MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 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 10 27.0 22.6 77 4.4 23.8 193 5 299.5 302.7 296.7 350.2 17.36 1 1000 81 28.0 22.4 71 5.7 23.9 199 11 301.2 304.3 297.0 351.9 17.25 2 950 536 24.0 20.9 82 3.2 21.8 221 14 301.6 304.6 296.7 350.3 16.55 3 900 1007 20.0 18.9 93 1.1 19.2 235 14 302.1 305.0 296.1 347.7 15.44 4 850 1500 18.9 10.2 57 8.6 13.4 238 18 305.9 307.6 292.7 333.8 9.26 5 800 2018 16.0 9.3 64 6.7 11.8 252 17 308.2 310.0 293.4 336.3 9.24 6 750 2564 14.0 0.7 40 13.4 6.8 243 18 311.8 312.8 291.3 328.6 5.36 7 700 3142 10.9 -4.7 33 15.6 3.2 249 18 314.5 315.3 290.8 326.9 3.86 8 650 3755 6.4 -4.3 46 10.7 1.1 254 20 316.2 317.1 291.7 330.0 4.28 9 600 4406 2.2 -15.8 25 18.1 -4.6 256 26 318.7 319.1 290.2 324.9 1.85 10 550 5102 -2.5 -26.6 14 24.1 -9.4 262 30 321.2 321.3 290.0 324.0 0.79 11 500 5851 -6.4 -41.2 4 34.8 -13.2 264 33 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.21 12 450 6666 -11.2 -45.5 4 34.3 -16.8 256 35 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.15 13 400 7559 -17.1 -46.1 6 28.9 -21.3 258 41 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.15 14 350 8543 -25.3 -50.5 8 25.2 -27.9 256 45 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 15 300 9642 -34.2 -52.4 14 18.2 -35.6 261 50 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.10 16 250 10891 -43.2 -58.8 16 15.6 -43.8 261 52 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.06 17 200 12364 -52.6 -69.9 11 17.4 -52.9 271 50 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14166 -64.6 -78.6 13 14.1 -64.7 266 43 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16584 -74.1 -85.9 15 11.8 -74.1 288 19 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.77 m Freezing level: 576.15 mb = 4737.87 m = 15544.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.60 mb = 3873.83 m = 12709.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.27 mb = 579.07 m = 1899.82 ft T: 23.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.14 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 1003.05 m = 3290.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.68 C K Index: 19.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1347.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.13 mb = 918.84 m = 3014.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.13 mb = 3332.00 m = 10931.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.13 mb = 12550.32 m = 41175.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1340.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 64.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 50.27 Bulk Shear: 26.79 m/s