MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.9,-100.27 Latitude: 31.90 Longitude: -100.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 549 SFC 948 565 18.1 16.7 92 1.3 17.2 251 6 295.7 297.9 292.3 332.3 12.74 3 900 1012 16.6 10.2 66 6.4 12.7 302 21 298.6 300.2 290.0 324.1 8.71 4 850 1496 12.7 7.8 72 4.9 9.8 312 22 299.4 300.9 289.5 322.5 7.82 5 800 2002 9.2 8.3 94 0.9 8.7 321 16 301.0 302.6 290.7 326.5 8.62 6 750 2538 9.9 9.9 100 -0.0 9.9 246 27 307.3 309.3 293.9 338.4 10.27 7 700 3112 8.2 8.2 100 0.0 8.2 207 23 311.6 313.4 294.7 341.7 9.81 8 650 3721 4.2 4.2 100 0.0 4.2 203 29 313.7 315.2 294.0 338.5 7.97 9 600 4368 -0.7 -3.3 82 2.6 -2.0 213 39 315.3 316.3 292.0 331.2 4.99 10 550 5057 -4.5 -16.5 39 12.0 -8.8 227 46 318.7 319.1 290.3 325.1 1.91 11 500 5800 -9.2 -36.1 9 27.0 -14.7 238 52 321.9 321.9 289.7 323.1 0.35 12 450 6606 -14.2 -44.3 6 30.1 -18.8 239 60 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.17 13 400 7489 -19.6 -44.3 9 24.7 -23.0 241 68 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.19 14 350 8466 -26.7 -42.2 22 15.5 -28.7 250 77 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.8 0.27 15 300 9560 -35.2 -53.8 13 18.7 -36.4 253 82 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.08 16 250 10806 -43.5 -60.8 13 17.3 -44.2 256 84 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04 17 200 12282 -50.7 -72.6 6 21.9 -51.1 258 77 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14104 -62.4 -79.1 9 16.7 -62.6 248 60 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16537 -72.2 -86.1 11 13.9 -72.3 258 33 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.78 m Freezing level: 607.11 mb = 4275.77 m = 14027.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.19 mb = 4152.56 m = 13623.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.77 % Est. max temperature: 23.51 C = 74.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.29 mb = 728.94 m = 2391.52 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 9.81 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.74 mb = 1932.11 m = 6338.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.10 C = 73.57 F Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lifted Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.55 C Showalter Index: 5.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.86 C Cross Totals Index: 16.96 C K Index: 29.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6933.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.06 mb = 1614.18 m = 5295.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 6.8 tot: 10.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.7 neg: -99.2 tot: -43.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 104.25 m/s