MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.36,-90.13 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -90.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 86 27.0 20.5 68 6.5 22.4 173 10 300.1 303.0 295.6 345.1 15.36 1 1000 90 27.0 20.4 67 6.6 22.3 172 8 300.2 303.0 295.5 345.0 15.28 2 950 541 22.8 19.2 80 3.6 20.3 175 23 300.3 303.0 295.3 343.9 14.88 3 900 1010 19.1 16.1 83 3.0 17.1 177 27 301.2 303.5 294.1 339.1 12.88 4 850 1499 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.1 191 26 302.2 304.5 294.3 339.9 12.78 5 800 2012 13.0 6.3 64 6.7 9.1 217 26 305.0 306.4 291.0 327.6 7.51 6 750 2553 10.0 8.6 91 1.4 9.2 224 25 307.4 309.2 293.3 335.9 9.40 7 700 3125 7.6 4.1 78 3.5 5.6 222 28 311.0 312.4 292.7 333.7 7.38 8 650 3733 5.4 -8.0 37 13.4 -0.7 218 30 315.1 315.7 290.4 325.5 3.22 9 600 4382 1.7 -10.2 41 11.9 -3.4 220 32 318.1 318.7 291.1 327.8 2.94 10 550 5078 -2.9 -11.2 53 8.3 -6.4 225 36 320.6 321.2 291.8 330.4 2.95 11 500 5826 -6.7 -24.9 22 18.2 -12.0 234 36 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.5 1.02 12 450 6641 -10.9 -40.2 7 29.2 -16.4 251 41 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.5 0.26 13 400 7534 -18.0 -45.5 7 27.6 -21.9 254 45 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.16 14 350 8515 -25.9 -49.9 9 24.0 -28.3 256 48 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.11 15 300 9611 -34.7 -53.5 13 18.9 -36.0 253 52 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.09 16 250 10856 -43.7 -59.5 16 15.8 -44.3 255 59 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 17 200 12331 -51.5 -72.3 7 20.8 -51.8 262 64 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14135 -65.7 -79.3 13 13.6 -65.7 248 52 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16547 -72.8 -85.7 12 13.0 -72.8 242 26 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.55 m Freezing level: 581.39 mb = 4641.20 m = 15226.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.40 mb = 3665.38 m = 12025.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.01 mb = 914.16 m = 2999.16 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.20 mb = 1210.12 m = 3970.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 456.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.35 mb = 1073.52 m = 3521.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.35 mb = 1316.35 m = 4318.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.35 mb = 11171.66 m = 36651.99 ft B at Equ Level: 446.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.35 mb = 13411.19 m = 43999.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.2 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 245.2 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 8.89 Bulk Shear: 51.41 m/s