MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 7Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.44,-92.23 Latitude: 31.44 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 17 20.4 18.3 88 2.1 19.0 235 6 292.6 295.0 291.7 330.1 13.21 1 1000 110 19.9 18.0 89 1.9 18.7 229 9 293.1 295.4 291.8 330.3 13.08 2 950 554 18.9 14.6 76 4.3 16.1 229 22 296.3 298.3 291.2 328.2 11.04 3 900 1018 17.7 12.6 72 5.1 14.5 277 20 299.8 301.7 291.7 329.9 10.26 4 850 1506 15.1 12.2 83 2.8 13.2 302 34 301.9 303.9 292.6 333.1 10.56 5 800 2017 11.5 7.8 78 3.7 9.3 296 41 303.4 305.0 291.3 328.4 8.35 6 750 2555 9.7 5.0 72 4.7 6.9 288 45 307.1 308.4 291.5 329.3 7.29 7 700 3126 6.1 6.0 99 0.1 6.1 261 34 309.3 310.9 293.1 335.1 8.44 8 650 3731 3.0 3.0 100 0.0 2.9 237 28 312.3 313.7 293.0 335.0 7.30 9 600 4375 -1.2 -3.3 85 2.1 -2.2 234 26 314.8 315.7 291.9 330.6 5.00 10 550 5063 -5.1 -15.9 43 10.7 -8.9 253 28 318.0 318.4 290.2 324.8 2.02 11 500 5804 -10.1 -13.2 78 3.1 -11.3 257 32 320.7 321.3 291.7 329.9 2.77 12 450 6613 -13.8 -15.2 89 1.4 -14.3 252 40 325.8 326.4 293.0 334.7 2.61 13 400 7500 -18.4 -20.2 86 1.8 -19.0 266 41 331.0 331.4 293.8 337.8 1.92 14 350 8483 -24.8 -27.2 81 2.4 -25.4 263 42 335.3 335.5 294.2 339.6 1.18 15 300 9586 -33.1 -35.9 76 2.8 -33.5 262 41 338.7 338.8 294.6 341.0 0.60 16 250 10841 -42.5 -46.0 69 3.4 -42.8 256 40 342.8 342.9 295.2 343.8 0.25 17 200 12314 -51.5 -57.7 48 6.2 -51.7 248 46 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.5 0.08 18 150 14126 -63.6 -80.9 8 17.3 -63.7 253 47 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16551 -73.1 -85.1 14 12.0 -73.2 264 29 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.82 m Freezing level: 614.24 mb = 4191.89 m = 13752.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.40 mb = 4093.31 m = 13429.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.03 mb = 275.94 m = 905.31 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 4.77 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.24 mb = 1775.65 m = 5825.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6420.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.71 mb = 916.88 m = 3008.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.8 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 294.8 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 6.2 tot: 12.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.6 neg: -148.2 tot: -19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 56.29 m/s