MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 28.95,-97.24 Latitude: 28.95 Longitude: -97.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 27.5 21.5 70 6.0 23.2 133 7 300.6 303.6 296.3 348.7 16.39 1 1000 77 28.1 21.6 68 6.5 23.4 133 7 301.3 304.3 296.5 349.6 16.42 2 950 531 24.6 19.6 74 5.0 21.1 133 13 302.1 304.9 296.0 347.2 15.29 3 900 1003 20.7 17.3 81 3.3 18.4 141 12 302.8 305.4 295.3 344.1 13.97 4 850 1495 17.8 13.6 76 4.2 15.0 144 12 304.8 306.9 294.1 339.4 11.57 5 800 2012 14.0 12.5 91 1.5 13.0 149 14 306.1 308.2 294.4 340.6 11.48 6 750 2555 12.2 8.7 79 3.5 10.0 163 17 309.8 311.6 294.0 338.6 9.43 7 700 3133 12.6 -20.4 8 33.1 0.5 180 8 316.5 316.7 288.8 320.1 1.07 8 650 3749 7.5 -8.2 32 15.6 0.3 234 6 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.7 3.17 9 600 4400 2.0 -10.1 41 12.0 -3.3 278 4 318.4 319.0 291.2 328.1 2.97 10 550 5095 -2.7 -15.8 35 13.2 -7.5 305 5 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.8 2.02 11 500 5844 -7.2 -21.2 32 14.0 -11.6 314 8 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.2 1.41 12 450 6657 -11.8 -28.3 24 16.5 -16.0 270 14 328.4 328.5 292.1 331.4 0.83 13 400 7549 -17.1 -35.6 19 18.4 -20.7 260 24 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.4 0.46 14 350 8535 -24.3 -46.2 11 21.9 -27.1 251 30 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.17 15 300 9637 -34.0 -54.2 11 20.1 -35.5 260 30 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.08 16 250 10888 -43.0 -63.5 9 20.4 -43.8 257 44 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12356 -53.2 -68.7 13 15.5 -53.5 254 42 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14155 -65.3 -78.9 13 13.6 -65.3 254 42 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16561 -74.7 -85.8 16 11.1 -74.8 250 11 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.09 m Freezing level: 578.80 mb = 4694.69 m = 15402.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.39 mb = 3794.01 m = 12447.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.68 C = 89.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.90 mb = 830.83 m = 2725.79 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 20.44 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1495.32 m = 4905.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 5.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 195.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 846.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.88 mb = 1158.53 m = 3800.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.88 mb = 1812.94 m = 5947.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.88 mb = 2680.12 m = 8792.95 ft B at Equ Level: 17.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 708.88 mb = 3027.35 m = 9932.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.4 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 199.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.9 neg: -1.8 tot: 33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 159.23 Bulk Shear: 5.32 m/s