MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.51,-92.83 Latitude: 30.51 Longitude: -92.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 13 24.5 23.9 96 0.6 24.0 168 5 296.8 300.2 296.8 351.1 18.76 1 1000 98 24.3 23.8 97 0.5 24.0 174 9 297.4 300.9 297.1 352.3 18.90 2 950 548 21.2 21.3 100 -0.0 21.3 195 22 298.7 301.8 296.2 348.2 16.98 3 900 1018 19.9 17.9 88 2.0 18.5 214 20 302.0 304.7 295.4 344.8 14.50 4 850 1510 17.2 13.9 81 3.3 15.0 226 23 304.2 306.4 294.2 339.5 11.85 5 800 2026 14.6 10.9 79 3.7 12.2 235 24 306.7 308.6 293.7 337.7 10.29 6 750 2570 11.1 10.1 93 1.0 10.4 237 24 308.7 310.6 294.4 340.3 10.41 7 700 3144 8.6 0.1 55 8.5 4.1 246 26 312.1 313.1 291.5 329.4 5.53 8 650 3753 4.9 0.3 72 4.6 2.4 244 25 314.5 315.6 292.6 333.5 6.03 9 600 4401 0.8 -8.1 51 8.9 -3.2 247 30 317.0 317.7 291.2 328.2 3.46 10 550 5093 -4.1 -17.4 35 13.3 -8.8 250 30 319.2 319.6 290.3 325.2 1.78 11 500 5839 -7.2 -42.5 4 35.3 -13.7 253 34 324.2 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.18 12 450 6652 -11.6 -51.3 2 39.7 -17.3 253 45 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 13 400 7543 -18.1 -41.2 11 23.1 -21.8 249 51 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.26 14 350 8525 -25.5 -44.1 16 18.6 -27.8 251 57 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.22 15 300 9623 -34.3 -54.4 11 20.2 -35.7 255 59 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.08 16 250 10875 -42.2 -60.7 12 18.4 -43.0 265 58 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 17 200 12351 -52.1 -78.2 3 26.1 -52.5 267 59 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.00 18 150 14158 -64.7 -79.3 12 14.5 -64.8 256 44 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.00 19 100 16572 -73.0 -86.4 12 13.3 -73.1 240 26 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.12 m Freezing level: 592.12 mb = 4510.18 m = 14797.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.47 mb = 4025.73 m = 13207.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.57 mb = 84.23 m = 276.35 ft T: 24.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 14.58 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 955.86 mb = 494.16 m = 1621.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1359.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.19 mb = 518.67 m = 1701.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.19 mb = 564.66 m = 1852.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 928.19 mb = 749.84 m = 2460.09 ft B at Equ Level: 16.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.19 mb = 16103.23 m = 52831.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 25.13 Bulk Shear: 54.09 m/s