MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.62,-84.57 Latitude: 38.62 Longitude: -84.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 982 263 21.1 15.3 69 5.8 17.3 197 6 295.8 297.8 291.2 328.0 11.19 2 950 548 19.1 13.7 71 5.4 15.6 215 18 296.6 298.4 290.7 326.7 10.42 3 900 1015 19.0 12.5 66 6.4 14.8 241 22 301.0 302.9 292.0 331.1 10.19 4 850 1503 14.6 10.4 76 4.2 12.0 240 23 301.4 303.1 291.5 329.0 9.33 5 800 2012 9.8 8.6 92 1.2 9.1 237 26 301.6 303.2 291.0 327.7 8.79 6 750 2545 6.7 4.8 88 1.9 5.6 230 31 303.9 305.2 290.5 325.6 7.21 7 700 3111 6.0 -14.4 21 20.4 -1.8 229 34 309.1 309.5 287.1 314.9 1.79 8 650 3715 4.5 -25.9 9 30.4 -4.6 233 29 314.1 314.2 287.6 316.6 0.71 9 600 4360 -0.9 -6.3 67 5.3 -3.4 239 31 315.0 315.8 291.1 327.8 3.99 10 550 5048 -6.0 -12.7 59 6.7 -8.6 242 30 316.9 317.4 290.4 325.5 2.61 11 500 5787 -10.8 -25.4 29 14.5 -14.7 245 30 319.8 320.0 289.7 323.2 0.97 12 450 6588 -16.4 -33.7 21 17.3 -19.7 252 32 322.6 322.7 290.1 324.4 0.50 13 400 7462 -22.0 -39.9 18 17.9 -24.6 257 33 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.30 14 350 8430 -29.3 -41.1 31 11.8 -30.7 262 33 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.30 15 300 9512 -38.0 -50.8 25 12.8 -38.9 268 39 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.12 16 250 10739 -48.0 -55.7 41 7.7 -48.3 274 59 334.6 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.08 17 200 12184 -53.3 -72.9 8 19.5 -53.7 265 64 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14010 -60.0 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.2 265 59 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16473 -69.7 -86.8 6 17.2 -69.7 252 34 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.01 m Freezing level: 608.65 mb = 4248.58 m = 13938.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.07 mb = 2970.66 m = 9746.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.83 mb = 1007.06 m = 3303.95 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 16.15 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.92 mb = 1846.32 m = 6057.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 0.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 15.39 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5632.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.58 mb = 1466.98 m = 4812.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.9 neg: -1.1 tot: 99.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 28.57 m/s