MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 10Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.40,-91.33 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -91.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 3 23.9 23.5 98 0.4 23.6 240 5 296.1 299.4 296.4 348.8 18.30 1 1000 97 23.2 23.2 100 -0.0 23.2 244 9 296.3 299.6 296.3 348.7 18.17 2 950 546 20.3 20.0 98 0.3 20.1 265 26 297.8 300.7 295.1 343.3 15.69 3 900 1013 19.1 17.5 91 1.6 18.0 267 29 301.2 303.7 295.0 342.7 14.11 4 850 1503 16.5 13.2 81 3.3 14.4 264 30 303.5 305.5 293.6 337.0 11.30 5 800 2018 13.9 9.6 76 4.2 11.3 268 26 306.0 307.7 292.9 334.4 9.45 6 750 2560 10.7 7.8 82 2.9 8.9 260 27 308.2 309.8 293.1 335.2 8.88 7 700 3132 7.3 2.5 71 4.8 4.6 259 24 310.6 311.8 291.9 330.9 6.55 8 650 3739 4.4 -9.1 37 13.5 -1.5 253 27 314.0 314.5 289.8 323.5 2.95 9 600 4386 0.9 -21.5 17 22.3 -6.4 257 30 317.1 317.3 289.0 321.0 1.14 10 550 5079 -3.2 -13.5 45 10.3 -7.2 270 32 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.5 2.44 11 500 5828 -7.1 -15.1 53 8.0 -10.1 283 30 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.4 2.37 12 450 6639 -13.5 -28.1 28 14.6 -17.1 294 44 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.3 0.84 13 400 7521 -20.7 -24.4 72 3.8 -21.6 294 46 328.1 328.4 292.4 332.8 1.32 14 350 8498 -26.9 -30.0 75 3.2 -27.5 274 39 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.8 0.90 15 300 9588 -35.3 -38.4 73 3.1 -35.7 270 37 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.4 0.46 16 250 10839 -42.6 -47.7 57 5.1 -42.9 262 50 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.6 0.21 17 200 12317 -51.3 -63.5 22 12.1 -51.7 263 59 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.04 18 150 14123 -64.0 -78.8 11 14.9 -64.1 258 41 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16550 -72.7 -85.3 13 12.6 -72.8 296 36 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.30 m Freezing level: 589.37 mb = 4533.26 m = 14872.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.22 mb = 3586.88 m = 11767.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.58 mb = 49.07 m = 160.98 ft T: 23.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.42 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.81 mb = 473.99 m = 1555.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 31.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1053.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.20 mb = 497.87 m = 1633.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 950.20 mb = 543.71 m = 1783.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 930.20 mb = 727.84 m = 2387.88 ft B at Equ Level: 16.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.20 mb = 14970.53 m = 49115.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.0 neg: -20.8 tot: 69.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 48.35 Bulk Shear: 21.80 m/s