MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 13Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31,-86.32 Latitude: 31.00 Longitude: -86.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 22.8 20.2 85 2.6 21.0 184 5 295.7 298.4 294.0 338.8 15.00 1 1000 120 22.4 20.0 86 2.4 20.8 187 5 295.6 298.3 293.9 338.4 14.88 2 950 566 19.4 19.4 100 -0.0 19.4 198 24 296.9 299.6 294.4 340.4 15.09 3 900 1031 17.4 16.2 93 1.2 16.7 226 30 299.4 301.8 293.7 337.5 13.01 4 850 1519 15.0 13.7 92 1.3 14.2 243 32 301.9 304.0 293.4 336.4 11.71 5 800 2031 13.0 9.9 81 3.1 11.0 248 31 305.0 306.8 292.7 333.8 9.60 6 750 2572 10.3 9.9 97 0.4 10.0 269 34 307.7 309.6 294.0 338.7 10.25 7 700 3144 7.3 5.3 87 2.0 6.1 250 35 310.5 312.1 293.1 335.1 7.98 8 650 3750 3.5 2.0 90 1.5 2.7 250 34 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.2 6.83 9 600 4396 -0.2 -2.2 86 2.0 -1.3 248 31 315.9 316.9 292.6 333.1 5.42 10 550 5089 -4.0 -6.0 87 1.9 -5.0 237 32 319.3 320.2 292.7 333.8 4.46 11 500 5835 -7.9 -12.7 68 4.8 -9.8 240 38 323.5 324.0 292.6 333.1 2.88 12 450 6645 -13.6 -23.9 41 10.3 -16.4 238 38 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.5 1.23 13 400 7530 -19.7 -26.7 54 7.0 -21.4 237 40 329.4 329.6 292.6 333.2 1.08 14 350 8505 -27.0 -41.9 23 14.9 -28.9 241 48 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.28 15 300 9601 -34.0 -48.2 23 14.2 -35.3 241 50 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.0 0.16 16 250 10854 -42.3 -51.1 38 8.8 -42.8 242 40 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.7 0.14 17 200 12327 -53.0 -74.1 6 21.1 -53.3 236 52 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 14130 -63.6 -75.1 19 11.5 -63.7 264 45 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16548 -72.9 -85.9 12 13.0 -72.9 256 27 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.25 m Freezing level: 602.75 mb = 4360.51 m = 14305.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.17 mb = 4181.58 m = 13718.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.51 mb = 425.07 m = 1394.58 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 6.66 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 784.15 m = 2572.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 34.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.68 mb = 659.61 m = 2164.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.68 mb = 2856.31 m = 9370.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.68 mb = 9491.22 m = 31138.80 ft B at Equ Level: 278.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.68 mb = 11859.55 m = 38908.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.0 neg: -31.2 tot: 259.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 3.72 Bulk Shear: 75.42 m/s