MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.46,-95.17 Latitude: 32.46 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 995 120 23.8 22.7 94 1.0 23.0 8 2 297.3 300.5 296.4 348.7 17.74 2 950 527 22.8 20.0 84 2.8 20.8 205 14 300.3 303.2 295.8 346.2 15.67 3 900 998 19.5 19.4 99 0.1 19.5 211 19 301.6 304.5 296.3 348.6 15.94 4 850 1489 16.5 16.4 100 0.0 16.4 219 23 303.4 306.0 295.5 344.8 13.96 5 800 2003 13.0 12.7 98 0.4 12.8 225 24 305.0 307.2 294.3 339.7 11.59 6 750 2542 8.1 7.6 97 0.5 7.8 227 20 305.4 307.0 292.2 331.8 8.77 7 700 3109 5.0 4.8 99 0.1 4.9 237 17 308.0 309.4 292.2 331.6 7.75 8 650 3712 2.2 1.6 96 0.6 1.9 237 24 311.5 312.7 292.3 332.1 6.63 9 600 4353 -3.0 -4.7 88 1.7 -3.8 237 34 312.6 313.5 290.8 326.8 4.50 10 550 5038 -6.8 -7.9 92 1.1 -7.3 241 37 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.3 3.84 11 500 5775 -11.2 -12.1 93 0.9 -11.6 247 41 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.3 3.02 12 450 6579 -14.1 -14.8 94 0.7 -14.3 265 51 325.5 326.1 293.0 334.7 2.70 13 400 7467 -18.2 -21.2 77 3.0 -19.1 271 65 331.3 331.7 293.7 337.5 1.76 14 350 8451 -25.2 -29.1 70 3.9 -26.0 274 76 334.8 335.0 293.9 338.4 0.98 15 300 9553 -33.0 -36.1 74 3.1 -33.4 278 74 338.8 339.0 294.6 341.1 0.58 16 250 10812 -41.5 -45.2 68 3.6 -41.8 282 68 344.3 344.4 295.6 345.4 0.27 17 200 12290 -52.5 -57.3 56 4.8 -52.7 270 76 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.08 18 150 14101 -63.0 -84.5 4 21.5 -63.1 258 70 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16552 -68.9 -87.0 6 18.1 -69.0 260 28 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.27 m Freezing level: 628.75 mb = 3984.44 m = 13072.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3920.15 m = 12861.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.48 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.68 mb = 249.56 m = 818.74 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 16.98 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 967.45 m = 3174.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.99 C = 82.37 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.95 C Showalter Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.68 C Cross Totals Index: 27.63 C K Index: 43.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1607.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.06 mb = 777.58 m = 2551.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.06 mb = 1209.65 m = 3968.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.06 mb = 11420.17 m = 37467.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1606.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.06 mb = 16083.60 m = 52767.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.5 neg: -32.6 tot: 58.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 35.28 Bulk Shear: 45.55 m/s