MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 10Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.27,-82.62 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -82.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 972 349 9.5 5.3 75 4.3 7.3 156 4 285.0 286.0 281.8 301.0 5.73 2 950 544 15.7 4.5 47 11.1 9.7 193 22 293.1 294.1 285.0 309.2 5.56 3 900 1004 15.8 3.7 44 12.1 9.2 235 22 297.8 298.8 286.8 314.1 5.54 4 850 1487 13.4 5.9 61 7.4 9.1 240 19 300.1 301.4 288.9 320.5 6.87 5 800 1995 12.0 -2.7 36 14.6 4.8 242 19 303.9 304.6 287.4 315.9 3.93 6 750 2533 9.7 -3.7 39 13.4 3.2 241 19 307.1 307.9 288.5 319.2 3.88 7 700 3102 5.6 1.4 74 4.2 3.3 240 20 308.6 309.8 290.9 327.3 6.05 8 650 3703 0.6 -1.4 86 2.0 -0.4 243 22 309.6 310.6 290.6 326.1 5.31 9 600 4343 -2.4 -2.5 100 0.0 -2.4 239 24 313.3 314.3 291.7 330.1 5.33 10 550 5028 -7.3 -7.3 100 0.0 -7.4 229 26 315.4 316.2 291.2 328.2 4.01 11 500 5763 -12.2 -14.8 81 2.6 -13.1 223 32 318.1 318.6 290.6 326.2 2.43 12 450 6561 -18.1 -21.7 73 3.6 -19.1 228 37 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.6 1.50 13 400 7430 -23.4 -25.8 81 2.4 -24.0 246 35 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.6 1.16 14 350 8393 -29.6 -34.6 62 5.0 -30.4 247 34 328.8 328.9 292.0 330.9 0.58 15 300 9472 -38.7 -46.0 46 7.4 -39.2 239 29 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.7 0.21 16 250 10697 -48.2 -55.1 45 6.8 -48.5 241 29 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.09 17 200 12149 -52.5 -70.6 10 18.1 -52.9 278 36 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13971 -60.2 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 257 35 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16436 -68.3 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.4 263 31 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.17 m Freezing level: 640.25 mb = 3827.51 m = 12557.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.64 mb = 3632.70 m = 11918.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.50 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.27 mb = 898.07 m = 2946.38 ft T: 15.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 4.57 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.31 mb = 4076.51 m = 13374.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.12 C = 97.02 F Cap Strength: 9.82 C Lifted Index: 9.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.93 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 18.16 C K Index: 27.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11206.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.30 mb = 2149.91 m = 7053.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.6 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 262.6 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.8 neg: -2.7 tot: 150.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 19.32 m/s