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: 31.36,-95.83 Latitude: 31.36 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 997 110 25.4 23.6 90 1.8 24.1 147 2 298.8 302.2 297.4 353.5 18.73 2 950 532 22.5 21.9 96 0.6 22.1 192 9 300.0 303.3 297.0 351.9 17.70 3 900 1002 19.6 18.9 95 0.8 19.1 249 12 301.8 304.6 296.0 347.3 15.45 4 850 1493 16.6 13.3 81 3.3 14.5 262 15 303.6 305.7 293.7 337.4 11.39 5 800 2007 14.0 10.3 79 3.6 11.7 251 22 306.0 307.9 293.3 335.8 9.90 6 750 2551 12.7 5.1 60 7.6 8.2 246 30 310.4 311.7 292.5 333.0 7.35 7 700 3127 8.8 5.9 82 2.9 7.0 254 39 312.2 313.8 293.8 337.9 8.32 8 650 3736 4.1 -2.1 64 6.3 0.9 254 42 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.5 5.03 9 600 4381 0.2 -13.0 36 13.1 -5.0 247 42 316.3 316.8 290.0 324.0 2.35 10 550 5071 -4.8 -26.2 17 21.4 -10.7 248 45 318.4 318.6 289.1 321.3 0.82 11 500 5814 -8.1 -31.9 13 23.8 -13.7 254 46 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.1 0.53 12 450 6625 -13.0 -27.4 29 14.4 -16.7 259 48 326.9 327.1 291.7 330.1 0.89 13 400 7510 -19.5 -49.8 5 30.4 -23.1 256 56 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.10 14 350 8488 -26.7 -53.9 6 27.2 -29.1 253 57 332.7 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.07 15 300 9583 -34.4 -67.9 2 33.5 -36.0 255 65 336.9 336.9 293.6 336.9 0.01 16 250 10834 -42.7 -63.5 8 20.9 -43.5 263 69 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 17 200 12310 -51.8 -72.4 7 20.6 -52.2 269 69 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14123 -63.1 -83.7 5 20.7 -63.2 263 57 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16553 -72.5 -86.0 11 13.4 -72.6 254 31 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.12 m Freezing level: 598.34 mb = 4403.90 m = 14448.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.41 mb = 3830.27 m = 12566.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.45 mb = 335.77 m = 1101.60 ft T: 23.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 20.47 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.59 mb = 758.17 m = 2487.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1932.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.02 mb = 679.33 m = 2228.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.02 mb = 915.20 m = 3002.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.02 mb = 12340.60 m = 40487.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1927.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.6 neg: -2.2 tot: 154.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 16.98 Bulk Shear: 113.80 m/s