MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 10Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.75,-84.83 Latitude: 37.75 Longitude: -84.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 972 276 19.2 15.4 79 3.8 16.8 179 17 294.8 296.8 291.0 327.5 11.42 2 950 471 18.2 15.0 82 3.1 16.1 183 30 295.6 297.7 291.3 328.4 11.39 3 900 933 15.3 14.1 93 1.2 14.5 196 52 297.2 299.3 291.7 329.9 11.29 4 850 1416 12.7 12.6 99 0.1 12.7 212 59 299.5 301.5 292.0 331.3 10.86 5 800 1925 11.3 7.7 79 3.5 9.2 215 53 303.2 304.7 291.1 327.9 8.29 6 750 2462 8.9 1.8 61 7.1 5.1 208 53 306.2 307.3 290.0 324.0 5.81 7 700 3030 4.8 1.5 79 3.3 3.1 203 54 307.8 309.0 290.7 326.6 6.11 8 650 3630 1.5 -5.7 59 7.1 -1.8 198 51 310.7 311.4 289.6 322.8 3.86 9 600 4270 -2.1 -11.3 49 9.2 -5.8 194 53 313.7 314.2 289.5 322.4 2.69 10 550 4955 -6.8 -16.4 46 9.6 -10.1 196 57 316.0 316.3 289.5 322.4 1.93 11 500 5692 -11.4 -16.4 67 5.0 -13.1 199 57 319.1 319.5 290.6 326.2 2.12 12 450 6493 -15.3 -15.6 97 0.3 -15.4 207 66 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.5 2.52 13 400 7374 -21.0 -24.0 77 3.0 -21.8 210 66 327.7 327.9 292.4 332.5 1.37 14 350 8348 -27.2 -31.9 64 4.7 -28.0 214 61 332.1 332.3 293.0 334.9 0.76 15 300 9439 -35.7 -38.7 74 2.9 -36.1 214 62 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.45 16 250 10680 -46.0 -50.0 64 4.0 -46.3 223 66 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 17 200 12136 -49.2 -76.1 3 26.9 -49.8 248 66 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 13966 -61.7 -80.0 7 18.2 -61.9 243 54 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16445 -66.4 -85.4 5 19.0 -66.5 243 33 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.69 m Freezing level: 629.28 mb = 3894.88 m = 12778.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.47 mb = 3402.67 m = 11163.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.93 C = 78.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.31 mb = 751.37 m = 2465.10 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 7.33 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1273.37 m = 4177.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.25 C = 73.84 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: 0.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 33.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6039.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.21 mb = 996.67 m = 3269.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.4 at 53.0 knts Storm direction: 231.4 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.5 neg: -64.6 tot: 336.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 74.67 m/s