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: 34.27,-86.40 Latitude: 34.27 Longitude: -86.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 79 SFC 982 235 20.9 17.4 81 3.4 18.5 178 14 295.5 297.8 292.4 332.4 12.85 2 950 522 18.7 16.7 88 2.0 17.4 183 28 296.1 298.4 292.4 332.7 12.69 3 900 984 16.6 12.1 75 4.5 13.8 193 47 298.7 300.5 291.0 327.6 9.90 4 850 1469 13.4 8.7 73 4.8 10.6 203 44 300.2 301.7 290.2 324.7 8.31 5 800 1978 12.0 8.9 82 3.1 10.1 218 41 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.9 9.01 6 750 2518 9.4 8.7 95 0.7 8.9 226 38 306.7 308.5 293.1 335.2 9.43 7 700 3088 7.0 6.7 99 0.2 6.8 221 41 310.2 311.9 293.7 337.3 8.86 8 650 3696 3.9 2.8 93 1.1 3.3 216 41 313.4 314.8 293.3 336.0 7.24 9 600 4341 -1.2 -1.9 95 0.8 -1.6 225 40 314.8 315.8 292.3 332.3 5.54 10 550 5029 -5.7 -8.0 84 2.3 -6.7 228 43 317.3 318.1 291.6 329.7 3.80 11 500 5772 -8.7 -12.2 76 3.5 -10.1 222 45 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.5 3.01 12 450 6581 -13.4 -22.6 46 9.2 -16.0 223 52 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.3 1.38 13 400 7467 -19.4 -22.4 77 3.0 -20.3 222 54 329.8 330.1 293.2 335.4 1.58 14 350 8444 -26.7 -38.9 31 12.2 -28.5 223 61 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.37 15 300 9538 -34.8 -48.4 24 13.6 -35.9 220 64 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.16 16 250 10782 -44.6 -52.9 39 8.3 -45.0 225 65 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.3 0.11 17 200 12248 -52.3 -64.5 22 12.1 -52.7 240 72 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.03 18 150 14067 -61.9 -82.3 5 20.5 -62.0 254 62 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16517 -70.4 -85.5 9 15.1 -70.5 247 36 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.70 m Freezing level: 611.49 mb = 4192.56 m = 13754.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.06 mb = 4127.93 m = 13542.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.55 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.82 mb = 668.80 m = 2194.19 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 7.98 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1484.65 m = 4870.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.62 C = 78.11 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: 2.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: 5.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 17.35 C K Index: 30.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5416.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.67 mb = 1101.48 m = 3613.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.3 neg: -3.7 tot: 347.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 73.73 m/s