MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190600F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190600F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 10Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.78,-88.68 Latitude: 31.78 Longitude: -88.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 63 22.6 22.0 96 0.7 22.2 240 8 295.5 298.5 295.2 343.7 16.77 1 1000 91 22.5 21.9 96 0.6 22.1 239 7 295.7 298.7 295.3 343.9 16.78 2 950 537 20.5 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 246 37 298.0 300.9 295.3 344.3 15.94 3 900 1004 18.6 16.3 86 2.3 17.0 263 42 300.7 303.0 294.0 338.9 13.04 4 850 1492 15.2 14.3 95 0.9 14.6 265 43 302.1 304.3 293.8 338.0 12.16 5 800 2004 12.0 11.9 100 0.1 11.9 265 40 303.9 305.9 293.5 336.7 11.00 6 750 2544 10.2 6.5 78 3.6 8.0 263 35 307.6 309.1 292.3 332.3 8.13 7 700 3116 8.1 -3.5 44 11.5 2.3 255 34 311.4 312.2 290.2 324.7 4.22 8 650 3725 5.3 -17.5 17 22.8 -3.1 255 35 314.9 315.2 288.7 319.9 1.48 9 600 4371 0.4 -12.3 38 12.8 -4.7 248 37 316.6 317.1 290.2 324.7 2.47 10 550 5062 -4.0 -17.4 34 13.4 -8.7 243 37 319.3 319.7 290.3 325.3 1.77 11 500 5807 -8.5 -21.6 34 13.1 -12.5 243 37 322.7 322.9 291.0 327.4 1.36 12 450 6616 -13.3 -29.3 25 16.0 -17.1 242 40 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.3 0.75 13 400 7502 -19.3 -51.3 4 32.0 -23.1 232 45 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.2 0.09 14 350 8480 -26.1 -55.5 5 29.4 -28.6 227 46 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.06 15 300 9578 -33.6 -60.1 5 26.5 -35.1 229 36 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.04 16 250 10834 -41.9 -55.7 21 13.7 -42.6 239 39 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.08 17 200 12311 -52.5 -71.3 9 18.8 -52.8 244 51 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14113 -64.7 -78.7 13 14.0 -64.8 257 46 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16526 -72.5 -85.3 13 12.8 -72.5 240 30 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.84 m Freezing level: 595.26 mb = 4436.53 m = 14555.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.62 mb = 3370.51 m = 11057.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.72 mb = 145.41 m = 477.07 ft T: 22.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 24.44 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.36 mb = 829.28 m = 2720.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 26.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 663.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.61 mb = 613.52 m = 2012.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.61 mb = 1228.61 m = 4030.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.61 mb = 10390.52 m = 34089.23 ft B at Equ Level: 659.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.61 mb = 13842.97 m = 45416.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.3 neg: -37.9 tot: 175.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 22.25 Bulk Shear: 29.80 m/s