MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 1009 9 29.6 21.1 60 8.5 23.5 124 11 302.0 304.9 296.4 348.7 15.84 1 1000 90 27.2 20.4 66 6.8 22.4 124 13 300.4 303.2 295.6 345.1 15.25 2 950 542 22.5 19.6 83 3.0 20.5 128 14 300.1 302.8 295.4 344.6 15.24 3 900 1010 18.8 15.9 83 2.9 16.9 135 10 300.9 303.2 293.9 338.3 12.74 4 850 1500 16.2 11.5 73 4.8 13.2 153 9 303.2 305.0 292.6 333.1 10.06 5 800 2013 13.2 10.4 83 2.7 11.4 192 9 305.2 307.1 293.1 335.1 9.97 6 750 2556 12.7 0.4 43 12.4 6.1 234 13 310.4 311.4 290.8 326.8 5.25 7 700 3133 11.7 -15.2 14 26.9 0.9 247 5 315.5 315.8 289.1 321.1 1.68 8 650 3747 6.7 -5.8 40 12.5 0.6 261 6 316.5 317.2 291.3 328.8 3.80 9 600 4397 1.5 -9.9 43 11.3 -3.4 241 12 317.8 318.4 291.0 327.7 3.01 10 550 5093 -2.4 -23.8 18 21.4 -9.0 226 20 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.7 1.01 11 500 5842 -6.8 -26.2 20 19.4 -12.3 228 16 324.7 324.9 291.1 327.9 0.90 12 450 6655 -12.1 -32.8 16 20.6 -16.7 231 18 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.54 13 400 7547 -17.0 -36.9 16 19.9 -20.7 250 20 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.5 0.40 14 350 8532 -24.5 -38.5 26 14.0 -26.6 257 25 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.3 0.39 15 300 9635 -32.8 -50.2 16 17.5 -34.3 254 35 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.7 0.13 16 250 10891 -42.8 -57.4 19 14.5 -43.5 252 43 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.07 17 200 12362 -52.7 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.0 245 52 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14162 -65.7 -77.7 17 12.0 -65.7 248 43 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16567 -74.3 -86.0 15 11.8 -74.3 272 14 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.19 m Freezing level: 581.29 mb = 4657.62 m = 15280.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.20 mb = 3845.37 m = 12615.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.56 mb = 1081.34 m = 3547.65 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 15.65 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.40 mb = 1169.71 m = 3837.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: 2.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.33 C K Index: 7.66 Risk: None Sweat Index: 171.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 339.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.94 mb = 1010.80 m = 3316.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.94 mb = 1550.40 m = 5086.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.94 mb = 2280.78 m = 7482.78 ft B at Equ Level: 11.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 744.94 mb = 2612.54 m = 8571.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -50.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 33.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 9.14 Bulk Shear: 37.14 m/s