MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 28.97,-97.21 Latitude: 28.97 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 46 18.6 17.5 94 1.0 17.9 108 2 291.2 293.5 290.8 326.9 12.64 1 1000 96 21.0 17.7 81 3.3 18.8 133 7 294.2 296.5 292.0 331.0 12.88 2 950 543 20.8 18.0 84 2.8 18.9 150 16 298.3 300.8 294.0 338.5 13.82 3 900 1009 18.7 7.2 47 11.5 12.0 172 16 300.8 302.1 289.3 321.9 7.09 4 850 1497 16.8 -3.3 25 20.0 6.9 182 15 303.7 304.4 286.9 314.6 3.53 5 800 2011 15.6 -33.8 2 49.3 1.7 182 12 307.7 307.8 284.8 308.7 0.27 6 750 2555 14.4 -22.7 6 37.2 1.5 192 9 312.3 312.4 287.1 315.1 0.82 7 700 3134 11.9 -10.4 20 22.3 2.0 203 10 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.7 2.47 8 650 3748 7.2 -6.1 38 13.2 0.8 214 10 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.2 3.74 9 600 4399 1.1 -6.4 57 7.5 -2.4 216 10 317.4 318.2 291.7 330.2 3.96 10 550 5091 -3.5 -20.1 27 16.5 -9.0 216 11 319.9 320.1 290.2 324.7 1.41 11 500 5840 -6.5 -36.8 7 30.2 -13.0 214 13 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.3 0.33 12 450 6652 -13.2 -29.8 23 16.6 -17.1 250 10 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.3 0.72 13 400 7535 -20.5 -31.7 36 11.2 -22.8 254 18 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.7 0.67 14 350 8508 -27.9 -35.0 51 7.1 -29.0 260 25 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.2 0.56 15 300 9601 -34.5 -47.1 27 12.7 -35.5 275 37 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.18 16 250 10852 -42.8 -61.0 12 18.2 -43.5 275 47 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.04 17 200 12327 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.1 267 47 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14137 -64.5 -78.2 14 13.7 -64.6 247 44 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16560 -73.8 -85.9 14 12.1 -73.8 226 19 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.40 m Freezing level: 588.16 mb = 4562.91 m = 14969.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.65 mb = 3904.21 m = 12808.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.76 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.82 mb = 176.72 m = 579.78 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 29.79 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.68 mb = 3220.85 m = 10566.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.20 C = 109.77 F Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lifted Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.56 C Showalter Index: 12.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 3.28 C K Index: -2.19 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5073.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.12 mb = 1045.97 m = 3431.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.6 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 223.6 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.7 neg: -5.9 tot: 63.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 11.27 m/s