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: 32.57,-95.3 Latitude: 32.57 Longitude: -95.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 999 111 17.7 17.5 99 0.1 17.6 36 12 290.9 293.2 290.8 326.8 12.73 2 950 541 19.0 17.9 93 1.1 18.3 357 14 296.5 299.0 293.3 336.1 13.74 3 900 1006 18.1 16.6 91 1.5 17.1 329 13 300.2 302.6 294.1 339.2 13.33 4 850 1495 15.7 14.0 90 1.7 14.6 308 16 302.5 304.7 293.7 337.7 11.89 5 800 2008 12.8 11.3 91 1.5 11.9 300 18 304.8 306.8 293.4 336.4 10.57 6 750 2548 10.1 8.2 88 1.9 8.9 290 19 307.5 309.2 293.1 335.2 9.14 7 700 3118 6.0 3.0 81 3.0 4.3 279 27 309.1 310.4 291.7 330.0 6.79 8 650 3723 3.6 1.7 87 1.9 2.5 276 27 313.0 314.3 292.7 333.8 6.66 9 600 4370 0.1 -2.6 82 2.7 -1.3 273 31 316.2 317.3 292.6 333.1 5.28 10 550 5064 -3.5 -6.1 82 2.7 -4.7 268 32 320.0 320.8 292.9 334.3 4.40 11 500 5811 -7.4 -10.2 81 2.7 -8.6 259 33 324.0 324.7 293.3 335.7 3.53 12 450 6624 -12.6 -16.2 75 3.6 -13.9 249 36 327.4 327.9 293.2 335.6 2.40 13 400 7511 -19.3 -25.2 59 6.0 -20.8 243 43 329.9 330.2 292.9 334.3 1.23 14 350 8490 -26.1 -30.0 70 3.9 -26.9 240 41 333.6 333.7 293.6 336.9 0.90 15 300 9588 -33.9 -36.4 78 2.5 -34.3 228 35 337.5 337.6 294.3 339.7 0.56 16 250 10843 -42.0 -46.5 61 4.5 -42.3 225 29 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.6 0.23 17 200 12323 -51.9 -61.7 30 9.9 -52.2 249 47 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.8 0.05 18 150 14131 -64.3 -73.5 27 9.2 -64.4 257 66 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16572 -68.4 -86.7 6 18.3 -68.5 257 28 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.52 m Freezing level: 598.53 mb = 4390.02 m = 14402.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4148.21 m = 13609.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.61 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.07 mb = 125.13 m = 410.53 ft T: 17.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 9.26 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 998.66 mb = 111.46 m = 365.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.35 C = 65.03 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 34.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4602.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.15 mb = 685.46 m = 2248.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.3 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 311.3 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: -21.9 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 99.35 m/s