MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.21,-85.69 Latitude: 30.21 Longitude: -85.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 24.9 20.4 76 4.6 21.8 166 6 296.9 299.6 294.4 340.3 15.03 1 1000 122 24.0 19.2 75 4.8 20.7 172 12 297.2 299.7 293.9 338.1 14.16 2 950 570 19.8 18.2 91 1.6 18.7 181 17 297.3 299.8 293.7 337.7 13.98 3 900 1035 17.9 9.9 59 8.0 13.0 216 19 300.0 301.5 290.3 325.1 8.54 4 850 1522 15.4 13.2 87 2.2 14.0 238 24 302.3 304.3 293.2 335.6 11.28 5 800 2035 14.1 4.2 51 9.9 8.5 243 24 306.2 307.4 290.5 325.9 6.48 6 750 2577 11.8 2.1 51 9.7 6.5 244 22 309.4 310.5 291.1 327.8 5.95 7 700 3151 9.0 -5.4 36 14.3 2.1 243 21 312.4 313.1 290.0 324.1 3.66 8 650 3759 4.4 -5.9 47 10.3 -0.4 247 24 314.0 314.7 290.6 326.1 3.79 9 600 4406 0.6 -9.1 48 9.7 -3.6 254 25 316.8 317.4 290.9 327.2 3.20 10 550 5098 -4.1 -7.6 77 3.5 -5.7 239 23 319.2 320.0 292.3 332.0 3.94 11 500 5843 -9.0 -11.9 80 2.9 -10.1 228 27 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.3 3.08 12 450 6653 -13.1 -22.5 45 9.4 -15.8 248 32 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.7 1.40 13 400 7537 -20.1 -27.2 53 7.0 -21.8 245 36 328.8 329.0 292.4 332.5 1.03 14 350 8513 -26.8 -40.8 25 14.1 -28.6 246 38 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.9 0.31 15 300 9608 -34.7 -52.8 14 18.2 -36.0 254 48 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.09 16 250 10856 -44.0 -63.3 10 19.3 -44.6 254 54 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.03 17 200 12320 -53.4 -63.4 29 10.0 -53.6 260 55 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.04 18 150 14126 -63.9 -78.5 12 14.6 -64.0 259 45 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16547 -74.2 -85.9 15 11.7 -74.2 257 24 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.64 m Freezing level: 593.54 mb = 4495.57 m = 14749.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.91 mb = 3647.65 m = 11967.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.89 mb = 580.33 m = 1903.94 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 15.18 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1413.14 m = 4636.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.65 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 23.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.45 mb = 898.10 m = 2946.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.45 mb = 4962.76 m = 16281.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 469.45 mb = 6327.41 m = 20758.98 ft B at Equ Level: 25.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 319.45 mb = 9161.62 m = 30057.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.2 neg: -4.4 tot: 134.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 50.74 m/s