MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.15,-93.22 Latitude: 31.15 Longitude: -93.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 82 23.3 21.4 89 1.9 22.0 178 6 296.4 299.4 295.1 343.3 16.24 1 1000 87 23.5 21.4 88 2.1 22.1 178 5 296.6 299.6 295.2 343.7 16.29 2 950 536 22.3 21.5 95 0.8 21.7 203 19 299.8 302.9 296.7 350.2 17.22 3 900 1005 20.3 14.3 69 6.0 16.4 217 24 302.5 304.6 293.4 336.5 11.49 4 850 1498 18.2 9.7 58 8.4 12.9 219 27 305.2 306.8 292.3 332.0 8.93 5 800 2015 15.3 8.2 63 7.1 10.9 221 27 307.4 309.0 292.6 333.3 8.55 6 750 2559 11.6 7.4 75 4.2 9.0 223 29 309.1 310.8 293.2 335.5 8.63 7 700 3132 8.9 -0.9 50 9.8 3.7 232 27 312.3 313.3 291.3 328.4 5.12 8 650 3743 5.8 -5.9 43 11.7 0.3 232 26 315.6 316.3 291.1 327.8 3.80 9 600 4392 1.3 -10.2 42 11.6 -3.6 229 32 317.7 318.2 290.9 327.3 2.92 10 550 5087 -2.5 -21.4 22 18.8 -8.7 245 38 321.1 321.3 290.4 325.4 1.26 11 500 5836 -7.0 -33.7 10 26.6 -13.2 249 43 324.5 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.44 12 450 6648 -11.6 -38.4 9 26.7 -16.8 251 44 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.31 13 400 7540 -17.9 -42.0 10 24.1 -21.7 252 49 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.24 14 350 8521 -26.0 -48.1 11 22.1 -28.3 256 53 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.14 15 300 9619 -33.7 -56.6 8 22.9 -35.3 264 60 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.06 16 250 10873 -42.7 -65.8 6 23.2 -43.5 273 61 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 17 200 12341 -53.0 -78.9 3 25.8 -53.4 272 61 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.00 18 150 14146 -64.4 -79.0 12 14.6 -64.5 264 51 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16562 -72.6 -86.1 11 13.4 -72.7 261 28 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.13 m Freezing level: 582.79 mb = 4631.24 m = 15194.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.71 mb = 3784.17 m = 12415.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.96 mb = 327.07 m = 1073.07 ft T: 22.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.15 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.63 mb = 1511.46 m = 4958.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.13 C = 89.84 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 16.76 C K Index: 25.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 668.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.20 mb = 822.15 m = 2697.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.20 mb = 2512.06 m = 8241.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.20 mb = 11302.54 m = 37081.36 ft B at Equ Level: 665.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.20 mb = 14381.26 m = 47182.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 141.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 13.23 Bulk Shear: 50.53 m/s