MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.72,-93.52 Latitude: 31.72 Longitude: -93.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 86 SFC 999 94 23.7 23.0 95 0.8 23.2 151 7 297.0 300.2 296.4 348.9 17.94 2 950 534 21.3 21.2 100 0.1 21.2 184 24 298.8 301.8 296.2 348.0 16.91 3 900 1003 20.2 17.2 83 3.0 18.1 209 17 302.3 304.8 295.1 343.1 13.82 4 850 1495 17.8 14.8 83 3.0 15.8 226 19 304.8 307.1 294.8 342.2 12.54 5 800 2012 15.5 8.5 63 7.0 11.2 226 21 307.7 309.3 292.9 334.3 8.76 6 750 2557 11.6 8.8 83 2.8 9.8 232 26 309.1 310.9 293.9 338.1 9.50 7 700 3131 8.4 1.6 62 6.8 4.6 241 27 311.8 313.0 292.0 330.9 6.13 8 650 3739 3.7 1.0 83 2.7 2.2 260 34 313.1 314.4 292.5 333.0 6.35 9 600 4384 -0.6 -6.5 64 5.9 -3.3 249 35 315.4 316.2 291.2 328.0 3.91 10 550 5074 -5.0 -20.0 30 15.0 -9.8 249 35 318.1 318.4 289.6 323.0 1.42 11 500 5814 -9.9 -26.1 25 16.1 -14.2 246 38 320.9 321.1 290.0 324.1 0.91 12 450 6621 -14.2 -36.6 13 22.4 -18.4 241 44 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.37 13 400 7504 -19.8 -34.7 25 14.9 -22.5 239 55 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.1 0.50 14 350 8478 -27.3 -30.3 75 3.0 -27.9 242 66 332.0 332.1 293.1 335.2 0.88 15 300 9574 -33.6 -36.6 74 3.0 -34.0 249 69 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.2 0.56 16 250 10831 -41.8 -45.2 69 3.4 -42.1 259 62 344.0 344.0 295.6 345.1 0.27 17 200 12310 -51.3 -55.3 63 4.0 -51.5 261 67 351.5 351.5 297.1 352.0 0.11 18 150 14132 -62.1 -78.6 9 16.5 -62.3 257 51 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16565 -73.0 -85.9 12 13.0 -73.0 247 36 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.58 m Freezing level: 607.07 mb = 4292.60 m = 14083.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.82 mb = 3992.97 m = 13100.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.41 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.21 mb = 189.39 m = 621.36 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 14.59 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 1126.86 m = 3697.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.43 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1347.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.32 mb = 668.96 m = 2194.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.32 mb = 2331.26 m = 7648.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.32 mb = 11374.68 m = 37318.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1339.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.32 mb = 15455.40 m = 50706.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.9 neg: -4.0 tot: 194.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 16.85 Bulk Shear: 79.94 m/s