MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.44,-95.80 Latitude: 34.44 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 979 259 24.9 21.0 79 3.9 22.1 172 11 299.8 302.8 296.0 347.2 16.20 2 950 523 21.0 19.9 93 1.1 20.2 176 16 298.5 301.4 295.3 343.9 15.60 3 900 991 19.5 16.2 81 3.3 17.2 216 26 301.6 304.0 294.3 339.7 12.94 4 850 1481 16.8 14.1 85 2.6 15.0 224 17 303.7 305.9 294.1 339.4 12.01 5 800 1996 13.9 6.8 62 7.1 9.6 206 16 305.9 307.4 291.5 329.4 7.75 6 750 2539 12.3 4.3 58 8.1 7.7 239 19 310.0 311.3 292.1 331.3 6.93 7 700 3114 8.1 5.0 81 3.1 6.3 241 23 311.4 312.9 293.2 335.7 7.84 8 650 3721 3.2 3.1 100 0.1 3.2 232 27 312.6 314.0 293.2 335.6 7.41 9 600 4365 -0.5 -6.7 63 6.2 -3.4 237 32 315.5 316.2 291.1 327.9 3.85 10 550 5054 -5.8 -15.6 46 9.7 -9.3 238 34 317.1 317.5 290.0 324.0 2.07 11 500 5791 -11.4 -28.4 23 17.0 -15.4 239 36 319.1 319.3 289.3 321.7 0.73 12 450 6593 -15.1 -39.0 11 23.9 -19.2 235 43 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.29 13 400 7474 -20.3 -45.9 8 25.6 -23.6 235 54 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.16 14 350 8447 -28.0 -47.8 13 19.8 -30.0 236 60 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 15 300 9534 -36.5 -49.4 25 13.0 -37.4 240 68 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.6 0.14 16 250 10769 -47.0 -53.3 49 6.3 -47.2 243 78 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.11 17 200 12219 -54.2 -67.4 18 13.2 -54.5 243 85 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14041 -59.9 -79.6 6 19.7 -60.0 254 78 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16504 -71.3 -86.8 8 15.4 -71.4 245 35 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.07 m Freezing level: 607.07 mb = 4273.66 m = 14021.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.74 mb = 4026.79 m = 13211.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.76 mb = 746.79 m = 2450.08 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 17.83 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1436.21 m = 4711.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 39.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1179.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.69 mb = 1032.05 m = 3385.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.69 mb = 3105.76 m = 10189.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.69 mb = 11579.39 m = 37989.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1176.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.69 mb = 14430.22 m = 47342.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.8 neg: -30.1 tot: 114.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 23.02 Bulk Shear: 51.24 m/s