MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F054.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F054.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.96,-86.41 Latitude: 33.96 Longitude: -86.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 978 297 20.2 15.8 76 4.5 17.3 168 9 295.2 297.3 291.3 328.5 11.58 2 950 548 19.8 14.7 72 5.1 16.5 178 25 297.3 299.3 291.6 329.5 11.11 3 900 1012 16.4 14.0 85 2.4 14.8 194 33 298.4 300.5 292.0 331.1 11.22 4 850 1496 12.7 12.1 96 0.6 12.3 198 32 299.5 301.4 291.7 330.2 10.51 5 800 2006 12.5 7.6 72 4.9 9.6 214 30 304.5 306.0 291.5 329.2 8.22 6 750 2547 10.3 2.1 57 8.2 5.8 213 31 307.7 308.9 290.6 326.0 5.94 7 700 3117 6.7 -4.2 46 10.8 1.5 218 31 309.9 310.6 289.5 322.5 4.02 8 650 3721 3.4 -6.5 48 9.9 -1.2 219 34 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.4 3.62 9 600 4366 -0.3 -8.2 55 7.9 -3.8 217 35 315.8 316.4 290.8 326.9 3.44 10 550 5057 -4.7 -16.7 38 12.1 -8.9 220 35 318.5 318.9 290.2 324.9 1.88 11 500 5799 -9.5 -21.0 38 11.5 -13.0 224 36 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.4 1.43 12 450 6604 -14.0 -29.0 27 14.9 -17.6 229 37 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.4 0.77 13 400 7489 -19.3 -41.7 12 22.4 -22.7 224 40 330.0 330.0 292.0 330.9 0.25 14 350 8466 -26.9 -47.5 12 20.6 -29.1 222 47 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.15 15 300 9557 -35.0 -39.1 66 4.1 -35.5 225 54 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.7 0.43 16 250 10803 -45.7 -48.6 72 2.9 -45.9 239 59 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.18 17 200 12251 -53.6 -69.7 12 16.1 -53.9 254 64 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14067 -61.4 -81.6 5 20.2 -61.6 255 60 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16523 -69.9 -86.3 7 16.4 -69.9 246 32 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.84 m Freezing level: 604.21 mb = 4311.49 m = 14145.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.09 mb = 3448.52 m = 11313.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.67 mb = 863.86 m = 2834.15 ft T: 17.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 8.63 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.05 mb = 1435.69 m = 4710.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.30 C = 75.74 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 23.49 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5359.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.88 mb = 1222.70 m = 4011.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 217.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 46.58 m/s