MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 37.3,-79.5 Latitude: 37.30 Longitude: -79.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 976 263 17.5 16.9 96 0.6 17.1 174 11 292.7 294.9 291.2 328.2 12.48 2 950 491 16.1 16.1 100 -0.0 16.1 182 25 293.5 295.7 291.2 328.3 12.22 3 900 949 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.1 204 43 295.1 297.0 290.4 325.5 10.58 4 850 1429 11.0 9.6 91 1.4 10.2 219 37 297.6 299.2 289.8 323.4 8.85 5 800 1932 7.3 6.7 97 0.5 7.0 218 33 298.9 300.3 289.2 321.6 7.74 6 750 2462 4.6 1.6 81 3.0 3.0 212 39 301.5 302.6 288.3 318.7 5.73 7 700 3020 0.0 -6.1 63 6.2 -2.6 211 47 302.5 303.1 286.4 313.1 3.45 8 650 3609 -2.0 -25.3 15 23.2 -8.3 211 51 306.6 306.8 285.0 309.2 0.75 9 600 4242 -4.4 -37.4 6 32.9 -11.0 209 63 311.0 311.0 286.0 311.9 0.26 10 550 4923 -7.4 -27.9 18 20.6 -12.5 216 64 315.3 315.5 288.0 317.8 0.70 11 500 5658 -11.5 -49.9 3 38.3 -16.8 219 82 319.0 319.0 288.5 319.3 0.08 12 450 6457 -17.1 -46.0 6 28.9 -21.0 213 88 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.2 0.14 13 400 7328 -23.2 -50.0 7 26.9 -25.9 205 87 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.3 0.10 14 350 8292 -29.2 -55.2 6 26.0 -31.2 194 87 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.06 15 300 9378 -35.3 -63.6 4 28.3 -36.7 198 92 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.02 16 250 10633 -40.9 -68.9 3 28.1 -41.9 207 90 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.01 17 200 12122 -48.8 -76.5 3 27.7 -49.3 218 77 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 13969 -59.4 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 212 56 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16472 -64.8 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 217 29 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.29 m Freezing level: 699.40 mb = 3026.80 m = 9930.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.26 mb = 2755.54 m = 9040.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.15 % Est. max temperature: 22.99 C = 73.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.61 mb = 342.79 m = 1124.64 ft T: 17.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.39 C/km ThetaE index: 19.17 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.07 mb = 743.68 m = 2439.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.19 C = 66.54 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 25.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.60 mb = 738.81 m = 2423.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 917.60 mb = 784.90 m = 2575.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 567.60 mb = 4676.55 m = 15342.81 ft B at Equ Level: 196.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 357.60 mb = 8137.06 m = 26696.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.8 at 52.5 knts Storm direction: 242.8 at 39.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 2.5 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 375.8 neg: -28.6 tot: 347.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 137.40 m/s