MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 1008 9 29.3 23.8 72 5.5 25.2 174 7 301.7 305.2 298.1 356.9 18.69 1 1000 81 27.9 23.1 75 4.8 24.4 176 8 301.1 304.4 297.5 354.4 18.12 2 950 535 23.3 22.0 92 1.3 22.4 181 10 300.9 304.1 297.3 353.2 17.79 3 900 1006 20.6 18.2 86 2.4 18.9 208 15 302.7 305.4 295.8 346.3 14.74 4 850 1499 18.0 13.7 76 4.3 15.2 204 15 305.0 307.2 294.3 340.0 11.69 5 800 2017 15.6 11.4 76 4.2 12.9 198 17 307.8 309.7 294.3 340.0 10.64 6 750 2563 13.1 7.5 69 5.6 9.7 202 15 310.8 312.5 293.7 337.7 8.73 7 700 3141 11.4 -9.8 22 21.2 1.9 206 12 315.1 315.6 289.8 323.5 2.59 8 650 3754 6.3 -4.8 45 11.1 0.9 217 14 316.1 316.9 291.5 329.4 4.13 9 600 4404 2.3 -17.5 22 19.8 -5.0 226 19 318.7 319.1 290.0 324.2 1.61 10 550 5100 -2.1 -19.4 25 17.4 -8.0 232 21 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.7 1.49 11 500 5849 -6.9 -22.5 28 15.5 -11.7 237 24 324.6 324.8 291.4 329.0 1.26 12 450 6665 -10.8 -51.4 2 40.7 -16.7 252 28 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.07 13 400 7559 -17.0 -48.7 5 31.6 -21.4 249 32 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.11 14 350 8543 -25.1 -52.4 6 27.4 -27.8 253 35 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.09 15 300 9642 -34.3 -55.2 10 20.9 -35.7 258 39 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.07 16 250 10891 -43.5 -63.3 10 19.7 -44.3 258 46 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.03 17 200 12358 -53.3 -72.0 9 18.7 -53.6 260 50 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14159 -65.1 -78.6 14 13.6 -65.1 255 45 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16571 -73.8 -85.9 14 12.1 -73.8 273 21 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.21 m Freezing level: 573.85 mb = 4767.91 m = 15642.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.54 mb = 3847.46 m = 12622.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.04 mb = 710.89 m = 2332.30 ft T: 22.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 33.37 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 957.21 m = 3140.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 17.47 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1764.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.42 mb = 801.34 m = 2629.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.42 mb = 1234.88 m = 4051.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.42 mb = 3064.06 m = 10052.57 ft B at Equ Level: 31.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.9 neg: -7.6 tot: 22.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 117.83 Bulk Shear: 14.98 m/s