MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F055.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F055.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 55 hour NAM valid 1Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 25.11,-92.53 Latitude: 25.11 Longitude: -92.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 -1 26.1 24.1 89 2.0 24.6 12 16 298.0 301.4 297.3 352.9 18.88 1 1000 130 24.4 22.8 91 1.6 23.3 13 18 297.6 300.8 296.4 349.1 17.76 2 950 580 20.9 19.8 93 1.1 20.1 19 21 298.4 301.2 295.1 343.3 15.45 3 900 1049 20.1 15.6 76 4.5 17.1 23 19 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.1 12.50 4 850 1541 18.1 11.9 67 6.2 14.1 16 17 305.1 307.0 293.3 336.2 10.37 5 800 2059 16.6 8.3 58 8.3 11.4 12 17 308.9 310.5 293.1 335.2 8.62 6 750 2605 12.7 5.1 60 7.6 8.3 356 16 310.4 311.8 292.6 333.1 7.37 7 700 3181 10.5 -16.2 14 26.7 0.1 326 14 314.1 314.4 288.5 319.2 1.54 8 650 3793 6.9 -16.6 17 23.6 -2.1 333 10 316.8 317.1 289.4 322.2 1.60 9 600 4446 4.2 -36.3 3 40.5 -6.0 1 14 321.0 321.1 289.4 322.1 0.29 10 550 5147 -0.5 -37.9 4 37.3 -9.1 358 20 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.27 11 500 5900 -5.5 -41.4 4 36.0 -12.6 335 14 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.20 12 450 6716 -11.8 -42.3 6 30.5 -17.1 321 20 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.21 13 400 7608 -17.6 -46.7 6 29.1 -21.7 300 26 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.14 14 350 8591 -24.2 -52.8 5 28.6 -27.1 292 35 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 15 300 9695 -33.0 -54.3 10 21.3 -34.6 293 36 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.08 16 250 10952 -41.8 -59.6 13 17.7 -42.6 281 43 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 17 200 12426 -52.8 -71.1 9 18.3 -53.2 276 40 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14225 -65.4 -77.8 16 12.4 -65.4 278 31 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16613 -76.5 -85.0 25 8.4 -76.6 258 14 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.59 m Freezing level: 555.77 mb = 5065.98 m = 16620.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.55 mb = 3210.09 m = 10531.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.78 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.75 mb = 256.30 m = 840.88 ft T: 23.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 33.64 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1302.96 m = 4274.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 2.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 17.38 C K Index: 8.81 Risk: None Sweat Index: 191.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 379.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.06 mb = 662.09 m = 2172.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.06 mb = 5203.65 m = 17072.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.06 mb = 11056.58 m = 36274.41 ft B at Equ Level: 377.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.06 mb = 13977.45 m = 45857.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.1 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 30.1 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -51.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: -27.1 tot: -17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 103.12 Bulk Shear: 3.68 m/s