MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.27,-79.13 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -79.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 15 1 950 451 SFC 936 580 15.3 13.7 90 1.6 14.3 146 12 294.0 295.9 290.1 324.4 10.61 3 900 909 13.1 12.3 94 0.9 12.6 155 30 295.1 296.9 289.9 323.9 10.02 4 850 1389 10.9 9.3 90 1.6 10.0 179 41 297.6 299.2 289.6 323.0 8.71 5 800 1893 7.8 7.1 96 0.7 7.4 204 40 299.4 300.9 289.6 322.8 7.94 6 750 2423 4.2 3.7 96 0.5 3.9 210 35 301.1 302.4 289.0 320.9 6.65 7 700 2982 1.2 0.7 96 0.6 0.9 207 34 303.8 304.9 289.1 321.2 5.74 8 650 3575 -1.9 -3.1 91 1.3 -2.5 202 42 306.8 307.7 289.1 321.2 4.67 9 600 4208 -5.1 -8.8 75 3.7 -6.6 194 53 310.2 310.9 288.9 320.6 3.27 10 550 4887 -8.1 -30.2 15 22.0 -13.2 187 61 314.4 314.5 287.6 316.4 0.57 11 500 5620 -12.4 -34.4 14 22.1 -16.7 182 67 317.9 318.0 288.5 319.4 0.41 12 450 6416 -17.7 -33.0 25 15.4 -20.5 178 73 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.9 0.53 13 400 7286 -23.8 -29.1 61 5.3 -24.9 172 74 324.1 324.2 290.9 327.1 0.86 14 350 8249 -29.7 -33.8 67 4.1 -30.3 173 85 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.0 0.63 15 300 9334 -35.8 -40.5 62 4.7 -36.4 172 89 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.3 0.37 16 250 10579 -44.7 -49.5 59 4.8 -45.0 182 92 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.17 17 200 12054 -50.0 -77.0 3 27.0 -50.5 194 66 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 13902 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 210 51 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16433 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 230 26 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.00 m Freezing level: 680.35 mb = 3214.79 m = 10547.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.46 mb = 3137.98 m = 10295.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.71 % Est. max temperature: 21.12 C = 70.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.80 mb = 780.56 m = 2560.88 ft T: 14.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 3.47 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.51 mb = 1433.17 m = 4701.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.01 C = 66.23 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: 2.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 32.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.21 mb = 1211.15 m = 3973.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.21 mb = 1963.04 m = 6440.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 603.21 mb = 4165.67 m = 13666.72 ft B at Equ Level: 52.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 513.21 mb = 5419.26 m = 17779.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.0 at 48.7 knts Storm direction: 219.0 at 36.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.5 neg: -8.3 tot: 345.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 128.28 m/s