MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.19,-93.22 Latitude: 30.19 Longitude: -93.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 3 28.0 23.5 77 4.5 24.7 135 8 300.3 303.6 297.5 354.2 18.38 1 1000 97 26.3 23.4 84 2.9 24.2 136 9 299.4 302.8 297.3 353.2 18.37 2 950 549 22.0 22.0 100 -0.0 22.1 141 11 299.5 302.8 297.0 351.6 17.81 3 900 1018 19.6 17.7 89 1.9 18.2 156 16 301.7 304.3 295.2 343.8 14.27 4 850 1508 16.1 13.9 87 2.2 14.7 193 14 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.2 11.86 5 800 2025 14.9 8.2 64 6.8 10.8 191 5 307.1 308.7 292.5 332.9 8.54 6 750 2568 12.1 1.9 49 10.2 6.5 226 8 309.7 310.8 291.1 327.9 5.85 7 700 3143 9.8 -3.8 38 13.6 3.0 204 9 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.5 4.13 8 650 3755 5.9 -9.1 33 15.0 -0.7 194 11 315.7 316.3 290.3 325.3 2.95 9 600 4403 1.1 -12.3 36 13.4 -4.4 224 13 317.3 317.8 290.4 325.5 2.48 10 550 5098 -2.8 -19.7 26 16.9 -8.5 223 17 320.8 321.1 290.5 325.8 1.46 11 500 5846 -7.0 -23.4 26 16.4 -11.9 226 17 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.6 1.16 12 450 6659 -11.4 -34.3 13 22.8 -16.4 236 21 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.6 0.47 13 400 7553 -17.1 -47.0 6 29.9 -21.4 250 22 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.14 14 350 8537 -25.0 -54.9 4 29.9 -27.8 246 24 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.06 15 300 9636 -34.1 -56.7 8 22.6 -35.5 256 39 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.06 16 250 10887 -43.3 -57.7 19 14.4 -44.0 260 46 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.06 17 200 12355 -53.0 -71.5 9 18.6 -53.3 250 51 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14154 -65.3 -76.6 20 11.2 -65.4 255 46 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16561 -74.0 -85.4 16 11.4 -74.0 277 18 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.72 m Freezing level: 586.18 mb = 4594.89 m = 15074.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.89 mb = 3629.93 m = 11909.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.16 mb = 574.69 m = 1885.44 ft T: 21.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 28.92 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.23 mb = 638.43 m = 2094.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 23.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1621.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.42 mb = 627.50 m = 2058.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 936.42 mb = 673.75 m = 2210.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.42 mb = 12794.65 m = 41976.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1616.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.4 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 231.4 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.3 neg: -14.0 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 89.39 Bulk Shear: 18.14 m/s