MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 28.43,-89.08 Latitude: 28.43 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 -0 25.2 24.7 97 0.6 24.8 148 13 297.3 300.8 297.5 354.2 19.64 1 1000 111 23.8 23.9 100 -0.0 23.9 147 14 297.0 300.4 297.0 351.9 18.97 2 950 561 21.5 20.0 91 1.5 20.5 157 18 299.0 301.9 295.5 344.8 15.71 3 900 1029 19.2 15.5 79 3.7 16.7 161 18 301.3 303.6 293.7 337.7 12.38 4 850 1519 18.1 1.0 32 17.1 8.9 174 14 305.1 306.0 288.7 319.9 4.83 5 800 2036 15.8 0.4 35 15.4 7.5 176 13 308.0 308.9 289.8 323.2 4.93 6 750 2580 13.2 -2.5 34 15.6 5.2 185 14 310.9 311.7 290.0 324.3 4.26 7 700 3156 9.8 -5.1 35 14.9 2.5 201 16 313.3 314.1 290.3 325.3 3.75 8 650 3768 6.4 -0.3 62 6.7 2.8 218 16 316.2 317.3 292.9 334.5 5.75 9 600 4420 2.3 -4.0 63 6.4 -0.9 229 15 318.8 319.8 292.8 334.1 4.74 10 550 5117 -2.8 -6.5 75 3.7 -4.5 244 19 320.8 321.7 293.0 334.8 4.29 11 500 5866 -7.3 -11.6 72 4.2 -9.1 236 18 324.1 324.7 293.0 334.6 3.15 12 450 6680 -11.5 -17.5 61 5.9 -13.6 232 19 328.7 329.2 293.4 336.2 2.16 13 400 7572 -17.6 -29.9 33 12.3 -20.4 245 23 332.1 332.2 293.0 335.0 0.80 14 350 8558 -24.8 -44.4 14 19.6 -27.3 256 23 335.3 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.21 15 300 9661 -33.3 -49.9 17 16.6 -34.7 260 30 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.13 16 250 10915 -42.5 -53.5 29 10.9 -43.2 253 33 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.2 0.11 17 200 12385 -53.2 -69.2 13 16.0 -53.5 264 39 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14184 -65.4 -79.8 12 14.5 -65.4 257 32 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.00 19 100 16578 -75.7 -84.9 22 9.1 -75.8 220 16 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.62 m Freezing level: 576.96 mb = 4741.36 m = 15555.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.82 mb = 4261.27 m = 13980.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.67 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.01 mb = 67.79 m = 222.41 ft T: 24.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 34.35 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 791.81 m = 2597.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.10 C = 82.57 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Showalter Index: 9.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 8.32 C K Index: 11.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 58.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 751.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.07 mb = 596.65 m = 1957.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.07 mb = 3382.63 m = 11097.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.07 mb = 11725.14 m = 38467.84 ft B at Equ Level: 750.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.07 mb = 14980.53 m = 49148.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.7 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 231.7 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.6 neg: -2.2 tot: 40.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 30.96 Bulk Shear: 24.28 m/s