MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.20,-96.64 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -96.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 987 181 27.3 21.2 70 6.0 22.9 198 14 301.6 304.6 296.5 349.6 16.29 2 950 510 22.0 20.4 91 1.5 20.9 203 19 299.5 302.4 295.8 346.6 16.12 3 900 978 20.0 18.8 93 1.2 19.1 232 35 302.1 304.9 296.0 347.3 15.32 4 850 1470 16.8 14.7 88 2.1 15.4 227 33 303.7 306.0 294.5 340.7 12.46 5 800 1985 13.4 11.2 87 2.2 12.0 230 28 305.4 307.4 293.6 336.9 10.50 6 750 2525 9.7 9.0 96 0.7 9.2 228 23 307.1 308.9 293.4 336.2 9.64 7 700 3097 7.5 3.4 75 4.0 5.2 215 27 310.7 312.1 292.3 332.4 7.00 8 650 3704 4.0 -0.4 72 4.5 1.7 205 34 313.5 314.6 292.1 331.5 5.70 9 600 4350 -0.5 -2.9 84 2.4 -1.7 208 44 315.5 316.5 292.2 331.8 5.13 10 550 5038 -5.6 -14.0 51 8.4 -8.7 214 51 317.5 318.0 290.3 325.3 2.36 11 500 5780 -9.6 -22.8 33 13.2 -13.4 227 54 321.4 321.6 290.5 325.6 1.23 12 450 6585 -15.1 -25.7 40 10.6 -17.7 231 62 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.0 1.05 13 400 7466 -19.9 -25.2 62 5.3 -21.2 233 60 329.1 329.4 292.7 333.5 1.23 14 350 8444 -26.4 -29.9 72 3.5 -27.1 241 49 333.2 333.4 293.4 336.5 0.91 15 300 9542 -33.6 -36.5 75 2.9 -34.0 250 60 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.2 0.56 16 250 10794 -44.1 -48.5 61 4.4 -44.4 259 67 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.19 17 200 12266 -50.9 -74.7 4 23.9 -51.3 264 71 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14090 -62.0 -81.5 6 19.5 -62.1 260 64 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16531 -70.7 -86.1 9 15.4 -70.8 254 35 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.62 m Freezing level: 605.97 mb = 4272.73 m = 14017.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.57 mb = 4013.10 m = 13166.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.75 mb = 942.20 m = 3091.19 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 15.86 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1136.50 m = 3728.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.95 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1569.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.98 mb = 920.82 m = 3021.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.98 mb = 1359.52 m = 4460.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.98 mb = 11607.61 m = 38082.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1564.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.98 mb = 15384.23 m = 50472.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.6 neg: -32.2 tot: 83.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 31.38 Bulk Shear: 50.02 m/s