MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 28.13,-90.63 Latitude: 28.13 Longitude: -90.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -0 26.2 22.1 78 4.1 23.2 251 8 298.2 301.2 295.9 346.8 16.74 1 1000 119 25.1 19.9 73 5.2 21.5 251 9 298.3 301.0 294.6 341.1 14.76 2 950 572 23.7 18.3 72 5.4 20.0 243 11 301.3 303.8 295.0 342.7 14.10 3 900 1043 20.9 15.9 73 5.0 17.5 250 12 303.1 305.4 294.5 340.8 12.72 4 850 1535 18.3 12.3 68 6.0 14.4 260 14 305.3 307.3 293.6 337.1 10.60 5 800 2053 14.9 10.9 77 4.1 12.3 273 16 307.1 309.0 293.9 338.1 10.28 6 750 2597 11.7 6.5 70 5.2 8.6 276 16 309.3 310.9 292.9 334.2 8.14 7 700 3171 8.2 3.4 71 4.9 5.5 273 16 311.6 312.9 292.6 333.2 6.98 8 650 3780 4.6 1.3 79 3.3 2.8 262 14 314.2 315.4 292.9 334.5 6.47 9 600 4428 0.7 -2.0 82 2.7 -0.7 244 16 317.0 318.0 292.9 334.6 5.53 10 550 5122 -2.8 -8.2 66 5.5 -5.2 239 21 320.8 321.6 292.6 333.1 3.74 11 500 5873 -6.8 -13.4 59 6.6 -9.4 249 23 324.8 325.3 292.8 334.0 2.72 12 450 6686 -12.2 -15.3 78 3.1 -13.3 260 25 327.9 328.4 293.5 336.8 2.58 13 400 7580 -16.6 -17.8 91 1.2 -17.0 253 19 333.4 333.9 294.7 341.7 2.36 14 350 8570 -23.3 -25.0 85 1.8 -23.7 251 18 337.4 337.7 295.0 342.6 1.43 15 300 9681 -31.3 -33.7 79 2.4 -31.7 232 21 341.3 341.4 295.3 344.1 0.74 16 250 10947 -40.4 -45.1 61 4.7 -40.8 239 27 346.0 346.0 296.0 347.1 0.27 17 200 12427 -52.4 -56.2 64 3.8 -52.5 258 56 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.2 0.09 18 150 14227 -65.3 -78.2 15 12.9 -65.4 282 36 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16635 -74.3 -83.3 23 9.1 -74.3 267 11 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.39 m Freezing level: 589.62 mb = 4571.74 m = 14998.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.88 mb = 4295.25 m = 14091.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.34 % Est. max temperature: 32.70 C = 90.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.18 mb = 523.64 m = 1717.97 ft T: 23.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 5.67 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1857.10 m = 6092.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.46 C = 94.02 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 32.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 173.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.37 mb = 1116.01 m = 3661.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.37 mb = 3083.54 m = 10116.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 397.37 mb = 7628.79 m = 25028.55 ft B at Equ Level: 172.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.37 mb = 11016.65 m = 36143.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 29.90 Bulk Shear: 5.79 m/s