MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 1Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.25,-85.75 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -85.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 997 136 19.2 13.2 68 5.9 15.4 121 5 292.6 294.3 288.8 320.0 9.62 2 950 548 19.4 8.7 50 10.7 13.1 159 19 296.9 298.2 288.3 318.7 7.46 3 900 1011 17.5 6.9 50 10.6 11.3 212 15 299.5 300.8 288.8 320.0 6.94 4 850 1497 15.9 3.2 43 12.7 8.9 222 15 302.7 303.8 288.7 319.8 5.67 5 800 2011 15.2 -5.4 24 20.6 5.3 225 13 307.3 307.9 287.9 317.3 3.18 6 750 2554 12.2 -5.2 29 17.3 3.8 233 13 309.8 310.5 289.0 320.8 3.47 7 700 3127 8.6 -3.4 43 12.0 2.6 242 15 312.0 312.8 290.4 325.3 4.24 8 650 3735 4.6 -6.6 44 11.2 -0.6 244 16 314.1 314.8 290.5 325.6 3.59 9 600 4381 -0.2 -8.1 55 7.8 -3.7 246 18 315.9 316.5 290.9 327.1 3.47 10 550 5071 -5.3 -10.1 69 4.8 -7.3 239 19 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.3 3.22 11 500 5811 -10.7 -17.2 59 6.5 -12.9 239 19 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.6 1.98 12 450 6613 -16.3 -24.6 49 8.2 -18.4 242 24 322.7 323.0 290.8 326.8 1.16 13 400 7486 -23.6 -29.7 58 6.0 -24.8 228 22 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.82 14 350 8448 -29.0 -31.8 77 2.8 -29.5 222 30 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.4 0.76 15 300 9534 -36.8 -39.7 74 2.9 -37.1 227 28 333.5 333.6 293.1 335.1 0.40 16 250 10769 -47.2 -50.6 68 3.5 -47.3 195 30 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12207 -56.0 -67.0 24 11.0 -56.2 210 33 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 14023 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.6 260 32 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16493 -69.5 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 282 23 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.62 m Freezing level: 602.31 mb = 4351.39 m = 14276.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.69 mb = 3613.91 m = 11856.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.50 mb = 892.82 m = 2929.18 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 2.76 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.23 mb = 3857.54 m = 12655.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.98 C = 105.76 F Cap Strength: 9.04 C Lifted Index: 6.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.35 C Showalter Index: 5.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 13.94 C K Index: 17.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9404.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.51 mb = 1796.32 m = 5893.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.6 neg: -2.4 tot: 130.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 43.28 m/s