MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 10Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.30,-88.21 Latitude: 32.30 Longitude: -88.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 63 21.4 21.3 100 0.1 21.3 269 5 294.3 297.2 294.4 340.3 16.12 1 1000 93 21.2 21.3 100 -0.0 21.3 258 5 294.4 297.3 294.4 340.4 16.11 2 950 537 19.5 19.5 100 -0.0 19.5 218 19 297.0 299.7 294.5 340.9 15.20 3 900 1003 17.7 17.7 100 -0.0 17.7 210 31 299.7 302.3 294.7 341.6 14.31 4 850 1492 15.7 15.5 99 0.2 15.6 223 33 302.6 305.0 294.7 341.6 13.18 5 800 2006 13.2 12.9 98 0.4 13.0 228 31 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.4 11.75 6 750 2547 10.7 10.2 97 0.5 10.4 230 31 308.2 310.2 294.3 340.0 10.47 7 700 3120 6.8 6.2 96 0.6 6.4 226 32 310.0 311.6 293.3 336.0 8.51 8 650 3728 4.9 4.5 97 0.5 4.6 234 33 314.5 316.1 294.3 340.0 8.14 9 600 4378 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 244 37 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.7 6.74 10 550 5072 -3.7 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.8 246 41 319.7 320.7 293.4 336.5 5.20 11 500 5818 -8.8 -9.1 98 0.2 -8.9 244 45 322.3 323.0 293.0 335.0 3.85 12 450 6628 -13.4 -14.1 95 0.7 -13.6 242 47 326.4 327.0 293.3 336.1 2.87 13 400 7514 -19.4 -20.1 94 0.7 -19.6 235 52 329.8 330.2 293.4 336.5 1.93 14 350 8493 -26.2 -26.4 99 0.1 -26.3 231 52 333.4 333.6 293.8 338.0 1.27 15 300 9589 -34.0 -34.6 94 0.6 -34.1 231 46 337.5 337.6 294.3 340.0 0.68 16 250 10844 -43.1 -46.3 71 3.2 -43.3 228 42 342.0 342.0 295.0 343.0 0.24 17 200 12310 -52.7 -65.7 19 13.0 -53.0 243 66 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14114 -63.6 -82.7 6 19.1 -63.7 254 58 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16559 -73.2 -85.6 13 12.4 -73.3 243 29 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.37 m Freezing level: 588.97 mb = 4531.10 m = 14865.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.93 mb = 4499.57 m = 14762.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.77 mb = 69.02 m = 226.44 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 5.55 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 955.47 mb = 487.67 m = 1599.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.82 C = 74.87 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 39.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 399.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.17 mb = 508.53 m = 1668.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.17 mb = 554.00 m = 1817.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 928.17 mb = 737.54 m = 2419.73 ft B at Equ Level: 20.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.17 mb = 12692.13 m = 41640.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.1 neg: -2.2 tot: 149.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 6.98 Bulk Shear: 57.17 m/s