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: 34.15,-91.81 Latitude: 34.15 Longitude: -91.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 1000 58 24.2 19.4 75 4.7 20.9 154 6 297.3 299.9 294.0 338.8 14.34 2 950 506 21.6 18.8 84 2.8 19.7 175 25 299.1 301.8 294.7 341.6 14.56 3 900 974 17.9 17.8 100 0.0 17.8 184 33 299.9 302.5 294.8 342.0 14.41 4 850 1462 15.5 14.3 93 1.2 14.7 195 31 302.4 304.6 293.9 338.3 12.14 5 800 1976 12.5 11.5 94 1.0 11.9 206 28 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.5 10.72 6 750 2516 10.2 10.2 100 -0.0 10.2 223 34 307.7 309.7 294.2 339.5 10.52 7 700 3087 7.0 7.0 100 0.0 7.0 223 35 310.3 312.0 293.8 337.9 9.03 8 650 3695 4.5 4.4 99 0.1 4.4 230 43 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.3 8.09 9 600 4343 -0.2 -0.4 99 0.2 -0.3 233 48 315.9 317.1 293.2 335.6 6.23 10 550 5036 -4.3 -4.4 100 0.1 -4.4 232 54 318.9 319.9 293.1 335.2 5.03 11 500 5783 -7.2 -8.2 93 0.9 -7.7 232 60 324.2 325.0 293.8 337.9 4.14 12 450 6593 -14.9 -20.7 61 5.8 -16.6 237 73 324.5 324.8 291.7 330.1 1.63 13 400 7472 -20.7 -22.1 89 1.3 -21.1 240 77 328.0 328.4 292.7 333.8 1.63 14 350 8448 -26.3 -28.8 80 2.4 -26.8 247 62 333.2 333.4 293.6 336.9 1.01 15 300 9544 -34.8 -37.7 75 2.9 -35.2 250 57 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.2 0.50 16 250 10790 -44.4 -47.7 70 3.3 -44.6 252 57 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12250 -51.9 -71.2 8 19.3 -52.2 246 78 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14073 -61.1 -81.5 5 20.3 -61.3 250 67 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16531 -71.3 -87.0 8 15.6 -71.4 248 40 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.60 m Freezing level: 601.83 mb = 4319.44 m = 14171.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.91 mb = 4303.98 m = 14120.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.00 mb = 662.50 m = 2173.53 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 5.53 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 966.13 m = 3169.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.73 C = 80.12 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 36.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 579.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.11 mb = 839.22 m = 2753.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.11 mb = 1470.88 m = 4825.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.11 mb = 10813.73 m = 35477.69 ft B at Equ Level: 575.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.11 mb = 13312.86 m = 43676.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.1 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 251.1 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 318.7 neg: -0.8 tot: 317.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.36 Bulk Shear: 132.82 m/s