MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.24,-93.13 Latitude: 30.24 Longitude: -93.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 3 28.6 23.9 76 4.7 25.1 142 10 300.9 304.3 298.0 356.2 18.78 1 1000 89 26.5 23.1 82 3.4 24.0 143 12 299.6 302.9 297.1 352.5 18.05 2 950 541 21.9 21.9 100 -0.0 21.9 145 15 299.4 302.6 296.9 351.1 17.71 3 900 1010 19.5 16.8 84 2.7 17.7 170 25 301.6 304.1 294.6 341.3 13.47 4 850 1501 17.5 13.8 79 3.7 15.0 197 25 304.5 306.6 294.1 339.4 11.72 5 800 2018 15.2 12.8 86 2.4 13.7 197 22 307.4 309.5 295.0 342.7 11.73 6 750 2563 12.4 5.3 62 7.2 8.2 201 13 310.1 311.5 292.5 333.0 7.45 7 700 3139 9.3 3.3 66 6.1 5.9 209 15 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.4 6.93 8 650 3750 6.3 -10.9 28 17.2 -1.1 206 16 316.1 316.6 290.1 324.5 2.56 9 600 4400 1.5 -0.6 86 2.0 0.4 214 21 317.8 319.0 293.7 337.3 6.13 10 550 5097 -2.7 -10.8 53 8.1 -6.1 220 25 320.9 321.5 292.0 331.1 3.05 11 500 5846 -7.1 -13.7 59 6.6 -9.7 221 27 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.3 2.65 12 450 6660 -12.1 -16.9 67 4.9 -13.7 235 25 328.1 328.5 293.3 335.8 2.25 13 400 7551 -17.6 -39.8 13 22.2 -21.4 246 30 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.30 14 350 8534 -25.0 -53.3 5 28.3 -27.8 252 35 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.08 15 300 9633 -34.3 -54.2 12 19.9 -35.7 256 39 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.08 16 250 10881 -43.8 -58.2 19 14.4 -44.5 258 47 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.06 17 200 12348 -52.7 -62.9 28 10.1 -53.0 258 60 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.04 18 150 14151 -65.3 -75.3 24 9.9 -65.4 262 49 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16564 -73.5 -86.0 13 12.5 -73.5 283 20 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.78 m Freezing level: 582.32 mb = 4646.54 m = 15244.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.84 mb = 3651.18 m = 11978.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.39 mb = 601.30 m = 1972.74 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 16.76 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 684.61 m = 2246.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1499.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.15 mb = 658.87 m = 2161.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 932.15 mb = 705.28 m = 2313.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.15 mb = 12599.29 m = 41335.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1492.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.4 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 231.4 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.4 neg: -24.2 tot: 121.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 39.03 Bulk Shear: 38.43 m/s