MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 1010 10 26.1 24.2 89 1.9 24.7 111 7 298.4 301.9 297.5 354.2 19.13 1 1000 95 25.1 23.9 93 1.3 24.2 115 10 298.3 301.7 297.4 353.4 18.94 2 950 546 22.1 22.1 100 -0.0 22.1 149 20 299.6 302.8 297.0 351.8 17.88 3 900 1016 19.3 18.5 96 0.7 18.8 173 20 301.3 304.1 295.7 345.8 15.10 4 850 1508 18.1 15.1 82 3.0 16.1 172 17 305.2 307.5 295.1 343.4 12.81 5 800 2026 15.5 12.1 80 3.4 13.2 176 13 307.6 309.7 294.6 341.2 11.12 6 750 2572 12.9 5.3 60 7.6 8.5 182 10 310.6 312.0 292.7 333.7 7.48 7 700 3149 11.2 -6.8 28 18.0 2.6 174 9 314.8 315.5 290.4 325.4 3.27 8 650 3762 6.3 -7.4 37 13.6 -0.0 183 5 316.0 316.7 290.9 327.0 3.38 9 600 4411 1.5 -14.1 30 15.6 -4.7 203 6 317.8 318.2 290.2 324.9 2.14 10 550 5106 -2.2 -22.0 20 19.9 -8.5 217 10 321.5 321.8 290.5 325.7 1.19 11 500 5856 -7.2 -23.3 26 16.1 -12.0 232 14 324.3 324.6 291.3 328.4 1.17 12 450 6668 -10.8 -45.3 4 34.4 -16.6 250 15 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.15 13 400 7562 -17.5 -42.7 9 25.2 -21.5 261 21 332.2 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.22 14 350 8546 -25.1 -52.3 6 27.2 -27.8 261 22 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.09 15 300 9645 -34.4 -54.8 11 20.3 -35.8 257 28 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 16 250 10893 -43.4 -64.6 8 21.1 -44.2 257 40 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 17 200 12362 -53.0 -71.0 9 18.0 -53.3 256 49 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14162 -65.5 -78.6 15 13.1 -65.5 254 42 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16566 -75.3 -85.4 19 10.2 -75.3 250 23 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.81 m Freezing level: 579.76 mb = 4692.45 m = 15395.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.74 mb = 3752.33 m = 12310.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.14 mb = 253.56 m = 831.88 ft T: 24.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 28.77 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 949.22 mb = 553.32 m = 1815.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.28 C = 81.10 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 22.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1636.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.82 mb = 529.39 m = 1736.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 946.82 mb = 575.33 m = 1887.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 846.82 mb = 1539.88 m = 5052.05 ft B at Equ Level: 23.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.2 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 212.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.7 neg: -11.8 tot: 78.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 114.26 Bulk Shear: 14.32 m/s