MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 5Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.16,-91.36 Latitude: 32.16 Longitude: -91.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 19 23.4 23.0 98 0.4 23.1 202 14 296.0 299.2 296.0 347.3 17.82 1 1000 80 23.1 22.9 99 0.2 23.0 202 19 296.2 299.4 296.1 347.7 17.86 2 950 528 20.8 20.6 99 0.1 20.7 200 40 298.3 301.3 295.7 345.8 16.34 3 900 995 18.8 18.0 95 0.9 18.2 214 41 300.9 303.6 295.2 343.7 14.56 4 850 1485 16.1 14.7 92 1.4 15.2 231 50 303.0 305.3 294.3 340.1 12.50 5 800 1999 12.9 12.2 95 0.7 12.4 238 42 304.9 307.0 293.9 338.4 11.21 6 750 2540 10.8 5.7 71 5.0 7.8 245 46 308.3 309.7 292.2 331.7 7.69 7 700 3113 8.7 3.5 70 5.2 5.8 242 46 312.2 313.5 292.8 334.1 7.06 8 650 3721 3.5 -1.8 68 5.3 0.8 242 41 312.9 313.9 291.5 329.1 5.14 9 600 4366 0.7 -8.2 51 8.9 -3.3 247 38 317.0 317.6 291.2 328.1 3.43 10 550 5061 -2.7 -8.1 67 5.4 -5.1 252 38 320.8 321.6 292.6 333.2 3.78 11 500 5810 -7.7 -15.2 55 7.5 -10.5 257 37 323.7 324.1 292.2 331.6 2.34 12 450 6622 -12.7 -17.0 70 4.3 -14.2 251 36 327.3 327.8 293.0 335.0 2.24 13 400 7511 -18.6 -20.8 83 2.2 -19.2 256 32 330.9 331.2 293.6 337.3 1.83 14 350 8493 -25.8 -28.9 75 3.1 -26.5 249 28 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.6 1.00 15 300 9593 -33.2 -35.9 76 2.8 -33.6 250 41 338.6 338.8 294.6 340.9 0.59 16 250 10849 -42.8 -46.0 71 3.2 -43.0 259 44 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.4 0.25 17 200 12314 -53.4 -57.3 62 3.9 -53.5 256 57 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.6 0.08 18 150 14118 -64.1 -78.0 13 13.9 -64.3 257 51 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16544 -69.9 -86.3 7 16.3 -70.0 256 39 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.42 m Freezing level: 589.61 mb = 4510.93 m = 14799.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.34 mb = 3842.18 m = 12605.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.37 mb = 67.71 m = 222.14 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 15.98 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.39 mb = 524.14 m = 1719.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.27 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 980.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.60 mb = 503.82 m = 1652.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.60 mb = 1018.23 m = 3340.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.60 mb = 11760.39 m = 38583.48 ft B at Equ Level: 973.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.60 mb = 15085.08 m = 49491.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 4.7 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 440.5 neg: -13.0 tot: 427.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.48 Bulk Rich Number: 11.64 Bulk Shear: 84.17 m/s