MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1011 16 28.1 22.2 70 5.9 23.8 259 2 300.3 303.4 296.5 349.7 16.85 1 1000 116 25.7 21.5 77 4.3 22.7 270 2 298.9 301.8 295.8 346.4 16.32 2 950 567 21.2 20.4 95 0.8 20.6 294 4 298.7 301.6 295.6 345.5 16.10 3 900 1034 18.7 14.4 76 4.3 15.9 335 12 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.7 11.54 4 850 1524 17.0 8.5 57 8.6 11.8 332 11 304.0 305.5 291.3 328.6 8.19 5 800 2038 14.1 4.4 52 9.7 8.6 324 11 306.2 307.5 290.6 326.2 6.57 6 750 2580 11.5 -4.0 33 15.5 3.9 307 16 309.1 309.8 289.0 321.0 3.79 7 700 3152 7.8 3.4 74 4.4 5.3 291 17 311.1 312.4 292.4 332.8 7.01 8 650 3760 4.9 -8.7 37 13.6 -1.1 297 21 314.5 315.1 290.1 324.4 3.06 9 600 4409 2.1 -37.2 4 39.3 -7.2 311 21 318.5 318.5 288.6 319.4 0.26 10 550 5103 -3.0 -46.1 2 43.2 -10.8 325 24 320.6 320.6 289.0 321.0 0.11 11 500 5849 -8.0 -43.3 4 35.3 -14.3 303 25 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.17 12 450 6657 -14.8 -46.3 5 31.6 -19.3 283 33 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.13 13 400 7536 -21.1 -48.2 7 27.1 -24.3 262 40 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.1 0.12 14 350 8507 -27.8 -50.8 9 23.0 -29.9 243 48 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 15 300 9601 -33.7 -53.7 12 19.9 -35.2 232 58 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.09 16 250 10860 -41.4 -65.1 6 23.6 -42.3 226 56 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 17 200 12334 -53.2 -73.1 7 19.9 -53.5 239 54 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14132 -65.1 -79.4 12 14.2 -65.2 254 63 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 19 100 16552 -73.7 -85.8 14 12.1 -73.7 265 22 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.47 m Freezing level: 579.61 mb = 4691.91 m = 15393.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.75 mb = 3650.39 m = 11976.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.12 mb = 768.20 m = 2520.31 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 28.67 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.62 mb = 961.47 m = 3154.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.29 C = 82.92 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 16.48 C K Index: 29.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 869.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.34 mb = 794.21 m = 2605.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.34 mb = 2246.89 m = 7371.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.34 mb = 10579.89 m = 34710.51 ft B at Equ Level: 866.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.34 mb = 14529.78 m = 47669.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.6 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 340.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: -4.8 tot: 8.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 34.03 Bulk Shear: 25.55 m/s