MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 28.4 22.0 68 6.4 23.8 126 10 300.6 303.7 296.5 349.4 16.64 1 1000 106 26.5 21.5 74 5.0 22.9 127 11 299.7 302.7 296.1 347.5 16.35 2 950 558 22.0 20.4 90 1.7 20.9 131 12 299.5 302.5 295.8 346.4 16.04 3 900 1026 17.9 17.2 96 0.7 17.5 152 10 300.0 302.5 294.4 340.6 13.87 4 850 1514 16.0 10.8 71 5.2 12.7 157 12 302.9 304.7 292.1 331.5 9.61 5 800 2027 12.7 9.5 81 3.3 10.7 179 12 304.7 306.5 292.4 332.7 9.35 6 750 2568 12.3 0.0 43 12.2 5.7 216 12 309.9 310.9 290.5 325.8 5.11 7 700 3145 11.9 -15.5 13 27.3 0.9 244 5 315.6 315.9 289.0 321.1 1.63 8 650 3760 6.8 -6.0 40 12.7 0.6 257 6 316.6 317.3 291.3 328.8 3.76 9 600 4409 1.6 -14.6 29 16.2 -4.7 231 13 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.8 2.05 10 550 5105 -2.7 -20.9 23 18.2 -8.6 218 19 320.9 321.2 290.4 325.5 1.32 11 500 5853 -7.4 -27.6 18 20.2 -12.8 227 16 324.1 324.2 290.8 326.9 0.80 12 450 6665 -12.8 -31.7 19 18.9 -17.0 233 16 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.4 0.60 13 400 7554 -17.8 -37.7 16 19.9 -21.3 248 18 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.37 14 350 8538 -24.7 -40.4 22 15.6 -27.0 261 24 335.4 335.5 293.5 336.7 0.32 15 300 9640 -33.2 -46.5 25 13.4 -34.4 259 35 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.4 0.19 16 250 10895 -42.8 -57.6 18 14.8 -43.5 255 39 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.06 17 200 12366 -52.8 -71.6 9 18.8 -53.2 246 44 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14165 -65.3 -77.0 18 11.7 -65.3 247 39 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16573 -73.8 -86.3 13 12.5 -73.8 271 13 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.10 m Freezing level: 581.35 mb = 4668.94 m = 15317.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.32 mb = 3830.90 m = 12568.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.04 mb = 825.70 m = 2708.94 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.98 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.90 mb = 827.02 m = 2713.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.59 C = 81.67 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.15 C K Index: 6.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 169.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 758.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.37 mb = 813.17 m = 2667.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 917.37 mb = 860.19 m = 2822.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 747.37 mb = 2597.72 m = 8522.59 ft B at Equ Level: 55.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.37 mb = 14687.34 m = 48186.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.1 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 232.1 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 29.02 Bulk Shear: 26.15 m/s