MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 7Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.42,-81.78 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -81.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 954 489 18.2 13.7 75 4.6 15.3 154 5 295.3 297.2 290.3 325.1 10.35 2 950 528 18.2 13.7 75 4.5 15.3 158 6 295.7 297.5 290.5 325.7 10.41 3 900 991 17.5 13.1 75 4.5 14.7 197 30 299.6 301.5 291.9 330.6 10.57 4 850 1478 15.5 7.6 59 7.9 10.8 180 22 302.4 303.8 290.4 325.5 7.74 5 800 1991 14.3 0.2 38 14.1 6.9 175 19 306.4 307.3 289.2 321.4 4.87 6 750 2533 11.7 -1.7 39 13.4 4.8 185 23 309.3 310.1 289.8 323.4 4.52 7 700 3105 7.2 -2.1 52 9.3 2.5 197 26 310.5 311.4 290.3 325.2 4.70 8 650 3710 3.2 -12.4 31 15.6 -3.0 208 28 312.6 313.1 288.8 320.0 2.28 9 600 4353 -0.8 -17.5 27 16.8 -6.6 206 30 315.3 315.6 288.9 320.6 1.61 10 550 5042 -4.9 -22.7 23 17.9 -10.2 206 34 318.3 318.5 289.4 322.1 1.12 11 500 5784 -9.8 -24.3 30 14.5 -13.9 214 36 321.0 321.2 290.2 324.7 1.07 12 450 6587 -15.0 -32.2 22 17.1 -18.6 227 32 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.4 0.57 13 400 7469 -20.1 -48.9 6 28.8 -23.6 219 33 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.11 14 350 8442 -27.9 -49.5 11 21.7 -29.9 229 39 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.12 15 300 9529 -37.0 -52.1 20 15.0 -38.0 229 44 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 16 250 10762 -47.2 -50.5 69 3.3 -47.4 247 54 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.15 17 200 12204 -53.9 -60.1 46 6.2 -54.1 251 61 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14022 -62.4 -83.6 4 21.2 -62.6 257 53 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16480 -68.3 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.4 242 36 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.63 m Freezing level: 609.38 mb = 4232.74 m = 13886.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.19 mb = 3375.78 m = 11075.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.92 mb = 1067.97 m = 3503.79 ft T: 17.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 9.19 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.72 mb = 2921.15 m = 9583.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.14 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: 2.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Showalter Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 17.49 C K Index: 23.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5880.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.45 mb = 1614.11 m = 5295.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.0 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 232.0 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.6 neg: -66.7 tot: 124.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 18.34 m/s