MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 20Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 47.40,-122.25 Latitude: 47.40 Longitude: -122.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 73 11.4 9.4 88 2.0 10.3 219 13 284.6 285.8 283.5 305.2 7.43 1 1000 73 11.2 9.5 89 1.7 10.2 218 12 284.3 285.6 283.4 304.9 7.46 2 950 499 7.8 7.7 99 0.2 7.8 237 32 285.1 286.3 283.1 304.4 6.93 3 900 943 4.8 4.8 100 0.0 4.8 256 40 286.5 287.5 282.7 303.3 6.00 4 850 1406 1.7 1.1 96 0.6 1.4 270 43 287.9 288.8 282.1 301.8 4.88 5 800 1892 -1.6 -1.8 99 0.2 -1.7 273 37 289.5 290.2 282.0 301.6 4.19 6 750 2403 -4.4 -12.5 53 8.2 -7.0 269 36 291.8 292.2 280.3 297.7 1.95 7 700 2941 -8.8 -16.1 55 7.3 -10.9 268 36 292.7 293.0 280.2 297.5 1.55 8 650 3512 -12.0 -29.1 23 17.1 -15.3 273 39 295.4 295.5 280.1 297.2 0.53 9 600 4118 -16.5 -34.2 20 17.7 -19.2 270 36 297.0 297.1 280.6 298.2 0.35 10 550 4767 -20.9 -32.6 34 11.7 -22.7 264 38 299.3 299.3 281.7 300.7 0.45 11 500 5462 -26.6 -40.8 25 14.3 -28.0 265 43 300.6 300.7 281.9 301.4 0.22 12 450 6213 -31.8 -50.4 14 18.5 -33.0 275 43 303.2 303.2 282.8 303.5 0.08 13 400 7036 -36.9 -59.1 8 22.3 -37.8 290 41 307.0 307.1 284.2 307.2 0.03 14 350 7951 -41.0 -63.2 7 22.2 -41.7 304 45 313.4 313.4 286.6 313.5 0.02 15 300 8992 -43.1 -69.6 4 26.5 -43.7 316 54 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.7 0.01 16 250 10216 -43.7 -74.9 2 31.2 -44.5 319 57 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.1 0.01 17 200 11705 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.0 315 57 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.00 18 150 13588 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 301 45 383.0 383.0 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16208 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 283 48 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5389.30 m Freezing level: 824.20 mb = 1656.91 m = 5435.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.04 mb = 1625.68 m = 5333.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.86 % Est. max temperature: 14.76 C = 58.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.73 mb = 319.48 m = 1048.14 ft T: 9.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 8.00 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.82 mb = 578.46 m = 1897.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.22 C = 53.99 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 27.70 C K Index: 22.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 177.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.24 mb = 566.07 m = 1857.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.24 mb = 697.81 m = 2289.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.24 mb = 5945.29 m = 19505.30 ft B at Equ Level: 176.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 367.24 mb = 7621.34 m = 25004.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.7 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 295.7 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.1 neg: -21.2 tot: 290.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 2.83 Bulk Shear: 62.93 m/s