MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.23,-90.28 Latitude: 32.23 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 22.7 20.6 88 2.1 21.2 161 8 295.7 298.5 294.3 340.1 15.42 1 1000 110 22.8 20.5 87 2.2 21.2 161 6 295.9 298.7 294.4 340.2 15.39 2 950 555 19.4 19.1 98 0.3 19.2 167 23 296.9 299.5 294.2 339.5 14.76 3 900 1022 19.2 15.4 78 3.8 16.7 192 25 301.3 303.6 293.7 337.6 12.31 4 850 1512 16.5 10.9 69 5.7 13.0 204 16 303.5 305.2 292.3 332.2 9.66 5 800 2026 13.2 8.9 75 4.3 10.5 210 16 305.2 306.9 292.3 332.1 8.95 6 750 2566 9.6 8.9 96 0.7 9.2 211 19 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.1 9.62 7 700 3137 7.0 6.7 98 0.3 6.8 202 18 310.2 311.9 293.6 337.2 8.82 8 650 3744 3.2 -0.1 79 3.3 1.4 201 19 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.9 5.84 9 600 4387 -1.5 -5.3 75 3.8 -3.3 203 29 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.2 4.31 10 550 5075 -5.9 -8.7 81 2.8 -7.1 215 41 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.7 3.61 11 500 5817 -8.9 -10.7 87 1.8 -9.6 221 48 322.2 322.9 292.6 333.5 3.39 12 450 6624 -15.1 -17.6 81 2.5 -15.9 228 59 324.2 324.6 292.1 331.5 2.13 13 400 7507 -19.3 -21.2 85 1.9 -19.9 242 49 329.8 330.2 293.3 336.0 1.76 14 350 8486 -25.9 -28.3 80 2.5 -26.4 250 36 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.8 1.06 15 300 9586 -33.8 -36.7 75 2.9 -34.2 256 42 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.9 0.55 16 250 10837 -43.7 -47.0 69 3.4 -43.9 255 56 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.1 0.22 17 200 12299 -54.2 -58.1 62 3.9 -54.3 248 71 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14124 -60.6 -77.3 9 16.7 -60.7 240 33 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16565 -70.2 -86.3 8 16.1 -70.3 249 27 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.34 m Freezing level: 615.72 mb = 4184.80 m = 13729.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.79 mb = 3933.99 m = 12906.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.12 mb = 364.07 m = 1194.44 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 8.13 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1431.86 m = 4697.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 410.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.31 mb = 763.98 m = 2506.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.31 mb = 2320.60 m = 7613.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.31 mb = 9073.95 m = 29769.83 ft B at Equ Level: 408.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.31 mb = 12547.27 m = 41165.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.9 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 236.9 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.3 neg: -25.8 tot: 101.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 10.25 Bulk Shear: 40.05 m/s