MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 24.4 23.7 96 0.6 23.9 99 5 296.7 300.1 296.8 350.6 18.63 1 1000 88 24.1 23.6 97 0.5 23.8 102 8 297.2 300.6 296.9 351.3 18.65 2 950 538 21.5 21.6 100 -0.0 21.6 142 17 299.0 302.2 296.5 349.5 17.31 3 900 1007 19.4 19.4 100 -0.0 19.4 178 21 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.5 15.96 4 850 1500 17.6 15.2 86 2.4 16.0 200 15 304.6 307.0 295.1 343.2 12.92 5 800 2018 15.6 12.0 79 3.7 13.3 184 12 307.8 309.9 294.6 341.3 11.06 6 750 2563 13.0 6.2 63 6.8 9.0 211 10 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.3 7.98 7 700 3141 11.7 -7.1 26 18.8 2.8 173 7 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.9 3.21 8 650 3755 6.6 -7.1 37 13.7 0.1 188 3 316.4 317.0 291.0 327.6 3.45 9 600 4405 1.9 -13.9 30 15.8 -4.4 217 3 318.3 318.7 290.4 325.5 2.17 10 550 5101 -2.2 -19.3 26 17.1 -8.1 236 7 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.7 1.51 11 500 5851 -7.0 -22.8 27 15.8 -11.9 243 11 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.7 1.22 12 450 6664 -10.8 -43.2 5 32.4 -16.4 259 14 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.19 13 400 7560 -16.8 -52.6 3 35.7 -21.3 267 19 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.07 14 350 8545 -24.8 -50.9 7 26.0 -27.6 269 20 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.10 15 300 9645 -34.3 -55.3 10 21.1 -35.7 262 26 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.07 16 250 10894 -43.2 -63.6 9 20.4 -43.9 260 38 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.03 17 200 12364 -52.6 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.9 257 46 349.5 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14165 -65.8 -77.8 17 12.0 -65.8 254 39 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16562 -76.5 -85.3 23 8.9 -76.5 232 21 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.37 m Freezing level: 576.88 mb = 4726.93 m = 15508.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.48 mb = 3774.08 m = 12382.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.39 mb = 84.89 m = 278.49 ft T: 24.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 25.39 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.03 mb = 473.38 m = 1553.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.41 C = 79.53 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 21.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1268.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.73 mb = 476.10 m = 1561.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 951.73 mb = 522.05 m = 1712.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 821.73 mb = 1788.71 m = 5868.41 ft B at Equ Level: 24.17 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.4 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 221.4 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.2 neg: -14.0 tot: 115.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 73.50 Bulk Shear: 17.26 m/s