MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.86,-89.32 Latitude: 34.86 Longitude: -89.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 990 180 25.5 19.4 69 6.1 21.2 182 11 299.5 302.1 294.7 341.8 14.48 2 950 542 21.0 18.0 83 3.0 18.9 184 16 298.5 301.0 294.0 338.6 13.77 3 900 1008 18.1 13.9 77 4.1 15.4 202 24 300.1 302.2 292.5 332.9 11.18 4 850 1495 15.8 5.4 50 10.4 9.8 201 27 302.7 303.9 289.5 322.5 6.61 5 800 2007 13.2 0.7 42 12.5 6.5 204 25 305.2 306.1 288.9 320.5 5.02 6 750 2547 10.0 2.4 59 7.5 5.8 211 27 307.4 308.5 290.6 326.0 6.08 7 700 3117 8.0 -13.3 21 21.3 -0.6 212 29 311.3 311.7 288.0 317.7 1.96 8 650 3725 4.7 -16.3 20 21.0 -3.1 223 26 314.3 314.7 288.7 319.8 1.65 9 600 4371 0.3 -20.5 19 20.7 -6.6 228 24 316.4 316.7 288.9 320.7 1.25 10 550 5061 -4.5 -16.0 40 11.5 -8.7 236 24 318.7 319.1 290.4 325.3 1.99 11 500 5803 -10.4 -18.4 52 8.0 -13.0 232 30 320.3 320.7 290.7 326.4 1.79 12 450 6607 -14.2 -41.4 8 27.2 -18.7 233 34 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.3 0.23 13 400 7492 -19.3 -43.5 10 24.2 -22.8 238 39 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.20 14 350 8468 -26.8 -48.3 11 21.5 -29.1 238 46 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.14 15 300 9559 -36.1 -52.4 17 16.3 -37.2 244 52 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.10 16 250 10796 -46.7 -54.8 39 8.1 -47.0 248 61 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.09 17 200 12247 -53.4 -72.9 8 19.5 -53.8 249 76 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 14063 -61.8 -80.9 6 19.1 -62.0 247 59 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16506 -70.6 -86.9 7 16.2 -70.7 250 37 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.18 m Freezing level: 597.27 mb = 4408.30 m = 14462.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.43 mb = 3065.18 m = 10056.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.18 mb = 948.75 m = 3112.67 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 21.27 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.96 mb = 1646.18 m = 5400.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: 4.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 15.81 C K Index: 10.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 238.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 147.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.69 mb = 1144.46 m = 3754.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.69 mb = 4494.70 m = 14746.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.69 mb = 10256.46 m = 33649.38 ft B at Equ Level: 146.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.69 mb = 11908.35 m = 39068.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 104.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 4.65 Bulk Shear: 31.65 m/s