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: 33.11,-96.66 Latitude: 33.11 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 988 198 28.4 16.9 50 11.5 20.5 176 9 302.6 304.9 294.1 339.2 12.38 2 950 541 22.8 16.1 66 6.7 18.3 179 9 300.3 302.5 293.3 336.1 12.20 3 900 1009 18.1 15.2 83 2.9 16.1 181 10 300.2 302.4 293.2 335.7 12.13 4 850 1496 15.4 8.2 63 7.1 11.1 224 9 302.2 303.7 290.6 326.3 8.08 5 800 2008 14.6 -8.2 20 22.7 4.3 223 9 306.7 307.1 287.0 314.8 2.57 6 750 2551 13.9 -34.9 2 48.8 0.4 221 13 311.6 311.7 286.2 312.6 0.26 7 700 3128 10.6 -11.2 20 21.8 1.2 230 17 314.2 314.7 289.3 321.8 2.32 8 650 3740 6.4 -9.4 31 15.7 -0.6 234 17 316.2 316.7 290.5 325.6 2.89 9 600 4390 2.0 -6.7 53 8.6 -2.1 235 17 318.4 319.1 292.0 330.9 3.86 10 550 5086 -3.8 -8.3 71 4.6 -5.8 249 17 319.6 320.4 292.2 331.8 3.71 11 500 5830 -9.3 -14.5 66 5.1 -11.2 257 21 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.0 2.49 12 450 6635 -15.0 -20.6 62 5.6 -16.7 260 24 324.3 324.6 291.7 330.0 1.64 13 400 7514 -21.5 -31.3 41 9.8 -23.4 249 30 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.6 0.70 14 350 8486 -27.6 -55.3 5 27.7 -29.9 252 33 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.06 15 300 9578 -35.0 -58.4 7 23.4 -36.4 252 38 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.05 16 250 10824 -44.0 -60.3 15 16.3 -44.6 249 44 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 17 200 12290 -52.7 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.0 250 46 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14105 -63.2 -81.3 7 18.0 -63.4 250 38 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16537 -71.0 -86.1 9 15.1 -71.1 248 22 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.31 m Freezing level: 582.89 mb = 4628.28 m = 15184.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.20 mb = 3524.25 m = 11562.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.08 mb = 1635.38 m = 5365.35 ft T: 15.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 26.69 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.41 mb = 2934.46 m = 9627.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.11 C = 102.40 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.06 C Showalter Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.60 C K Index: 11.14 Risk: None Sweat Index: 137.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 166.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 357.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.42 mb = 1441.67 m = 4729.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 540.42 mb = 5222.84 m = 17135.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.42 mb = 8893.70 m = 29178.45 ft B at Equ Level: 165.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.42 mb = 11080.84 m = 36354.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 29.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.69 Bulk Shear: 19.16 m/s