MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 47.47,-122.57 Latitude: 47.47 Longitude: -122.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 13.3 9.9 79 3.5 11.3 237 16 286.4 287.8 284.5 307.8 7.64 1 1000 79 12.9 9.6 80 3.3 11.0 235 13 286.0 287.4 284.2 307.0 7.52 2 950 507 8.7 7.7 94 0.9 8.2 249 32 286.0 287.2 283.6 305.5 6.97 3 900 953 6.6 3.5 81 3.1 5.0 280 30 288.3 289.2 282.9 303.8 5.45 4 850 1420 3.9 -0.8 71 4.7 1.8 291 32 290.3 291.0 282.4 302.6 4.25 5 800 1909 0.6 -5.6 63 6.2 -2.0 294 32 291.7 292.3 281.8 301.0 3.14 6 750 2423 -3.2 -11.5 53 8.3 -6.1 295 34 293.1 293.4 281.1 299.4 2.11 7 700 2965 -6.9 -18.2 40 11.2 -10.1 297 37 294.8 295.0 280.8 298.8 1.30 8 650 3538 -11.1 -25.9 28 14.7 -14.3 296 39 296.4 296.5 280.7 298.7 0.71 9 600 4147 -15.0 -37.8 12 22.8 -18.3 299 45 298.8 298.8 281.1 299.6 0.25 10 550 4798 -19.8 -47.2 7 27.4 -22.5 302 49 300.6 300.6 281.7 300.9 0.10 11 500 5496 -25.7 -45.2 14 19.4 -27.5 302 52 301.6 301.7 282.3 302.1 0.14 12 450 6250 -32.3 -49.1 17 16.8 -33.3 299 54 302.7 302.7 282.6 303.1 0.10 13 400 7068 -38.4 -54.2 17 15.8 -39.1 303 57 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.4 0.06 14 350 7979 -40.6 -64.3 6 23.7 -41.3 315 72 314.0 314.0 286.8 314.1 0.02 15 300 9026 -42.0 -68.7 4 26.7 -42.8 323 80 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.2 0.01 16 250 10253 -45.1 -73.2 3 28.1 -45.7 327 87 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.1 0.01 17 200 11728 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.2 325 82 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.00 18 150 13609 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 313 53 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16218 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 298 41 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5416.94 m Freezing level: 792.58 mb = 1985.46 m = 6513.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 826.30 mb = 1648.12 m = 5407.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.14 % Est. max temperature: 17.13 C = 62.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.43 mb = 512.37 m = 1680.98 ft T: 8.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 9.10 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.90 mb = 990.08 m = 3248.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.32 C = 59.58 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 54.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.68 C Cross Totals Index: 24.98 C K Index: 17.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 81.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.00 mb = 762.81 m = 2502.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.00 mb = 2255.09 m = 7398.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 416.00 mb = 6795.88 m = 22295.93 ft B at Equ Level: 79.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 366.00 mb = 7674.23 m = 25177.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.0 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 324.0 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 258.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 112.72 m/s