MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.78,-93.61 Latitude: 32.78 Longitude: -93.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 73 24.5 20.9 80 3.6 21.9 196 6 297.5 300.4 295.1 343.1 15.73 1 1000 83 24.6 20.9 80 3.7 22.0 200 5 297.7 300.6 295.1 343.3 15.74 2 950 532 21.3 19.7 90 1.6 20.2 201 22 298.8 301.6 295.2 343.6 15.37 3 900 999 19.0 17.7 92 1.3 18.1 232 27 301.1 303.7 295.1 343.2 14.33 4 850 1489 15.4 15.3 99 0.2 15.3 240 32 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.5 12.94 5 800 2002 13.1 12.6 97 0.5 12.8 233 32 305.1 307.3 294.3 339.7 11.57 6 750 2544 10.6 10.5 99 0.2 10.6 231 32 308.1 310.1 294.4 340.5 10.68 7 700 3117 7.7 3.2 73 4.5 5.1 245 36 311.0 312.3 292.3 332.3 6.90 8 650 3724 3.3 0.7 83 2.5 1.9 246 37 312.7 313.9 292.3 332.1 6.22 9 600 4368 -1.2 -5.8 71 4.6 -3.3 245 38 314.8 315.6 291.2 328.0 4.14 10 550 5055 -6.2 -13.0 59 6.7 -8.8 242 41 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.1 2.56 11 500 5795 -9.7 -15.9 61 6.1 -11.9 244 48 321.2 321.6 291.3 328.6 2.22 12 450 6600 -14.5 -23.7 45 9.3 -17.0 244 54 325.1 325.3 291.6 329.5 1.25 13 400 7482 -20.4 -34.9 26 14.5 -23.0 240 59 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.3 0.49 14 350 8458 -26.5 -29.2 78 2.7 -27.1 245 62 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.6 0.97 15 300 9553 -35.1 -44.0 40 8.9 -35.9 238 59 336.0 336.0 293.6 337.0 0.26 16 250 10802 -42.7 -61.0 12 18.3 -43.4 245 56 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 17 200 12278 -50.8 -71.7 7 20.9 -51.2 255 68 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14097 -63.4 -78.7 11 15.3 -63.6 256 63 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16536 -72.9 -85.5 13 12.6 -73.0 249 44 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.10 m Freezing level: 613.02 mb = 4200.14 m = 13779.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.83 mb = 3952.04 m = 12965.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.31 mb = 528.73 m = 1734.64 ft T: 21.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 15.37 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.95 mb = 1057.32 m = 3468.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.01 C K Index: 35.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1039.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.24 mb = 788.20 m = 2585.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.24 mb = 1317.16 m = 4321.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.24 mb = 10875.47 m = 35680.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1032.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.24 mb = 14631.54 m = 48003.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.9 neg: -11.0 tot: 206.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 12.36 Bulk Shear: 84.09 m/s