MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 14Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.03,-87.13 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -87.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 23.6 22.2 92 1.3 22.6 142 8 296.1 299.2 295.5 345.0 16.98 1 1000 98 23.2 22.1 93 1.2 22.4 147 11 296.4 299.4 295.6 345.2 16.93 2 950 546 20.9 20.7 99 0.2 20.8 180 33 298.4 301.4 295.7 346.1 16.39 3 900 1014 17.9 17.8 99 0.1 17.8 205 34 300.0 302.6 294.8 342.1 14.39 4 850 1503 16.1 15.3 96 0.7 15.6 232 31 303.0 305.4 294.7 341.5 13.01 5 800 2018 14.6 13.1 91 1.5 13.7 242 33 306.7 309.0 295.0 342.7 11.96 6 750 2562 11.6 9.7 88 1.9 10.4 240 32 309.1 311.1 294.3 340.0 10.12 7 700 3137 8.1 6.9 92 1.3 7.4 240 32 311.5 313.2 294.1 339.1 8.94 8 650 3745 3.4 1.9 89 1.6 2.5 240 35 312.9 314.1 292.7 333.9 6.75 9 600 4390 -0.6 -3.1 83 2.5 -1.8 241 38 315.5 316.4 292.2 331.7 5.10 10 550 5080 -4.8 -9.1 72 4.2 -6.7 243 38 318.3 319.0 291.6 329.8 3.51 11 500 5824 -8.7 -12.8 72 4.1 -10.3 244 38 322.4 323.0 292.2 332.0 2.86 12 450 6632 -13.7 -19.7 61 6.0 -15.6 246 39 326.0 326.4 292.3 332.2 1.78 13 400 7517 -19.3 -27.0 50 7.7 -21.2 247 43 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.6 1.04 14 350 8496 -26.4 -28.1 85 1.8 -26.8 257 44 333.2 333.4 293.6 337.1 1.08 15 300 9598 -32.6 -35.2 78 2.5 -33.0 269 45 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.8 0.64 16 250 10857 -42.2 -45.5 70 3.3 -42.5 271 48 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.4 0.26 17 200 12326 -53.8 -57.7 62 3.9 -53.9 269 54 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14117 -65.5 -69.6 56 4.1 -65.5 256 59 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16568 -72.1 -86.8 9 14.7 -72.1 248 23 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.02 m Freezing level: 607.04 mb = 4298.96 m = 14104.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.72 mb = 4116.35 m = 13504.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.08 mb = 202.85 m = 665.51 ft T: 22.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 12.97 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.62 mb = 631.99 m = 2073.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.08 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 38.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 958.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.73 mb = 548.76 m = 1800.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.73 mb = 779.28 m = 2556.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 814.73 mb = 1863.19 m = 6112.76 ft B at Equ Level: 28.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.73 mb = 15232.17 m = 49973.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 423.1 neg: -6.6 tot: 416.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.53 Bulk Rich Number: 7.78 Bulk Shear: 123.08 m/s