MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.27,-86.32 Latitude: 34.27 Longitude: -86.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 979 285 21.2 15.9 72 5.3 17.7 175 12 296.1 298.2 291.6 329.8 11.68 2 950 548 20.0 15.5 75 4.6 17.1 187 27 297.5 299.7 292.2 331.6 11.73 3 900 1012 16.4 14.8 90 1.6 15.4 198 37 298.5 300.6 292.5 333.0 11.86 4 850 1496 13.1 11.1 88 1.9 11.9 204 36 299.8 301.6 291.3 328.6 9.82 5 800 2007 12.2 6.7 69 5.5 9.0 218 35 304.2 305.6 291.0 327.4 7.73 6 750 2545 10.1 -6.3 31 16.4 2.5 217 34 307.5 308.1 287.9 317.5 3.18 7 700 3115 7.2 -7.7 34 14.8 0.5 217 34 310.4 311.0 288.8 320.2 3.07 8 650 3720 3.5 -6.7 47 10.3 -1.2 222 33 313.0 313.7 290.0 324.3 3.56 9 600 4365 -0.3 -12.2 40 12.0 -5.1 222 32 315.8 316.3 290.0 324.0 2.49 10 550 5056 -5.1 -14.2 49 9.1 -8.5 222 36 318.0 318.4 290.5 325.6 2.31 11 500 5795 -10.8 -19.7 48 8.9 -13.6 227 39 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.2 1.60 12 450 6598 -14.8 -28.6 30 13.7 -18.1 229 39 324.6 324.7 291.0 327.4 0.80 13 400 7480 -19.7 -39.8 15 20.1 -22.9 223 43 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.5 0.30 14 350 8457 -27.0 -36.2 41 9.3 -28.4 215 50 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.49 15 300 9549 -34.9 -41.5 51 6.6 -35.7 211 51 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.4 0.33 16 250 10794 -45.4 -48.7 70 3.2 -45.6 237 61 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.2 0.18 17 200 12246 -54.0 -64.6 26 10.5 -54.3 248 76 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14064 -61.5 -82.8 4 21.3 -61.6 241 58 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16517 -69.7 -86.8 6 17.2 -69.7 250 37 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.08 m Freezing level: 603.29 mb = 4323.02 m = 14182.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.11 mb = 3290.66 m = 10795.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.99 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.46 mb = 959.90 m = 3149.23 ft T: 16.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 15.52 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1364.62 m = 4477.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.51 C = 76.12 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 20.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 222.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.88 mb = 1164.88 m = 3821.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 518.88 mb = 5507.48 m = 18068.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 478.88 mb = 6123.66 m = 20090.51 ft B at Equ Level: 13.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 438.88 mb = 6784.98 m = 22260.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.5 neg: -6.6 tot: 219.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 40.25 m/s