MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 8Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.09,-92.59 Latitude: 30.09 Longitude: -92.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 24.4 23.7 96 0.6 23.9 232 6 296.5 299.8 296.7 350.1 18.57 1 1000 107 23.7 23.3 98 0.3 23.5 237 12 296.8 300.2 296.6 349.9 18.35 2 950 555 21.5 19.5 88 2.0 20.1 257 23 299.0 301.8 295.1 343.2 15.17 3 900 1025 20.3 13.6 65 6.7 16.0 268 23 302.5 304.5 293.0 334.9 10.97 4 850 1516 17.4 10.0 62 7.4 12.7 268 22 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.6 9.08 5 800 2032 13.9 8.5 70 5.4 10.6 267 22 305.9 307.6 292.3 332.3 8.75 6 750 2574 11.1 8.5 84 2.6 9.5 285 22 308.7 310.4 293.6 337.2 9.36 7 700 3145 6.1 4.2 87 1.9 5.0 273 24 309.3 310.7 292.3 332.0 7.40 8 650 3752 4.2 -2.3 63 6.5 0.9 257 25 313.7 314.6 291.6 329.4 4.98 9 600 4398 0.8 -21.4 17 22.2 -6.5 256 32 317.0 317.2 289.0 320.9 1.15 10 550 5091 -2.9 -42.0 3 39.1 -10.7 265 31 320.6 320.6 289.1 321.3 0.17 11 500 5839 -7.3 -40.9 5 33.5 -13.7 271 36 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.9 0.21 12 450 6650 -13.0 -51.6 2 38.6 -18.2 275 41 326.8 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.07 13 400 7537 -19.1 -57.3 2 38.1 -23.0 279 41 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.04 14 350 8512 -27.4 -56.3 5 28.9 -29.7 269 42 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.05 15 300 9601 -35.5 -65.4 3 29.8 -36.9 266 46 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.02 16 250 10852 -42.2 -66.1 6 23.9 -43.0 263 58 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 17 200 12327 -51.7 -64.2 21 12.4 -52.1 267 61 350.8 350.8 296.8 351.0 0.03 18 150 14135 -63.8 -79.9 9 16.0 -64.0 258 48 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16560 -73.0 -85.8 13 12.7 -73.1 275 29 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.98 m Freezing level: 589.78 mb = 4539.89 m = 14894.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.91 mb = 3827.88 m = 12558.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.78 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.43 mb = 76.90 m = 252.28 ft T: 23.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.55 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1307.66 m = 4290.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.65 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 17.28 C K Index: 32.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 922.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.33 mb = 699.87 m = 2296.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.33 mb = 1933.25 m = 6342.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.33 mb = 10869.66 m = 35661.18 ft B at Equ Level: 919.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.33 mb = 14576.45 m = 47822.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.0 neg: -3.9 tot: 86.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 45.37 Bulk Shear: 20.33 m/s