MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190000F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190000F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 13Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.74,-81.31 Latitude: 40.74 Longitude: -81.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 SFC 963 341 19.7 15.5 77 4.2 17.0 162 15 296.0 298.1 291.5 329.4 11.58 2 950 457 18.9 15.1 79 3.7 16.4 165 21 296.3 298.4 291.5 329.4 11.46 3 900 920 16.5 13.2 81 3.3 14.4 187 44 298.5 300.4 291.6 329.5 10.65 4 850 1405 14.0 11.1 82 3.0 12.2 205 53 300.9 302.7 291.6 329.7 9.80 5 800 1914 9.9 9.5 97 0.5 9.6 197 48 301.7 303.5 291.5 329.4 9.33 6 750 2449 7.7 1.1 63 6.6 4.2 190 52 304.9 305.9 289.3 321.7 5.52 7 700 3014 4.9 -2.0 61 7.0 1.5 191 56 308.0 308.8 289.5 322.5 4.71 8 650 3615 1.1 -3.2 73 4.3 -1.0 190 56 310.3 311.1 290.2 324.8 4.66 9 600 4254 -3.2 -10.5 57 7.4 -6.1 187 55 312.5 313.0 289.2 321.6 2.85 10 550 4938 -6.8 -18.9 37 12.2 -10.6 186 62 316.1 316.4 289.2 321.3 1.56 11 500 5675 -10.8 -12.9 85 2.0 -11.6 190 68 319.8 320.4 291.5 329.2 2.84 12 450 6479 -15.3 -16.9 88 1.5 -15.9 202 69 324.0 324.4 292.2 331.7 2.27 13 400 7359 -20.8 -23.7 78 2.8 -21.6 204 56 327.9 328.2 292.5 332.9 1.42 14 350 8331 -27.8 -31.2 72 3.5 -28.4 195 53 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.3 0.80 15 300 9421 -35.7 -39.1 71 3.4 -36.1 200 65 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.6 0.43 16 250 10661 -46.6 -50.2 67 3.5 -46.8 212 77 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.3 0.15 17 200 12112 -53.1 -67.2 16 14.1 -53.4 225 58 348.7 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 13940 -60.4 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.6 226 50 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16428 -64.7 -81.8 8 17.1 -64.9 237 36 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.37 m Freezing level: 636.73 mb = 3784.49 m = 12416.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.84 mb = 3371.27 m = 11060.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.12 C = 77.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.92 mb = 873.27 m = 2865.01 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 8.04 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.76 mb = 1637.93 m = 5373.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 28.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.77 mb = 1239.39 m = 4066.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.77 mb = 3842.12 m = 12605.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 551.77 mb = 4912.38 m = 16116.53 ft B at Equ Level: 26.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 471.77 mb = 6118.39 m = 20073.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.0 at 54.7 knts Storm direction: 221.0 at 41.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.6 neg: -47.8 tot: 309.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 109.77 m/s