MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.12,-90.55 Latitude: 32.12 Longitude: -90.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 75 22.4 21.8 97 0.6 22.0 184 10 295.4 298.4 295.1 343.1 16.63 1 1000 87 22.4 21.7 96 0.6 21.9 186 7 295.5 298.5 295.1 343.1 16.57 2 950 532 20.1 19.8 98 0.3 19.9 197 33 297.6 300.4 294.9 342.5 15.49 3 900 1000 18.7 18.7 100 -0.0 18.8 216 40 300.8 303.6 295.7 345.7 15.29 4 850 1490 16.0 16.0 100 -0.0 16.0 238 37 302.9 305.4 295.0 343.0 13.55 5 800 2004 13.0 11.8 92 1.2 12.2 246 37 305.0 307.1 293.7 337.7 10.93 6 750 2545 10.4 10.4 100 -0.0 10.4 248 39 307.9 309.9 294.3 340.1 10.64 7 700 3118 8.0 7.3 96 0.7 7.6 253 35 311.3 313.0 294.2 339.6 9.21 8 650 3727 3.7 1.2 84 2.5 2.4 255 31 313.2 314.4 292.6 333.3 6.44 9 600 4371 -0.6 -12.2 41 11.6 -5.3 242 39 315.4 315.9 289.8 323.5 2.49 10 550 5062 -3.6 -36.8 6 33.3 -10.8 229 43 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.9 0.30 11 500 5809 -7.2 -38.4 6 31.2 -13.6 230 39 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.28 12 450 6618 -13.3 -39.5 9 26.2 -18.0 242 47 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.27 13 400 7504 -19.2 -47.2 6 28.0 -22.9 235 59 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.14 14 350 8482 -26.3 -62.3 2 36.0 -28.9 237 54 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.02 15 300 9580 -32.9 -40.6 46 7.7 -33.8 254 49 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.4 0.37 16 250 10839 -42.3 -44.9 76 2.6 -42.5 262 49 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.3 0.28 17 200 12308 -52.8 -63.9 25 11.0 -53.1 252 64 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.04 18 150 14111 -65.0 -79.6 12 14.6 -65.1 242 54 358.2 358.2 298.3 358.2 0.00 19 100 16541 -69.4 -86.3 7 16.9 -69.5 245 26 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.49 m Freezing level: 607.19 mb = 4278.44 m = 14036.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.49 mb = 3921.35 m = 12865.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.34 mb = 144.70 m = 474.75 ft T: 22.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 19.17 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.75 mb = 589.44 m = 1933.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 38.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 687.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.21 mb = 566.97 m = 1860.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.21 mb = 1477.64 m = 4847.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.21 mb = 10536.26 m = 34567.37 ft B at Equ Level: 685.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.21 mb = 14060.91 m = 46131.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 372.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.56 Bulk Rich Number: 8.53 Bulk Shear: 80.61 m/s