MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 1004 75 19.1 18.8 98 0.3 18.9 323 12 291.9 294.4 291.9 330.8 13.73 1 1000 105 18.8 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 324 11 291.9 294.3 291.8 330.5 13.62 2 950 545 16.8 16.5 98 0.3 16.6 292 26 294.2 296.4 291.7 329.9 12.50 3 900 1006 15.5 15.4 99 0.1 15.4 293 19 297.5 299.7 292.6 333.2 12.33 4 850 1492 14.8 14.8 100 -0.0 14.8 254 19 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.8 12.59 5 800 2004 11.9 11.9 100 -0.0 12.0 237 30 303.9 305.9 293.5 336.8 11.05 6 750 2544 9.5 9.5 100 -0.0 9.5 242 32 306.8 308.7 293.6 336.9 9.97 7 700 3115 6.5 6.5 100 0.0 6.5 248 31 309.6 311.3 293.4 336.2 8.69 8 650 3720 3.1 3.1 100 0.0 3.1 247 30 312.5 313.9 293.2 335.5 7.40 9 600 4366 -0.1 -0.6 97 0.4 -0.4 241 29 316.0 317.1 293.2 335.3 6.12 10 550 5059 -3.3 -3.8 97 0.5 -3.6 241 30 320.2 321.2 293.6 337.2 5.26 11 500 5808 -7.5 -8.8 91 1.2 -8.1 245 34 323.8 324.6 293.6 336.9 3.95 12 450 6620 -13.3 -13.7 97 0.4 -13.5 249 39 326.5 327.1 293.4 336.5 2.95 13 400 7506 -19.7 -19.7 99 0.1 -19.7 251 44 329.4 329.8 293.4 336.4 2.00 14 350 8484 -25.9 -26.7 93 0.8 -26.1 245 48 333.8 334.0 293.9 338.2 1.23 15 300 9584 -33.8 -36.2 79 2.4 -34.1 247 51 337.8 337.9 294.3 340.0 0.58 16 250 10838 -42.3 -47.1 60 4.8 -42.7 245 45 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.22 17 200 12312 -52.4 -56.5 61 4.2 -52.5 253 54 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.2 0.09 18 150 14115 -64.5 -71.8 36 7.3 -64.6 256 56 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.02 19 100 16549 -70.3 -86.3 8 16.0 -70.4 266 22 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.67 m Freezing level: 602.19 mb = 4337.49 m = 14230.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.55 mb = 4291.48 m = 14079.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.84 mb = 106.81 m = 350.41 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 2.01 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.73 mb = 520.78 m = 1708.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.21 C = 70.18 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.93 mb = 546.09 m = 1791.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 944.93 mb = 591.05 m = 1939.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 934.93 mb = 681.70 m = 2236.51 ft B at Equ Level: 20.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 864.93 mb = 1343.98 m = 4409.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 5.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.1 neg: -38.5 tot: 21.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 62.37 m/s