MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 8Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.36,-88.92 Latitude: 33.36 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 998 89 22.4 20.8 90 1.7 21.3 177 10 295.8 298.6 294.5 340.9 15.67 2 950 513 19.5 19.5 100 -0.0 19.5 187 33 296.9 299.7 294.5 340.7 15.16 3 900 979 18.1 17.3 95 0.9 17.5 198 50 300.2 302.8 294.6 341.0 13.92 4 850 1467 15.4 12.6 84 2.8 13.6 211 49 302.3 304.3 292.9 334.5 10.88 5 800 1979 12.5 11.5 93 1.0 11.9 220 44 304.5 306.4 293.4 336.4 10.70 6 750 2519 9.7 8.8 95 0.8 9.2 228 51 307.1 308.8 293.3 335.9 9.55 7 700 3090 6.8 5.0 88 1.8 5.7 231 51 310.0 311.4 292.8 334.0 7.81 8 650 3696 3.1 1.2 87 1.9 2.0 231 50 312.5 313.7 292.4 332.5 6.42 9 600 4341 0.1 -5.5 66 5.6 -2.6 227 50 316.3 317.1 291.7 329.9 4.23 10 550 5031 -5.0 -10.5 65 5.5 -7.3 231 52 318.1 318.7 291.3 328.4 3.13 11 500 5774 -9.3 -18.8 46 9.5 -12.5 233 60 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.5 1.73 12 450 6580 -14.5 -17.7 77 3.2 -15.5 235 60 325.1 325.5 292.3 332.3 2.12 13 400 7463 -20.1 -23.9 71 3.8 -21.1 235 68 328.9 329.1 292.7 333.8 1.38 14 350 8440 -25.8 -28.4 78 2.7 -26.3 240 63 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.8 1.05 15 300 9538 -34.1 -37.0 75 2.9 -34.4 251 63 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.4 0.53 16 250 10791 -43.3 -46.6 70 3.3 -43.5 255 63 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.6 0.23 17 200 12251 -55.4 -59.3 62 3.9 -55.5 252 61 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14061 -60.6 -79.9 6 19.3 -60.8 247 63 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16521 -70.6 -85.7 9 15.1 -70.7 265 35 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.67 m Freezing level: 598.86 mb = 4356.57 m = 14293.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.99 mb = 3973.59 m = 13036.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.67 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.07 mb = 296.07 m = 971.34 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 8.89 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 728.18 m = 2389.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.08 C = 77.14 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 573.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.38 mb = 619.01 m = 2030.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.38 mb = 1533.18 m = 5030.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.38 mb = 9929.96 m = 32578.20 ft B at Equ Level: 573.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.38 mb = 13523.38 m = 44367.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.2 at 48.6 knts Storm direction: 253.2 at 36.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 555.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 555.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.76 Bulk Rich Number: 3.90 Bulk Shear: 146.89 m/s