MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 31.22,-89.71 Latitude: 31.22 Longitude: -89.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 66 25.2 21.4 80 3.8 22.5 327 1 297.9 300.9 295.5 344.9 16.19 1 1000 112 25.4 21.4 79 4.0 22.5 321 1 298.5 301.5 295.7 345.7 16.22 2 950 562 23.0 16.4 67 6.6 18.5 286 9 300.5 302.8 293.6 337.0 12.45 3 900 1030 18.6 13.9 74 4.7 15.5 278 12 300.7 302.8 292.7 333.6 11.19 4 850 1518 14.5 11.3 81 3.2 12.5 275 14 301.3 303.2 291.9 330.7 9.94 5 800 2029 13.2 3.5 52 9.7 7.8 276 17 305.2 306.4 289.9 323.9 6.15 6 750 2570 11.0 -2.3 39 13.3 4.3 255 21 308.5 309.3 289.3 321.9 4.31 7 700 3142 8.4 -7.9 31 16.3 1.0 253 25 311.8 312.4 289.2 321.4 3.00 8 650 3749 3.7 -10.8 34 14.5 -2.4 253 26 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.5 2.58 9 600 4392 -0.1 -20.7 19 20.6 -6.8 254 28 316.0 316.3 288.8 320.2 1.22 10 550 5084 -3.4 -42.0 3 38.6 -10.9 252 27 320.1 320.1 289.0 320.7 0.17 11 500 5829 -8.8 -28.2 19 19.4 -13.7 245 35 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.9 0.75 12 450 6637 -13.1 -32.8 17 19.7 -17.4 239 42 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.7 0.54 13 400 7524 -19.1 -40.4 13 21.3 -22.5 229 48 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.28 14 350 8503 -25.0 -53.1 6 28.1 -27.8 246 59 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.08 15 300 9610 -31.3 -35.1 69 3.9 -31.9 235 74 341.3 341.5 295.2 343.8 0.64 16 250 10874 -42.6 -45.8 71 3.2 -42.9 231 77 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.25 17 200 12344 -52.5 -70.6 10 18.0 -52.9 245 64 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14162 -62.5 -78.5 10 16.0 -62.7 250 43 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16608 -69.5 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 276 27 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.09 m Freezing level: 600.98 mb = 4379.81 m = 14369.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.05 mb = 3318.51 m = 10887.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.58 mb = 547.54 m = 1796.37 ft T: 23.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 24.32 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.16 mb = 1337.51 m = 4388.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.15 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: 2.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 18.29 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 149.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.10 mb = 1191.97 m = 3910.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.10 mb = 1436.92 m = 4714.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 828.10 mb = 1737.73 m = 5701.15 ft B at Equ Level: 10.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 768.10 mb = 2369.69 m = 7774.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.5 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 286.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -7.5 tot: 9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.49 Bulk Shear: 42.79 m/s