MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 8Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.85,-90.70 Latitude: 30.85 Longitude: -90.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 74 23.2 22.7 97 0.4 22.9 185 6 296.0 299.2 295.9 346.7 17.61 1 1000 109 22.9 22.6 98 0.3 22.8 185 6 296.1 299.2 295.9 346.6 17.55 2 950 556 21.0 20.8 99 0.2 20.9 211 22 298.5 301.5 295.8 346.5 16.51 3 900 1024 19.1 17.4 89 1.8 17.9 238 23 301.2 303.8 294.9 342.4 13.99 4 850 1515 16.7 14.7 88 1.9 15.4 254 26 303.6 305.9 294.5 340.7 12.48 5 800 2030 14.6 9.2 70 5.4 11.2 263 29 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.3 9.14 6 750 2573 10.9 3.7 61 7.1 6.8 258 29 308.4 309.7 291.4 328.9 6.69 7 700 3144 7.0 5.0 87 2.0 5.8 267 32 310.3 311.8 292.9 334.4 7.83 8 650 3751 3.4 0.4 80 3.0 1.8 260 34 312.8 314.0 292.2 331.8 6.06 9 600 4396 0.2 -10.3 45 10.5 -4.3 263 36 316.3 316.9 290.5 325.8 2.91 10 550 5086 -4.9 -16.9 38 12.0 -9.1 255 39 318.3 318.7 290.1 324.5 1.85 11 500 5830 -8.3 -17.1 49 8.8 -11.3 261 34 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.7 2.00 12 450 6639 -13.7 -23.1 45 9.4 -16.3 268 31 326.0 326.3 291.9 330.7 1.33 13 400 7521 -20.8 -31.7 37 10.8 -22.9 256 35 327.9 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.68 14 350 8496 -26.1 -28.6 79 2.5 -26.6 281 33 333.5 333.7 293.6 337.3 1.03 15 300 9593 -34.3 -37.3 74 3.0 -34.7 263 37 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.1 0.52 16 250 10843 -43.5 -47.8 63 4.3 -43.8 257 39 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.20 17 200 12315 -51.4 -56.8 52 5.4 -51.6 263 44 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.8 0.09 18 150 14123 -64.5 -77.2 16 12.7 -64.6 252 48 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16546 -72.7 -86.6 10 14.0 -72.7 260 31 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.19 m Freezing level: 598.28 mb = 4419.69 m = 14500.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.27 mb = 3935.47 m = 12911.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.15 mb = 124.81 m = 409.48 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.80 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 743.18 m = 2438.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.77 C = 80.18 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 37.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1214.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.20 mb = 590.69 m = 1937.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.20 mb = 1502.85 m = 4930.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 831.20 mb = 1705.10 m = 5594.08 ft B at Equ Level: 19.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.20 mb = 15397.20 m = 50515.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.8 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 285.8 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.3 neg: -4.8 tot: 213.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 15.88 Bulk Shear: 76.48 m/s