MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190000F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190000F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.59,-83.83 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -83.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 SFC 965 306 20.3 16.7 80 3.6 17.9 178 21 296.5 298.8 292.4 332.5 12.48 2 950 440 19.6 16.4 81 3.3 17.5 180 32 297.1 299.4 292.5 333.0 12.41 3 900 904 17.3 14.3 82 3.0 15.3 194 56 299.3 301.4 292.4 332.7 11.43 4 850 1390 13.6 11.8 89 1.8 12.5 203 66 300.4 302.3 291.9 330.7 10.30 5 800 1899 10.1 9.0 93 1.1 9.4 200 65 301.9 303.6 291.3 328.7 9.02 6 750 2433 7.1 4.7 84 2.5 5.8 198 59 304.3 305.6 290.5 325.8 7.14 7 700 2997 3.8 3.7 99 0.1 3.8 199 57 306.7 308.1 291.3 328.5 7.16 8 650 3597 1.2 1.2 100 0.0 1.3 195 59 310.4 311.6 291.8 330.3 6.45 9 600 4239 -2.0 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.3 192 58 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.6 5.33 10 550 4925 -7.2 -8.0 94 0.8 -7.6 193 62 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.7 3.80 11 500 5661 -11.7 -13.2 88 1.6 -12.2 201 69 318.8 319.4 291.1 327.9 2.76 12 450 6464 -14.8 -18.6 73 3.8 -16.0 207 66 324.6 325.0 292.1 331.3 1.96 13 400 7345 -20.7 -24.2 73 3.5 -21.5 203 65 328.1 328.4 292.5 332.9 1.35 14 350 8318 -27.8 -30.2 80 2.4 -28.3 211 63 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.5 0.89 15 300 9407 -36.3 -39.1 75 2.8 -36.6 208 59 334.3 334.3 293.3 335.9 0.43 16 250 10644 -47.0 -50.2 70 3.2 -47.2 204 64 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.15 17 200 12087 -54.2 -65.4 24 11.2 -54.5 233 83 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 13910 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 239 52 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16414 -64.7 -83.4 6 18.7 -64.9 230 45 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.58 m Freezing level: 630.99 mb = 3841.52 m = 12603.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.22 mb = 3819.87 m = 12532.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.79 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.42 mb = 767.67 m = 2518.57 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 7.20 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1378.30 m = 4521.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.58 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 37.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 190.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.37 mb = 1149.78 m = 3772.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.37 mb = 1698.00 m = 5570.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 459.37 mb = 6306.64 m = 20690.81 ft B at Equ Level: 189.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.37 mb = 9651.78 m = 31665.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.2 at 59.9 knts Storm direction: 227.2 at 44.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.7 neg: -85.3 tot: 337.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 2.39 Bulk Shear: 79.51 m/s