MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161200F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161200F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 19Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 31.36,-95.17 Latitude: 31.36 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 1001 96 25.8 21.1 75 4.7 22.5 131 3 298.9 301.8 295.6 345.4 15.97 1 1000 104 25.1 20.8 77 4.3 22.1 131 2 298.3 301.1 295.2 343.6 15.61 2 950 552 20.4 19.7 96 0.6 19.9 141 4 297.9 300.6 294.9 342.5 15.40 3 900 1018 18.0 15.1 83 2.9 16.1 176 14 300.1 302.3 293.2 335.5 12.07 4 850 1506 15.5 12.9 84 2.6 13.8 180 18 302.4 304.4 293.1 335.1 11.06 5 800 2019 13.5 13.1 98 0.3 13.3 199 18 305.5 307.7 294.6 341.3 11.96 6 750 2563 14.0 4.9 54 9.1 8.6 214 7 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.2 7.24 7 700 3141 10.3 2.6 59 7.8 5.9 212 9 313.9 315.2 292.9 334.6 6.59 8 650 3754 6.1 -2.9 52 9.0 1.5 236 11 315.9 316.8 292.0 331.0 4.75 9 600 4403 0.4 -4.0 72 4.4 -1.8 249 11 316.6 317.5 292.2 331.8 4.75 10 550 5094 -4.4 -11.1 59 6.7 -7.2 279 8 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.6 2.97 11 500 5840 -7.6 -33.3 11 25.7 -13.5 250 18 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.5 0.46 12 450 6652 -12.8 -46.4 4 33.7 -17.9 241 26 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.13 13 400 7536 -20.0 -32.6 32 12.5 -22.5 243 26 328.9 329.1 292.0 331.2 0.62 14 350 8513 -26.3 -55.8 4 29.5 -28.8 255 30 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.06 15 300 9611 -33.9 -56.0 9 22.1 -35.4 254 39 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.06 16 250 10863 -43.0 -64.0 8 21.0 -43.7 254 46 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.03 17 200 12333 -52.8 -75.0 5 22.2 -53.1 248 49 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14139 -64.2 -80.0 10 15.8 -64.3 249 39 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16557 -72.7 -88.2 8 15.5 -72.8 256 11 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.12 m Freezing level: 595.97 mb = 4458.67 m = 14628.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.38 mb = 4041.41 m = 13259.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.86 mb = 690.05 m = 2263.90 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.32 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 1006.35 m = 3301.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.47 C K Index: 28.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 364.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.53 mb = 813.79 m = 2669.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.53 mb = 4052.32 m = 13294.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.53 mb = 9926.23 m = 32565.96 ft B at Equ Level: 364.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.53 mb = 12770.47 m = 41897.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.8 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 249.8 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.0 neg: -10.8 tot: 66.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 21.08 Bulk Shear: 17.30 m/s