MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.15,-95.29 Latitude: 31.15 Longitude: -95.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 999 89 24.5 24.4 100 0.1 24.5 147 2 297.7 301.2 297.6 354.7 19.62 2 950 533 22.6 22.6 100 -0.0 22.6 212 8 300.1 303.4 297.5 354.1 18.45 3 900 1004 19.7 19.7 100 0.0 19.7 247 11 301.8 304.8 296.5 349.6 16.23 4 850 1495 16.9 15.9 94 0.9 16.3 260 16 303.8 306.3 295.3 344.0 13.51 5 800 2011 15.2 4.5 49 10.8 9.0 249 22 307.4 308.6 291.0 327.5 6.59 6 750 2556 13.3 7.9 70 5.4 10.0 252 28 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.6 8.96 7 700 3133 9.1 3.0 66 6.0 5.6 262 36 312.5 313.8 292.7 333.7 6.81 8 650 3742 4.2 -5.9 48 10.1 -0.5 258 36 313.8 314.5 290.5 325.9 3.79 9 600 4388 0.7 -17.4 24 18.1 -5.8 249 37 316.9 317.2 289.5 322.4 1.63 10 550 5079 -4.3 -23.4 21 19.2 -10.0 250 41 319.0 319.2 289.6 322.7 1.05 11 500 5824 -7.4 -41.2 5 33.8 -13.8 261 44 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.21 12 450 6635 -13.0 -46.2 4 33.1 -18.1 261 48 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.13 13 400 7522 -18.9 -46.7 7 27.8 -22.7 255 51 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.14 14 350 8500 -26.2 -54.5 5 28.3 -28.7 259 57 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 15 300 9595 -34.6 -61.6 5 27.0 -36.0 254 64 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 16 250 10845 -42.6 -61.0 12 18.4 -43.4 259 69 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 17 200 12322 -51.7 -71.5 8 19.7 -52.1 267 66 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14135 -63.4 -81.5 7 18.2 -63.5 262 54 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16561 -72.2 -86.2 11 13.9 -72.3 254 31 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.44 m Freezing level: 593.20 mb = 4481.94 m = 14704.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.13 mb = 3690.18 m = 12106.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.88 mb = 92.84 m = 304.57 ft T: 24.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 27.18 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.53 mb = 583.41 m = 1914.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.70 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.39 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 34.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2218.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.27 mb = 539.83 m = 1771.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 934.27 mb = 678.41 m = 2225.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.27 mb = 12837.64 m = 42117.73 ft B at Equ Level: 2208.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 25.27 Bulk Shear: 87.78 m/s