MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 10 26.7 20.8 70 5.9 22.5 125 10 299.1 301.9 295.3 344.3 15.50 1 1000 89 25.8 20.5 72 5.4 22.1 126 14 299.0 301.8 295.2 343.7 15.34 2 950 539 21.4 19.5 89 2.0 20.1 129 17 298.9 301.7 295.0 343.1 15.14 3 900 1007 20.1 8.3 47 11.8 13.0 123 11 302.2 303.7 290.3 325.1 7.66 4 850 1497 17.0 11.2 69 5.8 13.3 148 8 303.9 305.8 292.6 333.4 9.87 5 800 2012 14.0 11.3 84 2.7 12.3 182 8 306.0 308.0 293.8 337.8 10.57 6 750 2556 12.3 7.9 74 4.4 9.6 215 11 310.0 311.7 293.7 337.5 8.98 7 700 3134 11.8 -10.7 20 22.4 1.8 236 5 315.5 316.0 289.8 323.5 2.42 8 650 3748 6.8 -5.3 42 12.0 0.9 259 5 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.4 3.97 9 600 4398 1.3 -7.2 53 8.5 -2.6 260 9 317.7 318.4 291.6 329.7 3.72 10 550 5094 -2.2 -24.7 16 22.5 -8.9 240 18 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.8 0.94 11 500 5844 -6.6 -32.5 11 25.8 -12.8 246 16 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.8 0.50 12 450 6657 -11.8 -38.9 9 27.0 -17.0 243 19 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.29 13 400 7549 -17.3 -41.8 10 24.6 -21.2 246 21 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.5 0.24 14 350 8534 -25.0 -40.4 23 15.4 -27.2 255 28 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.2 0.32 15 300 9638 -32.8 -66.9 2 34.2 -34.5 260 34 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.02 16 250 10891 -43.3 -57.3 20 13.9 -44.0 256 42 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.07 17 200 12359 -53.1 -70.4 10 17.3 -53.4 249 51 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14158 -65.5 -77.9 16 12.4 -65.5 251 48 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16561 -75.5 -85.6 19 10.1 -75.5 266 12 381.9 381.9 302.6 382.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.76 m Freezing level: 580.87 mb = 4664.35 m = 15302.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.22 mb = 3909.34 m = 12825.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.83 mb = 762.03 m = 2500.07 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 19.22 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.18 mb = 1656.73 m = 5435.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: 0.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.07 C Showalter Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 17.83 C K Index: 12.39 Risk: None Sweat Index: 165.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 263.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.01 mb = 1035.15 m = 3396.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 462.01 mb = 6453.64 m = 21173.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 442.01 mb = 6792.54 m = 22284.98 ft B at Equ Level: 9.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 392.01 mb = 7697.53 m = 25254.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.5 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 239.5 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: -20.4 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 38.52 m/s