MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190600F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190600F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 14Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 45.24,-120.44 Latitude: 45.24 Longitude: -120.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 520 SFC 914 838 8.0 6.0 87 2.1 6.9 217 13 288.5 289.6 284.1 306.7 6.42 3 900 968 7.6 5.7 88 1.9 6.6 223 21 289.3 290.4 284.4 307.4 6.38 4 850 1437 5.0 3.1 87 1.9 4.1 258 34 291.4 292.4 284.4 307.6 5.62 5 800 1929 1.2 1.2 100 0.0 1.2 273 39 292.4 293.3 284.4 307.5 5.21 6 750 2445 -2.6 -2.7 99 0.1 -2.7 279 40 293.8 294.5 283.8 306.0 4.17 7 700 2989 -3.9 -29.4 12 25.5 -9.5 274 52 298.2 298.3 281.2 299.8 0.48 8 650 3571 -6.2 -39.3 5 33.1 -11.9 270 63 301.9 302.0 282.4 302.6 0.19 9 600 4192 -10.3 -35.4 11 25.1 -14.7 266 69 304.2 304.3 283.5 305.3 0.31 10 550 4856 -14.0 -38.7 10 24.7 -17.8 264 75 307.5 307.5 284.7 308.4 0.25 11 500 5572 -19.5 -28.9 43 9.3 -21.3 258 88 309.2 309.4 285.9 311.6 0.70 12 450 6345 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.6 -25.4 247 91 311.9 312.1 287.1 315.0 0.89 13 400 7192 -30.9 -33.8 76 2.8 -31.3 235 82 314.8 314.9 287.7 316.8 0.55 14 350 8123 -37.7 -48.4 32 10.7 -38.4 242 93 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.4 0.13 15 300 9173 -42.6 -58.1 17 15.5 -43.2 243 103 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.5 0.05 16 250 10392 -46.9 -65.0 11 18.1 -47.4 246 117 336.3 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.02 17 200 11852 -51.3 -78.0 3 26.7 -51.7 242 88 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.00 18 150 13703 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 273 80 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16267 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.0 281 45 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5482.31 m Freezing level: 784.38 mb = 2089.86 m = 6856.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.59 mb = 2084.18 m = 6837.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.82 % Est. max temperature: 12.79 C = 55.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.98 mb = 1096.62 m = 3597.81 ft T: 6.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 7.81 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.66 mb = 1663.05 m = 5456.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.32 C = 52.38 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 2.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 193.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.15 mb = 1522.25 m = 4994.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.15 mb = 1967.32 m = 6454.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.15 mb = 2699.80 m = 8857.49 ft B at Equ Level: 19.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 686.15 mb = 3146.28 m = 10322.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 62.8 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 47.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 4.6 tot: 10.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 277.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 233.39 m/s