MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 29.0 21.0 62 8.0 23.3 124 12 301.4 304.3 296.1 347.7 15.72 1 1000 88 27.0 20.4 67 6.6 22.3 125 13 300.2 303.0 295.5 344.8 15.25 2 950 540 22.3 19.5 84 2.9 20.4 129 15 299.9 302.6 295.3 344.2 15.17 3 900 1008 19.3 12.5 65 6.7 14.9 131 9 301.3 303.2 292.1 331.4 10.17 4 850 1498 16.4 11.0 70 5.4 13.0 155 7 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.4 9.77 5 800 2012 13.5 10.7 83 2.8 11.7 194 7 305.5 307.4 293.3 335.9 10.12 6 750 2555 12.6 1.6 47 11.0 6.6 238 11 310.3 311.4 291.2 328.1 5.74 7 700 3133 11.9 -12.0 18 23.9 1.5 247 5 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.8 2.17 8 650 3747 6.6 -5.6 41 12.3 0.7 260 6 316.5 317.2 291.4 329.0 3.87 9 600 4396 1.3 -5.9 59 7.2 -2.1 245 12 317.6 318.4 292.0 330.9 4.11 10 550 5092 -2.2 -23.3 18 21.2 -8.7 230 20 321.5 321.7 290.3 325.2 1.06 11 500 5842 -6.8 -26.9 18 20.1 -12.3 232 16 324.7 324.9 291.0 327.7 0.84 12 450 6655 -12.1 -34.2 14 22.1 -16.9 234 18 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.7 0.47 13 400 7547 -17.0 -36.9 16 19.9 -20.8 249 21 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.4 0.40 14 350 8532 -24.5 -36.8 31 12.4 -26.5 254 27 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.6 0.46 15 300 9636 -32.8 -63.9 3 31.1 -34.6 257 35 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.02 16 250 10890 -43.0 -57.5 19 14.4 -43.7 251 42 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.06 17 200 12360 -52.8 -70.2 10 17.3 -53.2 246 51 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14159 -65.8 -77.9 17 12.0 -65.9 251 46 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16562 -74.9 -86.0 16 11.0 -75.0 277 15 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.81 m Freezing level: 581.27 mb = 4657.20 m = 15279.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.15 mb = 3908.76 m = 12823.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.75 mb = 1019.95 m = 3346.26 ft T: 19.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 16.30 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.35 mb = 1394.15 m = 4573.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.56 C = 87.01 F Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.29 C Cross Totals Index: 17.88 C K Index: 10.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 163.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 146.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.18 mb = 1063.61 m = 3489.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.18 mb = 4140.96 m = 13585.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.18 mb = 9888.22 m = 32441.28 ft B at Equ Level: 146.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.18 mb = 12064.60 m = 39581.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -43.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.0 neg: -9.2 tot: 19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.80 Bulk Shear: 38.62 m/s