MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 14Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.43,-86.68 Latitude: 30.43 Longitude: -86.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 16 25.3 22.1 83 3.2 23.0 194 11 297.4 300.5 295.8 346.2 16.82 1 1000 123 24.2 21.8 86 2.5 22.5 195 15 297.4 300.4 295.6 345.5 16.63 2 950 572 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.2 199 21 297.8 300.6 295.2 343.7 15.85 3 900 1038 18.3 16.8 91 1.5 17.2 224 28 300.3 302.8 294.3 339.8 13.46 4 850 1527 16.3 9.0 62 7.2 11.9 239 28 303.2 304.7 291.3 328.6 8.53 5 800 2041 13.4 10.5 83 2.8 11.6 245 31 305.4 307.2 293.2 335.5 10.04 6 750 2582 10.4 7.7 83 2.7 8.8 247 29 307.8 309.5 293.0 334.7 8.82 7 700 3154 7.2 6.2 93 1.0 6.6 249 32 310.5 312.1 293.5 336.7 8.52 8 650 3762 4.5 -1.2 67 5.7 1.5 256 32 314.0 315.1 292.0 331.1 5.41 9 600 4410 0.7 -5.3 64 6.0 -2.2 255 32 316.9 317.8 291.9 330.7 4.28 10 550 5102 -3.8 -4.7 94 0.9 -4.2 252 33 319.6 320.6 293.2 335.5 4.93 11 500 5849 -8.9 -9.8 93 0.9 -9.3 240 32 322.2 322.9 292.9 334.2 3.63 12 450 6656 -14.0 -17.6 74 3.6 -15.2 226 32 325.6 326.0 292.5 332.9 2.12 13 400 7540 -20.0 -33.7 28 13.7 -22.6 238 42 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.0 0.56 14 350 8516 -26.2 -41.5 22 15.3 -28.2 243 51 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.29 15 300 9614 -33.5 -53.5 12 20.1 -35.0 240 53 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.6 0.09 16 250 10871 -42.0 -47.7 53 5.8 -42.3 238 49 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.5 0.20 17 200 12342 -53.7 -63.0 31 9.2 -53.9 247 49 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14143 -63.7 -80.7 8 17.0 -63.8 262 51 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16561 -75.0 -85.3 19 10.3 -75.0 260 27 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.66 m Freezing level: 592.14 mb = 4518.48 m = 14824.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.42 mb = 4022.33 m = 13196.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.92 mb = 417.40 m = 1369.39 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 17.52 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.75 mb = 628.82 m = 2063.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.96 C = 78.74 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: 2.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 17.97 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 805.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.20 mb = 615.62 m = 2019.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 940.20 mb = 661.39 m = 2169.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 870.20 mb = 1326.33 m = 4351.42 ft B at Equ Level: 9.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.20 mb = 14546.17 m = 47723.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 180.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 13.04 Bulk Shear: 61.72 m/s