MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.76,-88.39 Latitude: 30.76 Longitude: -88.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 50 23.3 22.9 98 0.4 23.0 168 9 295.9 299.1 296.0 346.9 17.71 1 1000 99 22.9 22.7 99 0.2 22.8 170 11 296.1 299.2 295.9 346.8 17.62 2 950 545 20.2 20.2 100 -0.0 20.2 188 33 297.6 300.5 295.1 343.6 15.85 3 900 1012 18.3 18.2 100 0.1 18.3 201 29 300.4 303.1 295.2 343.8 14.81 4 850 1501 15.8 14.3 91 1.5 14.8 216 26 302.7 305.0 294.0 338.7 12.14 5 800 2014 13.0 10.1 83 2.9 11.2 227 30 305.0 306.8 292.9 334.2 9.75 6 750 2556 10.3 9.2 93 1.1 9.6 243 37 307.7 309.6 293.7 337.5 9.80 7 700 3129 8.2 4.6 78 3.6 6.1 260 42 311.5 313.0 293.1 335.1 7.62 8 650 3737 4.4 3.5 94 0.9 3.9 243 40 313.9 315.4 293.7 337.6 7.58 9 600 4387 1.4 1.3 100 0.0 1.3 235 29 317.7 319.0 294.3 340.0 7.04 10 550 5081 -3.3 -6.3 80 2.9 -4.7 227 32 320.1 321.0 292.9 334.3 4.36 11 500 5830 -7.2 -14.6 55 7.4 -10.0 225 32 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.6 2.46 12 450 6644 -12.5 -18.6 60 6.1 -14.5 224 35 327.5 327.9 292.9 334.3 1.96 13 400 7531 -18.9 -42.2 11 23.4 -22.4 243 42 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.23 14 350 8512 -24.8 -57.5 3 32.8 -27.6 247 52 335.3 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.05 15 300 9612 -34.3 -60.5 5 26.2 -35.8 243 53 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.04 16 250 10865 -42.3 -47.0 60 4.7 -42.6 257 47 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.22 17 200 12337 -53.3 -78.8 3 25.4 -53.7 248 47 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.00 18 150 14134 -64.1 -77.6 14 13.5 -64.2 252 48 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16557 -73.7 -86.3 13 12.7 -73.7 251 34 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.10 m Freezing level: 585.58 mb = 4587.24 m = 15049.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.16 mb = 4532.49 m = 14870.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.36 mb = 95.43 m = 313.10 ft T: 22.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 9.58 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 958.98 mb = 463.32 m = 1520.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.69 C = 76.43 F Cap Strength: -0.17 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 33.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 752.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.33 mb = 505.69 m = 1659.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 949.33 mb = 551.38 m = 1808.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.33 mb = 11152.59 m = 36589.41 ft B at Equ Level: 746.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.33 mb = 14574.79 m = 47816.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 329.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 10.29 Bulk Shear: 73.07 m/s