MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.76,-94.27 Latitude: 30.76 Longitude: -94.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 1000 78 25.8 24.7 94 1.0 25.0 163 5 298.9 302.6 298.2 357.4 20.02 2 950 528 22.7 22.5 99 0.1 22.6 191 20 300.2 303.5 297.5 354.1 18.38 3 900 999 20.4 20.5 100 -0.0 20.5 206 17 302.6 305.7 297.3 353.0 17.06 4 850 1491 18.2 11.8 66 6.4 14.1 207 22 305.2 307.1 293.3 336.0 10.28 5 800 2009 16.4 8.3 58 8.2 11.4 207 23 308.7 310.3 293.0 334.9 8.60 6 750 2555 12.6 7.8 73 4.8 9.7 216 21 310.3 312.0 293.7 337.6 8.91 7 700 3131 10.2 -3.7 37 13.9 3.2 233 21 313.8 314.6 290.9 327.1 4.16 8 650 3743 5.8 -5.5 44 11.4 0.4 232 21 315.6 316.3 291.2 328.1 3.90 9 600 4392 1.4 -9.9 43 11.3 -3.5 228 26 317.7 318.3 291.0 327.5 3.00 10 550 5087 -2.1 -19.5 25 17.4 -8.0 237 30 321.7 321.9 290.8 326.8 1.49 11 500 5837 -6.6 -31.2 12 24.6 -12.7 249 38 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.0 0.56 12 450 6653 -11.6 -52.0 2 40.4 -17.2 259 43 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.07 13 400 7543 -18.1 -43.5 9 25.4 -22.0 254 46 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.20 14 350 8524 -25.9 -51.8 7 25.9 -28.4 257 52 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.09 15 300 9620 -34.8 -51.8 16 17.0 -36.1 260 58 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.11 16 250 10868 -43.2 -62.7 10 19.6 -43.9 267 61 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.03 17 200 12339 -52.4 -68.1 13 15.8 -52.7 267 62 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14146 -64.3 -76.2 18 11.8 -64.4 265 46 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16564 -73.7 -86.2 13 12.5 -73.7 271 28 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.42 m Freezing level: 580.11 mb = 4668.42 m = 15316.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.20 mb = 3803.12 m = 12477.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.95 % Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.38 mb = 206.29 m = 676.81 ft T: 24.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 22.57 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.05 mb = 545.74 m = 1790.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.10 C = 80.77 F Cap Strength: -0.10 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.45 C K Index: 22.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2296.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.33 mb = 570.75 m = 1872.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 940.33 mb = 616.93 m = 2024.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.33 mb = 13347.50 m = 43790.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2287.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.9 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 255.9 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 66.73 Bulk Shear: 34.41 m/s