MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F000.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KBIX ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: KBIX Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 8 17.7 16.3 92 1.4 16.8 9 2 289.7 291.7 289.4 322.1 11.55 1 1000 125 22.2 18.6 80 3.6 19.7 215 2 295.3 297.8 292.9 334.3 13.59 2 950 572 21.8 11.4 51 10.4 15.3 202 5 299.3 300.9 290.4 325.5 8.92 3 900 1039 18.7 11.3 62 7.4 14.1 152 9 300.8 302.6 291.3 328.6 9.40 4 850 1527 15.5 7.6 59 7.9 10.9 127 9 302.4 303.9 290.4 325.5 7.73 5 800 2040 14.5 3.3 47 11.2 8.2 111 6 306.6 307.7 290.3 325.2 6.08 6 750 2583 12.7 0.7 44 11.9 6.2 90 4 310.3 311.3 290.9 327.0 5.38 7 700 3159 10.0 -2.7 41 12.6 3.5 96 4 313.5 314.4 291.0 327.7 4.48 8 650 3771 6.4 -9.4 31 15.8 -0.6 126 3 316.2 316.8 290.5 325.7 2.89 9 600 4421 1.7 -15.7 26 17.5 -4.9 122 4 318.1 318.5 290.1 324.4 1.87 10 550 5118 -1.4 -36.3 5 34.9 -9.6 197 4 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.31 11 500 5869 -6.2 -44.6 3 38.5 -13.2 206 8 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.14 12 450 6683 -11.9 -46.1 4 34.2 -17.4 205 15 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.14 13 400 7573 -18.0 -46.9 6 29.0 -22.0 208 15 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 14 350 8557 -24.5 -42.6 17 18.1 -27.0 215 16 335.7 335.8 293.5 336.7 0.26 15 300 9661 -33.0 -40.5 47 7.5 -33.9 221 27 338.9 338.9 294.4 340.3 0.37 16 250 10918 -42.2 -51.4 36 9.2 -42.7 223 38 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.0 0.13 17 200 12387 -53.5 -63.1 30 9.5 -53.8 235 50 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14181 -66.5 -76.4 24 9.8 -66.6 238 39 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16575 -75.7 -85.8 19 10.1 -75.7 243 14 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.57 m Freezing level: 572.66 mb = 4801.78 m = 15753.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.62 mb = 3674.76 m = 12056.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.02 C = 86.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.33 mb = 183.62 m = 602.43 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 8.83 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.70 mb = 3305.57 m = 10844.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.24 C = 108.03 F Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lifted Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.18 C Showalter Index: 7.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.70 C Cross Totals Index: 13.77 C K Index: 16.67 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6273.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.34 mb = 1354.21 m = 4442.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.7 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 176.7 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -25.2 tot: -25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.59 Bulk Shear: 2.92 m/s