MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190000F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190000F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 26.6 22.6 79 4.0 23.7 237 3 298.7 301.9 296.4 349.0 17.27 1 1000 117 24.3 21.9 87 2.4 22.6 238 3 297.5 300.5 295.8 346.1 16.80 2 950 566 21.2 19.4 90 1.8 19.9 251 8 298.7 301.4 295.0 342.7 15.10 3 900 1034 19.5 14.7 74 4.8 16.3 294 8 301.6 303.8 293.4 336.4 11.78 4 850 1524 17.3 10.1 63 7.2 12.7 319 11 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.6 9.15 5 800 2039 14.3 7.2 62 7.1 10.0 318 14 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.6 8.00 6 750 2582 11.7 2.5 53 9.1 6.6 299 16 309.2 310.4 291.2 328.1 6.13 7 700 3155 8.5 -4.6 39 13.1 2.1 280 19 311.9 312.6 290.0 324.1 3.87 8 650 3764 4.9 -10.7 31 15.6 -1.7 286 22 314.6 315.1 289.7 323.0 2.60 9 600 4412 2.2 -36.0 4 38.2 -7.1 295 27 318.6 318.7 288.6 319.7 0.29 10 550 5107 -2.9 -28.8 12 25.9 -9.8 323 25 320.7 320.8 289.6 323.0 0.64 11 500 5853 -8.8 -26.9 22 18.1 -13.6 296 22 322.3 322.4 290.3 325.3 0.84 12 450 6659 -14.0 -38.5 11 24.4 -18.4 263 35 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.7 0.31 13 400 7542 -20.3 -50.1 5 29.8 -23.8 260 39 328.6 328.6 291.4 329.0 0.10 14 350 8514 -27.6 -47.8 13 20.2 -29.7 237 52 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.15 15 300 9608 -33.7 -45.5 29 11.8 -34.8 228 52 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.22 16 250 10867 -41.9 -47.1 57 5.1 -42.3 216 52 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.6 0.22 17 200 12337 -53.5 -70.0 12 16.5 -53.8 238 54 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14133 -65.3 -78.3 15 13.0 -65.4 248 64 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16560 -73.5 -85.5 14 12.0 -73.5 271 22 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.13 m Freezing level: 578.45 mb = 4711.54 m = 15457.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.05 mb = 3489.75 m = 11449.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.55 mb = 523.86 m = 1718.69 ft T: 21.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 29.30 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1337.06 m = 4386.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 18.89 C K Index: 23.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 661.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.66 mb = 781.07 m = 2562.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.66 mb = 3017.98 m = 9901.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.66 mb = 10552.28 m = 34619.93 ft B at Equ Level: 655.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.66 mb = 14063.97 m = 46141.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.8 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 328.8 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: -4.5 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 21.52 Bulk Shear: 30.74 m/s