MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F058.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F058.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 58 hour NAM valid 4Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.13,-92.74 Latitude: 34.13 Longitude: -92.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 995 112 21.5 21.4 99 0.1 21.4 184 4 295.0 298.0 294.7 341.7 16.28 2 950 516 19.8 19.7 100 0.0 19.8 206 22 297.3 300.0 294.7 341.8 15.41 3 900 983 18.0 17.9 99 0.1 17.9 212 28 300.1 302.7 294.9 342.5 14.48 4 850 1472 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 224 30 302.8 305.3 294.9 342.5 13.39 5 800 1986 13.1 12.6 96 0.5 12.8 228 33 305.1 307.3 294.2 339.6 11.52 6 750 2526 10.0 9.2 95 0.8 9.5 227 33 307.4 309.3 293.6 337.1 9.79 7 700 3098 7.0 5.2 88 1.8 5.9 222 33 310.2 311.7 293.0 334.6 7.95 8 650 3704 3.1 1.0 86 2.0 2.0 219 36 312.4 313.6 292.3 332.2 6.35 9 600 4349 -0.2 -3.9 76 3.6 -2.0 213 42 315.9 316.8 292.0 331.2 4.79 10 550 5040 -4.9 -8.8 74 3.9 -6.5 212 45 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.0 3.59 11 500 5782 -10.1 -14.3 71 4.2 -11.6 214 43 320.7 321.2 291.5 329.2 2.53 12 450 6587 -14.5 -17.1 81 2.6 -15.4 217 41 324.9 325.4 292.4 332.5 2.22 13 400 7472 -19.1 -20.6 88 1.4 -19.6 223 39 330.1 330.5 293.5 336.6 1.86 14 350 8452 -25.8 -27.4 86 1.7 -26.1 229 46 334.0 334.2 293.9 338.2 1.15 15 300 9552 -33.8 -36.3 78 2.5 -34.1 230 53 337.8 337.9 294.3 340.0 0.57 16 250 10801 -44.4 -47.7 69 3.3 -44.6 231 62 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12252 -56.7 -60.3 64 3.6 -56.8 232 66 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.06 18 150 14066 -61.7 -80.3 7 18.6 -61.9 248 60 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16526 -68.2 -87.3 5 19.0 -68.4 250 37 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.28 m Freezing level: 603.52 mb = 4303.58 m = 14119.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.49 mb = 4013.76 m = 13168.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.71 mb = 126.29 m = 414.34 ft T: 21.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 13.32 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.97 mb = 580.40 m = 1904.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.09 C = 75.37 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.90 C K Index: 40.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 727.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.46 mb = 575.89 m = 1889.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.46 mb = 1689.30 m = 5542.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.46 mb = 11678.20 m = 38313.83 ft B at Equ Level: 724.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.46 mb = 14128.70 m = 46353.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.6 neg: -7.5 tot: 145.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 13.16 Bulk Shear: 55.27 m/s