MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.33,-91.09 Latitude: 31.33 Longitude: -91.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 56 23.4 22.9 97 0.5 23.0 210 8 296.2 299.4 296.1 347.4 17.76 1 1000 90 23.2 22.8 97 0.5 22.9 208 8 296.4 299.6 296.1 347.5 17.71 2 950 537 21.1 21.1 100 -0.0 21.1 228 32 298.6 301.6 296.1 347.5 16.82 3 900 1005 18.6 18.4 99 0.2 18.5 269 43 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.5 14.95 4 850 1496 16.4 15.2 93 1.2 15.7 279 46 303.4 305.7 294.7 341.7 12.93 5 800 2010 13.1 12.0 93 1.1 12.4 262 38 305.2 307.2 293.9 338.4 11.11 6 750 2552 10.7 8.6 87 2.1 9.4 255 35 308.2 310.0 293.5 336.8 9.41 7 700 3124 7.4 2.1 69 5.3 4.5 255 31 310.7 311.9 291.9 330.5 6.39 8 650 3731 3.5 -6.3 49 9.8 -1.0 250 30 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.7 3.67 9 600 4376 0.6 -29.1 9 29.7 -7.5 249 40 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.8 0.57 10 550 5067 -3.7 -45.7 2 42.0 -11.2 247 40 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.1 0.12 11 500 5811 -8.9 -34.9 10 26.1 -14.4 253 46 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.7 0.39 12 450 6618 -14.6 -21.1 58 6.5 -16.5 258 43 324.9 325.2 291.8 330.4 1.58 13 400 7503 -18.9 -25.6 55 6.7 -20.6 263 44 330.4 330.7 293.0 334.7 1.19 14 350 8480 -27.1 -44.6 17 17.5 -29.1 262 45 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.21 15 300 9575 -34.4 -37.5 74 3.0 -34.8 274 41 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.8 0.51 16 250 10824 -43.3 -47.2 65 3.9 -43.6 282 38 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.6 0.22 17 200 12299 -51.3 -63.7 22 12.4 -51.7 268 57 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.04 18 150 14113 -63.4 -79.4 10 16.0 -63.6 263 54 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16541 -72.7 -85.8 12 13.1 -72.8 262 33 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.73 m Freezing level: 593.32 mb = 4467.90 m = 14658.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.35 mb = 3613.90 m = 11856.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.55 mb = 119.75 m = 392.89 ft T: 23.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 28.73 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.88 mb = 565.72 m = 1856.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.90 C = 78.61 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -4.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1413.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.35 mb = 524.82 m = 1721.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 936.35 mb = 662.49 m = 2173.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.35 mb = 11481.06 m = 37667.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1412.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.35 mb = 15634.46 m = 51293.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 10.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 364.5 neg: -101.2 tot: 263.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.22 Bulk Rich Number: 21.60 Bulk Shear: 65.43 m/s