MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.62,-94.96 Latitude: 31.62 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 78 24.7 21.9 84 2.8 22.7 133 4 297.7 300.7 295.8 346.3 16.74 1 1000 96 23.9 21.6 87 2.3 22.2 136 3 297.0 300.0 295.4 344.5 16.43 2 950 542 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.5 180 14 298.0 301.0 295.5 344.9 16.13 3 900 1009 18.3 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 211 19 300.3 303.0 295.0 343.0 14.55 4 850 1500 16.7 13.9 84 2.7 14.8 214 14 303.6 305.8 294.0 338.8 11.84 5 800 2014 12.9 11.4 90 1.6 11.9 205 21 304.9 306.9 293.5 336.7 10.63 6 750 2556 12.4 11.8 96 0.7 12.0 210 26 310.0 312.2 295.6 345.6 11.65 7 700 3132 9.9 -4.3 36 14.2 2.8 215 24 313.4 314.2 290.6 326.0 3.96 8 650 3744 5.6 -2.5 56 8.1 1.4 226 26 315.3 316.2 292.0 330.9 4.90 9 600 4392 0.4 -5.6 64 6.0 -2.4 216 24 316.6 317.4 291.7 330.1 4.21 10 550 5084 -4.2 -12.6 52 8.4 -7.5 215 28 319.2 319.7 291.1 327.9 2.65 11 500 5827 -9.0 -25.3 25 16.3 -13.5 230 31 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.4 0.98 12 450 6639 -11.8 -44.1 5 32.3 -17.1 236 34 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.17 13 400 7529 -18.1 -47.1 6 29.0 -22.1 240 40 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.14 14 350 8511 -25.8 -49.6 9 23.9 -28.2 242 46 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.12 15 300 9607 -35.0 -53.8 13 18.8 -36.3 245 51 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.08 16 250 10851 -44.3 -59.5 17 15.2 -44.9 249 54 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 17 200 12317 -52.5 -72.1 8 19.7 -52.8 254 58 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14123 -64.3 -79.7 10 15.5 -64.4 249 52 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.00 19 100 16552 -73.3 -86.3 12 12.9 -73.4 259 28 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.70 m Freezing level: 595.74 mb = 4450.83 m = 14602.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.56 mb = 3976.91 m = 13047.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.97 mb = 433.26 m = 1421.45 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 19.56 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.91 mb = 662.09 m = 2172.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.16 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 25.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 813.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.47 mb = 620.18 m = 2034.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.47 mb = 758.82 m = 2489.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 876.47 mb = 1236.50 m = 4056.72 ft B at Equ Level: 13.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.47 mb = 14689.32 m = 48192.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.8 neg: -8.7 tot: 109.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 20.39 Bulk Shear: 39.88 m/s MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.54,-92.44 Latitude: 34.54 Longitude: -92.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 998 105 27.4 18.2 57 9.2 21.0 183 10 300.7 303.1 294.2 339.7 13.27 2 950 538 21.7 16.4 72 5.3 18.1 186 16 299.2 301.4 293.2 335.5 12.44 3 900 1004 17.7 11.5 67 6.2 13.8 200 21 299.7 301.5 291.0 327.6 9.48 4 850 1491 16.3 -5.1 23 21.4 6.2 206 18 303.2 303.8 286.3 312.7 3.08 5 800 2003 12.6 10.2 85 2.4 11.1 215 19 304.6 306.4 292.7 333.9 9.80 6 750 2543 10.8 4.8 66 6.1 7.3 219 22 308.3 309.7 291.8 330.3 7.19 7 700 3116 8.2 1.5 63 6.7 4.5 224 23 311.6 312.7 291.9 330.5 6.09 8 650 3724 4.2 -1.2 67 5.5 1.4 222 25 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.8 5.39 9 600 4370 0.1 -6.5 61 6.6 -2.9 219 29 316.3 317.0 291.4 328.9 3.92 10 550 5061 -5.3 -10.7 66 5.3 -7.5 221 34 317.7 318.3 291.1 327.8 3.08 11 500 5800 -10.9 -15.4 69 4.5 -12.5 227 39 319.7 320.1 291.0 327.4 2.30 12 450 6605 -13.8 -38.3 11 24.6 -18.3 234 42 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.31 13 400 7490 -19.6 -46.7 7 27.1 -23.1 239 45 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.14 14 350 8465 -27.2 -50.7 9 23.4 -29.5 237 51 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.10 15 300 9556 -36.2 -53.0 16 16.9 -37.2 243 60 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.09 16 250 10793 -46.0 -56.2 31 10.2 -46.4 244 67 337.7 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.08 17 200 12252 -52.8 -71.6 9 18.8 -53.1 248 80 349.2 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14065 -62.7 -81.6 6 19.0 -62.8 245 67 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16509 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 250 40 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.43 m Freezing level: 598.65 mb = 4388.69 m = 14398.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.78 mb = 3927.83 m = 12886.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.97 mb = 1263.81 m = 4146.31 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 26.91 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.45 mb = 1935.16 m = 6348.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Showalter Index: 9.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 5.88 C K Index: 15.45 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.79 mb = 1363.84 m = 4474.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.79 mb = 4808.16 m = 15774.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 457.79 mb = 6473.92 m = 21239.64 ft B at Equ Level: 54.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.79 mb = 7907.26 m = 25942.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.6 neg: -7.5 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.69 Bulk Shear: 33.78 m/s