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: 30.40,-95.77 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -95.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 73 29.8 23.4 69 6.4 25.1 170 5 302.9 306.3 298.2 357.6 18.43 1 1000 80 28.4 23.4 74 5.0 24.7 171 5 301.5 304.9 297.8 355.7 18.36 2 950 533 23.3 22.2 94 1.1 22.5 176 7 300.8 304.1 297.5 353.9 18.05 3 900 1004 20.8 15.9 73 4.9 17.5 207 16 302.9 305.3 294.4 340.6 12.71 4 850 1496 18.0 15.0 83 3.0 16.0 213 17 305.0 307.4 295.0 343.0 12.73 5 800 2014 15.9 5.7 51 10.2 9.9 208 15 308.1 309.5 291.7 330.1 7.20 6 750 2559 12.7 5.0 59 7.7 8.2 209 16 310.4 311.7 292.5 332.9 7.31 7 700 3135 9.3 3.9 69 5.4 6.1 223 19 312.7 314.1 293.1 335.3 7.24 8 650 3746 5.5 -3.1 54 8.5 1.1 230 20 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.1 4.69 9 600 4393 0.1 -8.8 51 8.9 -3.8 224 22 316.2 316.9 290.8 326.9 3.27 10 550 5087 -3.0 -19.2 28 16.2 -8.5 223 26 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.8 1.53 11 500 5835 -6.8 -29.7 14 22.9 -12.6 236 34 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.1 0.65 12 450 6651 -10.4 -45.1 4 34.7 -16.3 245 41 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.15 13 400 7546 -17.1 -49.9 4 32.9 -21.4 252 48 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.10 14 350 8530 -25.5 -50.5 8 25.0 -28.0 254 50 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 15 300 9628 -34.4 -45.5 31 11.2 -35.4 258 54 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.22 16 250 10875 -43.8 -54.1 31 10.3 -44.4 261 57 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.10 17 200 12342 -53.3 -70.7 10 17.5 -53.5 263 62 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14143 -65.5 -80.0 12 14.6 -65.5 264 46 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.00 19 100 16559 -74.1 -86.4 13 12.2 -74.2 269 34 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.39 m Freezing level: 598.27 mb = 4417.41 m = 14492.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.49 mb = 3890.84 m = 12765.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.00 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.40 mb = 884.38 m = 2901.46 ft T: 21.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 17.00 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1150.74 m = 3775.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.47 C = 86.84 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1661.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.27 mb = 895.23 m = 2937.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.27 mb = 2160.47 m = 7088.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.27 mb = 12787.17 m = 41952.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1661.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.0 neg: -6.3 tot: 54.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 48.73 Bulk Shear: 34.10 m/s