MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 13Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 25.14,-92.62 Latitude: 25.14 Longitude: -92.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 26.4 23.5 84 2.9 24.3 194 5 298.6 301.9 297.1 351.9 18.30 1 1000 96 25.3 22.9 86 2.5 23.6 192 6 298.5 301.7 296.7 350.3 17.81 2 950 547 21.5 21.6 100 -0.0 21.6 156 5 299.1 302.2 296.5 349.6 17.32 3 900 1017 20.7 15.5 72 5.2 17.2 151 12 302.9 305.2 294.2 339.6 12.41 4 850 1509 18.3 11.8 66 6.4 14.1 164 15 305.3 307.2 293.3 336.2 10.30 5 800 2026 16.1 1.1 36 15.0 7.9 169 12 308.3 309.3 290.1 324.4 5.19 6 750 2572 14.1 -5.1 26 19.1 4.6 163 10 311.8 312.5 289.6 322.9 3.49 7 700 3150 10.7 -6.2 30 16.8 2.6 190 9 314.3 314.9 290.4 325.3 3.45 8 650 3763 7.6 -4.6 41 12.3 1.5 212 10 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.1 4.17 9 600 4418 3.2 -1.5 71 4.8 0.7 233 8 319.9 321.0 293.9 338.3 5.72 10 550 5117 -2.3 -6.1 75 3.8 -4.1 237 4 321.4 322.3 293.3 335.9 4.42 11 500 5867 -6.8 -16.3 47 9.4 -10.3 229 6 324.7 325.1 292.3 332.0 2.14 12 450 6684 -9.4 -33.5 12 24.1 -15.0 290 7 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.2 0.50 13 400 7584 -15.3 -31.2 24 15.9 -19.0 282 14 335.2 335.3 293.8 337.8 0.71 14 350 8576 -22.7 -38.4 22 15.7 -25.4 286 16 338.1 338.2 294.2 339.6 0.39 15 300 9689 -31.0 -44.9 24 13.8 -32.6 282 21 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.6 0.23 16 250 10952 -41.8 -54.2 25 12.4 -42.5 281 20 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.10 17 200 12422 -53.8 -65.3 23 11.6 -54.0 272 19 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14210 -67.7 -77.2 25 9.5 -67.8 259 23 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 19 100 16573 -79.0 -85.5 34 6.4 -79.1 226 10 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.05 m Freezing level: 570.45 mb = 4830.92 m = 15849.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.48 mb = 4519.16 m = 14826.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.77 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.34 mb = 370.12 m = 1214.30 ft T: 23.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 29.02 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1194.23 m = 3918.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 18.67 C K Index: 20.13 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 575.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.14 mb = 656.30 m = 2153.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.14 mb = 3978.18 m = 13051.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.14 mb = 12639.22 m = 41466.76 ft B at Equ Level: 571.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.14 mb = 15853.60 m = 52012.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.8 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 217.8 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -7.3 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 352.06 Bulk Shear: 1.64 m/s