MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.83,-89.92 Latitude: 34.83 Longitude: -89.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 999 95 22.5 19.6 83 2.9 20.5 190 10 295.7 298.3 293.6 337.3 14.48 2 950 533 20.0 18.4 91 1.6 18.9 199 31 297.4 300.0 293.9 338.3 14.12 3 900 999 18.4 13.0 71 5.4 14.9 222 33 300.4 302.3 292.0 331.2 10.48 4 850 1487 14.9 12.3 84 2.6 13.2 232 34 301.7 303.7 292.5 333.0 10.60 5 800 1997 10.8 9.9 94 0.9 10.2 237 39 302.7 304.4 292.0 331.2 9.61 6 750 2534 8.6 8.4 98 0.2 8.5 242 38 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.8 9.26 7 700 3102 7.4 1.7 67 5.8 4.3 236 38 310.7 311.9 291.7 329.9 6.18 8 650 3710 3.6 -1.5 69 5.1 1.0 231 43 313.0 314.0 291.6 329.7 5.29 9 600 4354 -1.3 -7.1 64 5.8 -3.9 230 43 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.7 3.74 10 550 5041 -6.1 -11.0 68 4.9 -8.1 226 45 316.8 317.4 290.7 326.7 3.01 11 500 5780 -11.1 -12.8 87 1.7 -11.8 227 46 319.5 320.1 291.4 329.0 2.86 12 450 6583 -15.0 -20.5 63 5.5 -16.6 231 52 324.4 324.7 291.7 330.1 1.67 13 400 7463 -21.2 -35.3 27 14.1 -23.7 243 69 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.1 0.47 14 350 8434 -27.5 -30.9 73 3.4 -28.1 225 63 331.7 331.8 293.0 334.7 0.83 15 300 9524 -36.4 -39.5 73 3.1 -36.7 229 74 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.41 16 250 10765 -44.4 -58.7 19 14.4 -44.9 239 74 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.06 17 200 12229 -52.7 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.1 244 61 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14050 -61.6 -80.3 7 18.7 -61.8 246 58 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16518 -70.0 -87.1 6 17.1 -70.1 267 32 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.06 m Freezing level: 612.90 mb = 4187.63 m = 13738.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.16 mb = 3832.49 m = 12573.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.15 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.14 mb = 468.36 m = 1536.60 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 7.19 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.65 mb = 1340.95 m = 4399.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 32.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 322.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.77 mb = 905.96 m = 2972.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.77 mb = 1740.16 m = 5709.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.77 mb = 2815.99 m = 9238.72 ft B at Equ Level: 39.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.77 mb = 11761.15 m = 38585.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.5 neg: -10.5 tot: 249.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 4.55 Bulk Shear: 70.88 m/s