MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F047.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F047.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 47 hour NAM valid 11Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.57,-89.55 Latitude: 30.57 Longitude: -89.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 39 23.4 23.0 98 0.4 23.2 222 6 295.9 299.1 296.0 347.3 17.86 1 1000 105 23.0 22.9 99 0.1 22.9 224 9 296.2 299.4 296.1 347.6 17.83 2 950 553 21.2 21.0 99 0.2 21.1 236 31 298.7 301.7 296.0 347.2 16.66 3 900 1021 19.1 16.7 86 2.4 17.5 244 30 301.2 303.6 294.5 340.7 13.43 4 850 1512 16.3 12.4 78 3.9 13.8 264 32 303.2 305.2 293.0 335.0 10.70 5 800 2025 13.3 9.4 77 4.0 10.9 260 31 305.3 307.1 292.6 333.2 9.27 6 750 2566 10.9 7.1 77 3.8 8.6 263 29 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.3 8.48 7 700 3138 7.0 4.2 82 2.8 5.4 256 30 310.2 311.6 292.5 333.0 7.41 8 650 3746 4.5 -2.0 63 6.5 1.2 253 31 314.1 315.0 291.7 330.2 5.10 9 600 4392 0.0 -13.4 36 13.4 -5.2 251 35 316.2 316.6 289.9 323.7 2.28 10 550 5083 -3.8 -26.5 15 22.8 -10.1 253 38 319.6 319.8 289.5 322.4 0.79 11 500 5829 -7.9 -31.3 13 23.4 -13.5 258 39 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.4 0.56 12 450 6639 -13.5 -34.1 16 20.6 -17.7 266 38 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.48 13 400 7523 -19.6 -37.6 19 18.1 -22.7 261 39 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.37 14 350 8499 -26.7 -54.6 5 27.9 -29.2 249 38 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.07 15 300 9593 -34.7 -52.0 16 17.3 -36.0 260 42 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.10 16 250 10843 -42.5 -49.4 47 6.8 -43.0 264 42 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.5 0.17 17 200 12317 -51.9 -65.2 19 13.4 -52.2 256 50 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.03 18 150 14125 -64.2 -80.7 9 16.5 -64.3 261 50 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16553 -73.2 -86.1 12 12.9 -73.2 267 24 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.84 m Freezing level: 599.47 mb = 4399.32 m = 14433.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.67 mb = 3862.31 m = 12671.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.69 mb = 81.87 m = 268.61 ft T: 23.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 14.37 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.42 mb = 715.02 m = 2345.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.05 C = 80.68 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 33.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1204.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.31 mb = 559.65 m = 1836.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.31 mb = 1269.66 m = 4165.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.31 mb = 11271.41 m = 36979.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1203.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.31 mb = 15249.72 m = 50031.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.9 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 283.9 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.8 neg: -12.8 tot: 169.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 33.64 Bulk Shear: 35.81 m/s