MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 24.93,-87.04 Latitude: 24.93 Longitude: -87.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27.9 22.9 74 5.0 24.3 154 7 300.0 303.3 297.0 351.7 17.64 1 1000 107 26.8 21.9 75 4.9 23.3 154 8 299.9 303.0 296.4 349.0 16.77 2 950 560 22.4 20.8 91 1.6 21.3 155 8 300.0 303.0 296.3 348.4 16.54 3 900 1029 19.5 18.5 94 1.1 18.8 158 11 301.6 304.4 295.7 346.0 15.04 4 850 1520 17.3 10.0 62 7.2 12.7 143 11 304.2 305.9 292.1 331.5 9.12 5 800 2036 14.8 8.2 65 6.6 10.7 118 10 306.9 308.5 292.4 332.7 8.53 6 750 2580 12.1 10.0 88 2.0 10.8 99 9 309.7 311.6 294.6 341.3 10.37 7 700 3156 9.4 6.7 83 2.8 7.8 96 8 312.9 314.6 294.4 340.3 8.82 8 650 3769 6.3 1.7 72 4.7 3.7 115 10 316.1 317.4 293.6 337.2 6.65 9 600 4422 3.5 -7.0 46 10.4 -1.5 94 9 320.1 320.8 292.4 332.5 3.78 10 550 5122 -0.8 -21.8 19 21.0 -7.7 125 6 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.4 1.22 11 500 5875 -5.7 -36.9 7 31.2 -12.5 152 11 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.32 12 450 6691 -10.8 -27.1 25 16.2 -15.2 135 10 329.6 329.8 292.5 332.9 0.92 13 400 7589 -15.0 -24.0 46 9.0 -17.6 164 7 335.4 335.7 294.4 340.4 1.37 14 350 8583 -22.3 -32.4 40 10.0 -24.4 244 12 338.6 338.8 294.7 341.4 0.72 15 300 9698 -31.0 -36.6 57 5.7 -31.8 266 10 341.8 341.9 295.3 343.9 0.55 16 250 10962 -41.2 -52.3 29 11.2 -41.8 251 20 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.4 0.12 17 200 12437 -53.2 -66.5 18 13.3 -53.5 258 26 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14229 -67.0 -76.7 24 9.7 -67.0 283 16 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16603 -77.3 -85.8 25 8.4 -77.4 321 5 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.49 m Freezing level: 558.97 mb = 4996.27 m = 16391.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.42 mb = 4228.01 m = 13871.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.27 mb = 640.11 m = 2100.06 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 20.21 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 943.09 m = 3094.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 15.72 C K Index: 30.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 527.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.21 mb = 798.88 m = 2620.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.21 mb = 1328.20 m = 4357.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.21 mb = 12139.28 m = 39826.53 ft B at Equ Level: 527.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.21 mb = 15102.53 m = 49548.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.6 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 155.6 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -16.3 tot: -15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 212.58 Bulk Shear: 2.48 m/s