MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 28.0 21.0 66 7.0 23.0 125 12 300.4 303.3 295.8 346.5 15.73 1 1000 87 26.4 20.6 70 5.9 22.3 125 14 299.6 302.4 295.4 344.6 15.40 2 950 539 21.8 19.6 87 2.3 20.2 129 16 299.3 302.1 295.3 343.9 15.26 3 900 1006 20.1 8.9 48 11.2 13.3 119 8 302.2 303.7 290.5 325.9 7.95 4 850 1497 16.8 11.5 71 5.3 13.4 149 7 303.7 305.6 292.7 333.7 10.06 5 800 2011 13.9 12.1 89 1.8 12.7 184 8 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.4 11.14 6 750 2555 12.2 5.8 65 6.4 8.4 225 9 309.8 311.2 292.7 333.5 7.74 7 700 3133 11.7 -11.1 19 22.9 1.7 242 6 315.5 315.9 289.7 323.1 2.33 8 650 3747 6.6 -5.4 42 12.0 0.8 249 5 316.5 317.2 291.5 329.2 3.95 9 600 4396 1.2 -2.4 77 3.6 -0.7 261 9 317.5 318.5 292.9 334.6 5.35 10 550 5092 -2.5 -17.0 32 14.5 -7.7 235 19 321.1 321.5 291.0 327.4 1.84 11 500 5841 -6.9 -26.4 20 19.4 -12.3 239 16 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.7 0.89 12 450 6654 -12.0 -33.9 14 21.8 -16.7 236 18 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.9 0.48 13 400 7546 -17.0 -38.2 14 21.1 -20.8 245 21 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.36 14 350 8531 -24.8 -35.5 37 10.6 -26.6 253 29 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.3 0.53 15 300 9635 -32.8 -66.9 2 34.2 -34.5 255 33 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.02 16 250 10889 -43.1 -55.0 26 11.9 -43.7 253 43 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.3 0.09 17 200 12358 -53.1 -69.7 11 16.7 -53.4 248 52 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14157 -65.5 -78.1 16 12.7 -65.5 253 49 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16560 -75.3 -85.5 19 10.1 -75.4 281 15 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.72 m Freezing level: 584.01 mb = 4618.87 m = 15153.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.33 mb = 4086.81 m = 13408.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.04 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.03 mb = 891.41 m = 2924.52 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 20.61 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.38 mb = 1573.00 m = 5160.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: 2.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 18.41 C K Index: 12.28 Risk: None Sweat Index: 167.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 206.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.40 mb = 1069.37 m = 3508.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.40 mb = 4283.54 m = 14053.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.40 mb = 7388.72 m = 24240.93 ft B at Equ Level: 57.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 258.40 mb = 10661.60 m = 34978.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.1 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 241.1 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -28.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.2 neg: -22.8 tot: 10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 38.29 m/s