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: 31.33,-95.65 Latitude: 31.33 Longitude: -95.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 25.4 23.5 89 1.9 24.0 131 3 298.4 301.7 297.1 352.2 18.48 1 1000 79 25.9 23.5 87 2.4 24.2 133 4 299.1 302.5 297.3 353.3 18.55 2 950 530 22.6 22.1 97 0.5 22.2 180 8 300.1 303.3 297.1 352.5 17.88 3 900 1001 20.4 15.8 75 4.7 17.3 248 14 302.6 304.9 294.3 339.9 12.62 4 850 1492 16.7 13.9 84 2.8 14.9 255 17 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.9 11.86 5 800 2007 13.5 10.5 82 3.0 11.6 239 18 305.6 307.4 293.2 335.6 10.00 6 750 2550 12.6 10.6 88 2.0 11.3 247 27 310.2 312.3 295.1 343.2 10.77 7 700 3126 9.3 3.9 69 5.4 6.2 250 36 312.7 314.1 293.2 335.3 7.25 8 650 3736 4.5 -2.7 59 7.2 0.9 252 40 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.4 4.83 9 600 4383 0.7 -17.0 25 17.7 -5.7 246 41 316.9 317.2 289.5 322.5 1.68 10 550 5073 -4.6 -25.5 18 21.0 -10.5 247 44 318.7 318.8 289.3 321.7 0.87 11 500 5817 -8.1 -37.1 8 28.9 -14.1 254 47 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.3 0.32 12 450 6628 -13.0 -33.5 16 20.4 -17.4 261 47 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.7 0.50 13 400 7513 -19.4 -54.6 3 35.3 -23.1 255 56 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.06 14 350 8490 -26.7 -59.3 3 32.5 -29.2 252 61 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.04 15 300 9586 -34.3 -57.3 8 22.9 -35.8 252 70 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 16 250 10836 -42.7 -58.8 15 16.2 -43.4 262 73 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.05 17 200 12311 -52.0 -71.9 7 19.9 -52.4 268 70 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14126 -62.9 -82.6 5 19.7 -63.1 263 55 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16555 -72.7 -85.9 12 13.3 -72.7 253 31 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.67 m Freezing level: 593.58 mb = 4471.18 m = 14669.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.21 mb = 3820.69 m = 12534.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.08 mb = 301.18 m = 988.11 ft T: 24.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 21.44 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1030.59 m = 3381.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 33.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1691.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.78 mb = 745.61 m = 2446.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.78 mb = 1274.71 m = 4182.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.78 mb = 12252.87 m = 40199.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1682.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.9 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 277.9 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 151.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 14.30 Bulk Shear: 118.30 m/s