MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 27.16,-97.93 Latitude: 27.16 Longitude: -97.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 30.8 20.9 56 9.9 23.7 174 9 303.2 306.1 296.5 349.7 15.65 1 1000 86 28.0 20.5 64 7.4 22.7 174 9 301.1 304.0 295.8 346.4 15.40 2 950 539 23.2 19.7 81 3.5 20.7 176 10 300.7 303.5 295.7 345.9 15.39 3 900 1008 20.5 11.4 56 9.1 14.7 166 13 302.6 304.3 291.9 330.7 9.45 4 850 1501 19.4 8.3 49 11.1 12.6 183 10 306.5 308.0 292.0 331.1 8.12 5 800 2021 17.9 5.5 44 12.4 10.5 219 7 310.2 311.6 292.3 332.1 7.08 6 750 2572 15.9 3.5 43 12.5 8.7 279 8 313.9 315.1 292.9 334.4 6.55 7 700 3153 12.2 -2.4 36 14.6 4.5 272 9 316.0 316.8 291.9 330.6 4.58 8 650 3768 7.3 -5.4 40 12.7 1.1 284 8 317.3 318.0 291.7 330.0 3.94 9 600 4421 3.2 -10.8 35 14.0 -2.9 293 6 319.8 320.3 291.4 329.0 2.78 10 550 5120 -1.0 -17.4 28 16.3 -7.0 265 9 322.8 323.2 291.4 328.9 1.78 11 500 5874 -4.9 -34.9 8 29.9 -12.0 265 20 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.40 12 450 6694 -9.6 -47.1 3 37.4 -15.9 279 17 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.12 13 400 7591 -16.6 -49.6 4 32.9 -21.1 271 16 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 14 350 8576 -24.7 -52.2 6 27.4 -27.5 266 16 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.09 15 300 9679 -33.3 -49.0 19 15.6 -34.7 265 29 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.15 16 250 10936 -42.0 -64.1 7 22.2 -42.8 266 43 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.03 17 200 12407 -53.3 -68.9 13 15.6 -53.7 257 43 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14200 -66.4 -77.4 20 10.9 -66.5 262 38 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16587 -77.3 -85.0 28 7.6 -77.3 253 18 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.90 m Freezing level: 562.50 mb = 4945.48 m = 16225.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.99 mb = 3946.04 m = 12946.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.02 % Est. max temperature: 33.41 C = 92.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.21 mb = 1259.07 m = 4130.76 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 19.00 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.10 mb = 2809.80 m = 9218.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.30 C = 108.14 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.48 C Showalter Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 13.27 C K Index: 18.12 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 399.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.92 mb = 1193.16 m = 3914.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 415.92 mb = 7293.93 m = 23929.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.92 mb = 10509.88 m = 34480.80 ft B at Equ Level: 120.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.92 mb = 12214.63 m = 40073.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.5 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 274.5 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -1.4 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.99 Bulk Shear: 15.51 m/s