MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.37,-93.43 Latitude: 32.37 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 26.7 21.0 71 5.7 22.6 183 6 299.5 302.4 295.6 345.5 15.74 1 1000 81 26.4 20.1 69 6.2 22.0 183 6 299.5 302.3 295.1 343.4 15.01 2 950 531 21.9 19.2 85 2.7 20.0 181 10 299.4 302.1 295.0 342.8 14.89 3 900 999 17.8 16.8 94 0.9 17.2 196 13 299.8 302.3 294.1 339.4 13.53 4 850 1488 16.8 8.3 57 8.6 11.6 229 19 303.8 305.3 291.2 328.0 8.08 5 800 2002 14.5 6.1 57 8.3 9.6 215 21 306.6 307.9 291.5 329.1 7.42 6 750 2544 10.6 6.8 77 3.8 8.3 226 25 308.0 309.6 292.6 333.2 8.27 7 700 3116 8.4 -0.2 55 8.6 3.8 222 29 311.8 312.9 291.3 328.7 5.39 8 650 3726 5.0 -6.2 44 11.2 -0.3 221 28 314.6 315.3 290.7 326.4 3.69 9 600 4372 -0.3 -6.7 62 6.4 -3.2 217 28 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.3 3.87 10 550 5063 -4.0 -15.4 41 11.3 -8.2 219 32 319.3 319.7 290.6 326.3 2.10 11 500 5807 -8.9 -21.1 37 12.2 -12.7 224 42 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.0 1.42 12 450 6618 -11.9 -43.6 5 31.6 -17.3 232 45 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.18 13 400 7508 -18.4 -46.5 7 28.0 -22.3 236 51 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.15 14 350 8487 -26.4 -47.9 11 21.4 -28.7 233 58 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.14 15 300 9582 -35.0 -52.6 15 17.6 -36.3 242 62 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 16 250 10829 -43.6 -50.8 45 7.2 -44.0 250 68 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.8 0.14 17 200 12303 -50.9 -75.4 4 24.4 -51.4 258 68 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14118 -63.6 -79.1 10 15.5 -63.7 259 56 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16541 -72.7 -86.6 11 13.9 -72.8 251 34 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.60 m Freezing level: 602.40 mb = 4340.67 m = 14240.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.99 mb = 3675.28 m = 12057.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.48 mb = 776.03 m = 2546.00 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 17.52 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.49 mb = 955.53 m = 3134.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 17.21 C K Index: 25.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 549.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.26 mb = 919.58 m = 3016.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.26 mb = 2396.72 m = 7863.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.26 mb = 11009.40 m = 36119.62 ft B at Equ Level: 539.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.26 mb = 13208.20 m = 43333.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 73.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 11.05 Bulk Shear: 49.76 m/s