6 88 2.0 11.3 217 27 304.6 306.4 293.0 334.7 10.08 6 750 2529 8.9 6.1 83 2.7 7.3 220 20 306.2 307.7 291.7 330.1 7.91 7 700 3097 5.3 2.0 79 3.4 3.5 221 19 308.4 309.6 291.1 327.8 6.33 8 650 3700 2.3 -8.4 45 10.7 -2.4 212 25 311.5 312.1 289.2 321.5 3.12 9 600 4341 -1.8 -17.0 30 15.2 -7.1 216 32 314.1 314.4 288.6 319.7 1.69 10 550 5027 -6.8 -13.7 58 6.9 -9.3 219 38 316.1 316.5 290.0 324.0 2.42 11 500 5762 -12.3 -18.9 58 6.5 -14.4 223 41 318.0 318.3 289.9 323.8 1.72 12 450 6560 -16.3 -27.3 38 11.0 -18.9 224 40 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.9 0.90 13 400 7439 -20.8 -38.6 19 17.7 -23.7 236 51 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.34 14 350 8409 -28.6 -44.6 20 16.0 -30.4 238 56 330.1 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.21 15 300 9495 -37.0 -48.6 29 11.6 -37.8 247 61 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.16 16 250 10727 -47.5 -53.5 50 6.0 -47.8 252 70 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.10 17 200 12166 -55.0 -66.7 22 11.7 -55.2 252 88 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13986 -60.0 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.2 247 76 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16452 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 246 41 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.41 m Freezing level: 621.79 mb = 4061.44 m = 13324.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.13 mb = 3451.84 m = 11324.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.97 mb = 1238.43 m = 4063.03 ft T: 18.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 23.38 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.18 mb = 1425.13 m = 4675.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.11 C Showalter Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 39.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1556.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.92 mb = 1189.98 m = 3904.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.92 mb = 1639.02 m = 5377.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.92 mb = 11732.13 m = 38490.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1551.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.92 mb = 15147.55 m = 49696.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.6 neg: -41.7 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 47.36 Bulk Shear: 32.85 m/s