MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 17Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 29.6,-95.17 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 1011 9 28.7 21.9 67 6.7 23.8 124 9 300.9 303.9 296.5 349.7 16.62 1 1000 107 26.9 21.4 72 5.4 23.0 125 10 300.0 303.0 296.1 347.7 16.28 2 950 559 22.4 20.5 89 1.9 21.1 132 11 299.9 302.8 296.0 347.2 16.17 3 900 1028 18.1 18.1 100 0.0 18.1 155 11 300.1 302.8 295.0 343.0 14.64 4 850 1516 15.4 11.0 75 4.4 12.6 165 12 302.2 304.0 292.0 331.0 9.72 5 800 2028 12.4 9.2 81 3.2 10.4 179 14 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.8 9.16 6 750 2568 11.9 0.9 47 10.9 5.9 210 14 309.4 310.5 290.7 326.3 5.45 7 700 3145 12.0 -21.9 8 33.9 0.0 250 4 315.8 316.0 288.4 319.1 0.95 8 650 3759 6.8 -7.2 36 14.0 0.3 257 5 316.7 317.4 291.1 327.8 3.43 9 600 4409 1.9 -15.8 26 17.7 -4.8 224 13 318.3 318.6 290.1 324.5 1.86 10 550 5106 -2.5 -20.7 23 18.2 -8.5 214 19 321.2 321.4 290.5 325.8 1.34 11 500 5853 -7.4 -28.2 17 20.8 -12.9 222 16 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.6 0.75 12 450 6665 -12.8 -31.7 19 18.9 -17.0 230 14 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.4 0.60 13 400 7554 -18.0 -37.2 17 19.2 -21.4 248 17 331.7 331.7 292.6 333.1 0.39 14 350 8538 -24.6 -41.3 20 16.6 -27.0 268 24 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.7 0.29 15 300 9641 -33.3 -47.4 23 14.1 -34.6 262 37 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.18 16 250 10895 -42.6 -70.7 3 28.2 -43.4 256 39 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.01 17 200 12366 -52.8 -67.9 14 15.1 -53.2 245 40 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14166 -65.2 -76.5 19 11.4 -65.3 249 40 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16576 -73.7 -86.2 13 12.5 -73.7 272 15 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.68 m Freezing level: 578.33 mb = 4711.14 m = 15456.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.51 mb = 3790.36 m = 12435.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.08 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.51 mb = 860.63 m = 2823.55 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 18.65 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 837.89 m = 2748.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.42 C K Index: -0.14 Risk: None Sweat Index: 171.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 898.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.66 mb = 830.96 m = 2726.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.66 mb = 878.13 m = 2880.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.66 mb = 2729.79 m = 8955.90 ft B at Equ Level: 86.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.66 mb = 15218.43 m = 49928.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.3 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 229.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -63.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 53.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 38.21 Bulk Shear: 23.51 m/s