MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 26.4,-89.26 Latitude: 26.40 Longitude: -89.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 -0 25.8 23.8 89 2.0 24.3 191 13 297.9 301.2 297.1 351.9 18.62 1 1000 107 24.4 23.0 92 1.4 23.3 191 14 297.5 300.7 296.5 349.4 17.91 2 950 557 20.5 20.6 100 -0.0 20.6 183 14 298.0 301.0 295.6 345.2 16.26 3 900 1025 20.7 13.3 63 7.4 15.9 173 19 302.8 304.8 293.0 334.7 10.74 4 850 1516 18.4 2.0 33 16.4 9.4 172 19 305.5 306.4 289.2 321.3 5.20 5 800 2033 16.1 3.2 42 12.8 8.8 177 15 308.3 309.4 290.8 326.9 6.04 6 750 2579 13.5 4.0 53 9.4 8.0 180 7 311.2 312.5 292.3 332.3 6.83 7 700 3156 10.3 0.5 50 9.9 4.9 202 7 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.8 5.67 8 650 3769 6.6 -0.8 59 7.5 2.7 287 10 316.5 317.6 292.9 334.2 5.55 9 600 4421 2.2 -5.4 57 7.6 -1.4 284 14 318.7 319.6 292.4 332.6 4.28 10 550 5117 -2.6 -12.5 47 9.8 -6.6 264 13 320.9 321.5 291.7 329.8 2.67 11 500 5867 -6.3 -20.4 32 14.2 -10.9 247 10 325.4 325.7 291.9 330.6 1.50 12 450 6685 -10.4 -28.5 21 18.1 -15.2 272 14 330.1 330.3 292.5 333.0 0.81 13 400 7578 -17.4 -35.6 19 18.1 -21.0 276 23 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.1 0.46 14 350 8567 -23.8 -53.0 5 29.1 -26.8 278 26 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.08 15 300 9672 -32.7 -52.8 12 20.0 -34.3 267 28 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.10 16 250 10931 -41.5 -68.4 4 26.8 -42.5 276 35 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 17 200 12405 -53.3 -68.8 14 15.4 -53.7 277 36 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14197 -67.0 -75.4 29 8.5 -67.0 243 28 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16578 -76.0 -85.8 20 9.9 -76.0 231 11 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.70 m Freezing level: 577.02 mb = 4741.31 m = 15555.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.62 mb = 4185.71 m = 13732.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.32 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.19 mb = 246.83 m = 809.79 ft T: 23.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 30.61 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1449.39 m = 4755.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.03 C = 91.45 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: 9.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 8.26 C K Index: 16.83 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 399.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.30 mb = 636.27 m = 2087.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.30 mb = 3942.81 m = 12935.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.30 mb = 11029.29 m = 36184.89 ft B at Equ Level: 395.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.30 mb = 14343.61 m = 47058.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -34.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -27.6 tot: -24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 73.20 Bulk Shear: 5.46 m/s