MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 8Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.27,-86.32 Latitude: 34.27 Longitude: -86.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 86 SFC 977 285 20.4 15.6 74 4.8 17.2 173 12 295.5 297.6 291.3 328.6 11.50 2 950 528 19.0 15.7 81 3.3 16.8 181 25 296.5 298.7 292.0 330.9 11.91 3 900 991 16.2 13.8 86 2.3 14.7 191 44 298.2 300.2 291.8 330.4 11.10 4 850 1476 13.5 13.5 100 -0.0 13.4 206 42 300.2 302.3 292.8 333.9 11.49 5 800 1986 11.5 10.5 94 0.9 10.9 217 42 303.4 305.2 292.6 333.2 10.03 6 750 2523 9.3 -0.3 51 9.6 4.4 220 40 306.7 307.7 289.4 322.1 5.00 7 700 3093 6.8 0.5 64 6.3 3.5 219 38 310.1 311.1 291.0 327.7 5.68 8 650 3698 4.1 -10.7 33 14.9 -2.1 224 37 313.7 314.2 289.4 322.1 2.60 9 600 4342 -1.5 -8.1 61 6.6 -4.4 213 33 314.3 315.0 290.4 325.4 3.46 10 550 5028 -5.7 -6.6 94 0.8 -6.1 202 40 317.3 318.1 292.0 331.0 4.25 11 500 5771 -9.8 -10.4 95 0.7 -10.0 208 43 321.2 321.8 292.4 332.6 3.46 12 450 6577 -14.8 -15.9 91 1.2 -15.2 213 52 324.7 325.2 292.5 333.0 2.46 13 400 7460 -19.6 -21.4 86 1.7 -20.1 225 62 329.4 329.8 293.2 335.5 1.73 14 350 8439 -26.1 -28.5 80 2.4 -26.6 232 51 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.4 1.04 15 300 9537 -34.3 -37.1 76 2.7 -34.7 230 57 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.0 0.53 16 250 10783 -44.9 -48.2 70 3.2 -45.2 238 65 339.2 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.19 17 200 12239 -54.1 -59.3 52 5.3 -54.2 245 76 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14060 -61.4 -79.6 7 18.3 -61.5 241 60 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16513 -70.0 -85.7 8 15.8 -70.0 245 30 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.39 m Freezing level: 613.60 mb = 4166.68 m = 13670.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.77 mb = 3465.49 m = 11369.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.06 % Est. max temperature: 26.50 C = 79.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.02 mb = 887.12 m = 2910.45 ft T: 16.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 11.82 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1471.75 m = 4828.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.09 C = 77.16 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 30.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5243.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.18 mb = 1112.85 m = 3651.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.6 neg: -5.3 tot: 319.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 53.98 m/s