MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F004.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KEFD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 16Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: KEFD Latitude: 29.60 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 9 28.2 22.4 71 5.8 24.0 132 8 300.3 303.5 296.7 350.5 17.10 1 1000 112 26.4 21.9 76 4.5 23.2 132 9 299.6 302.7 296.3 348.6 16.79 2 950 564 21.9 21.0 94 1.0 21.3 134 10 299.4 302.5 296.2 348.2 16.68 3 900 1032 18.0 18.0 100 0.0 18.0 160 11 300.0 302.7 295.0 342.7 14.56 4 850 1520 15.5 11.0 75 4.5 12.7 164 13 302.4 304.2 292.1 331.4 9.77 5 800 2032 12.5 8.6 77 3.9 10.1 179 15 304.4 306.1 291.9 330.8 8.80 6 750 2573 11.6 1.3 49 10.4 6.0 208 14 309.2 310.3 290.7 326.6 5.61 7 700 3149 11.8 -16.5 12 28.3 0.7 256 5 315.6 315.9 288.9 320.6 1.50 8 650 3763 7.0 -7.9 34 14.8 0.1 261 5 316.8 317.5 291.0 327.4 3.25 9 600 4413 2.0 -16.4 24 18.5 -4.8 220 13 318.5 318.8 290.1 324.4 1.77 10 550 5110 -2.4 -20.7 23 18.3 -8.4 211 18 321.3 321.6 290.5 325.9 1.34 11 500 5858 -7.5 -27.6 18 20.2 -12.8 216 15 323.9 324.1 290.8 326.8 0.79 12 450 6669 -12.6 -32.2 18 19.5 -17.0 232 13 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.4 0.57 13 400 7558 -18.0 -35.5 20 17.5 -21.3 253 17 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.4 0.46 14 350 8543 -24.6 -43.4 16 18.8 -27.1 266 25 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.6 0.24 15 300 9646 -33.2 -46.7 25 13.4 -34.5 264 36 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.19 16 250 10901 -42.5 -73.5 2 31.0 -43.3 258 38 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.01 17 200 12373 -52.9 -70.9 9 18.0 -53.2 245 38 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14173 -65.3 -76.9 18 11.7 -65.4 251 40 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16581 -74.3 -86.3 14 12.1 -74.3 265 17 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.09 m Freezing level: 576.70 mb = 4737.92 m = 15544.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.20 mb = 3772.89 m = 12378.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.65 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.41 mb = 744.19 m = 2441.53 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 29.90 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.27 mb = 745.49 m = 2445.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Showalter Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 5.69 Risk: None Sweat Index: 172.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1004.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.40 mb = 735.05 m = 2411.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.40 mb = 781.64 m = 2564.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.40 mb = 2839.72 m = 9316.56 ft B at Equ Level: 101.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.40 mb = 15679.26 m = 51440.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.1 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 228.1 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 56.94 Bulk Shear: 17.65 m/s