MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 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 25.3 20.9 77 4.4 22.2 127 10 297.6 300.5 295.0 342.9 15.61 1 1000 91 25.2 20.6 76 4.6 21.9 128 14 298.3 301.1 295.1 343.3 15.46 2 950 540 20.8 19.7 93 1.2 20.1 131 19 298.3 301.1 295.0 343.0 15.36 3 900 1007 19.3 13.0 67 6.2 15.2 133 13 301.3 303.3 292.4 332.4 10.52 4 850 1498 17.2 12.3 73 4.9 14.0 148 9 304.1 306.1 293.3 335.9 10.64 5 800 2012 13.8 11.4 85 2.4 12.3 172 10 305.9 307.9 293.8 337.9 10.64 6 750 2556 12.6 5.8 63 6.8 8.5 207 11 310.3 311.7 292.8 334.0 7.72 7 700 3135 12.1 -12.8 16 25.0 1.5 221 3 315.9 316.3 289.6 322.7 2.03 8 650 3749 6.8 -5.5 41 12.3 0.8 287 6 316.7 317.5 291.5 329.3 3.91 9 600 4399 1.7 -11.5 37 13.3 -3.8 267 9 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.8 2.63 10 550 5095 -2.0 -23.8 17 21.9 -8.7 245 17 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.3 1.02 11 500 5846 -6.5 -32.4 11 25.9 -12.7 251 15 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.0 0.51 12 450 6660 -11.6 -34.9 13 23.3 -16.6 255 19 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.2 0.44 13 400 7552 -17.3 -35.5 19 18.2 -20.8 252 23 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.2 0.46 14 350 8537 -24.8 -44.8 14 20.0 -27.3 258 29 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.20 15 300 9641 -33.0 -67.1 2 34.1 -34.7 259 33 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.02 16 250 10892 -43.5 -58.8 17 15.3 -44.1 258 39 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 17 200 12361 -52.8 -70.8 10 18.0 -53.1 251 51 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14162 -65.2 -78.4 14 13.2 -65.3 251 46 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16574 -74.8 -85.8 16 11.1 -74.8 257 10 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.31 m Freezing level: 576.52 mb = 4726.12 m = 15505.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.04 mb = 3861.83 m = 12669.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.12 mb = 566.37 m = 1858.15 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 15.21 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.24 mb = 1515.11 m = 4970.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.84 C = 89.32 F Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.09 C Showalter Index: 2.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 18.76 C K Index: 10.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 180.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 222.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.42 mb = 850.74 m = 2791.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.42 mb = 4514.44 m = 14810.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 561.42 mb = 4930.92 m = 16177.35 ft B at Equ Level: 9.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.42 mb = 11122.18 m = 36489.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.6 neg: -14.6 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 37.97 m/s