MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 11Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.59,-101.14 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -101.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 73 1 950 515 SFC 922 769 16.8 13.7 82 3.1 14.8 263 5 296.7 298.7 291.1 327.9 10.76 3 900 981 18.2 16.3 88 1.9 17.0 215 20 300.3 302.7 294.0 338.6 13.07 4 850 1474 18.5 14.3 77 4.2 15.7 225 26 305.5 307.8 294.8 341.9 12.14 5 800 1994 16.8 11.6 71 5.2 13.4 259 12 309.0 311.0 294.7 341.8 10.76 6 750 2541 12.6 8.6 77 4.0 10.1 219 7 310.2 312.0 294.1 339.0 9.39 7 700 3116 8.2 6.9 91 1.4 7.4 232 17 311.6 313.3 294.1 339.2 8.95 8 650 3724 4.0 -2.9 61 6.9 0.5 228 22 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.6 4.76 9 600 4371 1.0 -20.1 19 21.1 -6.1 229 28 317.2 317.5 289.2 321.6 1.29 10 550 5062 -4.3 -21.5 25 17.3 -9.7 237 31 319.0 319.3 289.8 323.3 1.24 11 500 5808 -7.4 -39.0 6 31.5 -13.7 241 39 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.9 0.26 12 450 6621 -12.1 -43.6 5 31.5 -17.4 244 48 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.18 13 400 7508 -19.1 -46.5 7 27.3 -22.8 248 54 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.15 14 350 8486 -26.7 -50.2 9 23.5 -29.0 250 60 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 15 300 9578 -35.7 -50.3 21 14.7 -36.7 249 63 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.13 16 250 10819 -44.9 -57.3 23 12.5 -45.4 254 70 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.7 0.07 17 200 12284 -52.2 -72.8 7 20.7 -52.5 252 70 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14094 -63.2 -79.8 9 16.6 -63.4 252 54 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16529 -72.9 -85.8 12 13.0 -72.9 259 34 386.9 386.9 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.71 m Freezing level: 590.90 mb = 4496.50 m = 14752.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.90 mb = 3775.00 m = 12385.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.46 C = 85.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.83 mb = 1166.76 m = 3827.90 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 2.85 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.14 mb = 2561.33 m = 8403.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 219.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.91 mb = 1689.32 m = 5542.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.91 mb = 3550.32 m = 11647.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.91 mb = 10450.33 m = 34285.43 ft B at Equ Level: 217.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.91 mb = 12157.19 m = 39885.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.1 neg: -20.7 tot: 103.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 16.09 Bulk Shear: 13.66 m/s