MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 39.9,-76.43 Latitude: 39.90 Longitude: -76.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 988 142 18.1 14.4 79 3.7 15.7 148 16 292.3 294.2 289.4 322.1 10.48 2 950 475 16.1 13.5 84 2.6 14.5 158 38 293.6 295.4 289.6 323.0 10.29 3 900 934 14.2 11.4 83 2.8 12.4 177 54 296.1 297.8 289.8 323.4 9.42 4 850 1414 10.6 10.1 97 0.5 10.3 194 54 297.2 298.9 289.9 323.9 9.18 5 800 1919 10.0 4.6 69 5.4 7.0 203 43 301.8 303.1 289.3 321.7 6.67 6 750 2454 7.2 4.2 81 3.0 5.5 200 48 304.4 305.7 290.3 325.2 6.91 7 700 3018 3.1 -3.9 60 7.0 -0.2 199 50 306.0 306.7 288.3 318.6 4.10 8 650 3614 -0.1 -12.6 38 12.6 -4.9 193 56 308.9 309.3 287.4 316.0 2.22 9 600 4250 -2.6 -36.8 5 34.2 -9.8 194 68 313.1 313.2 286.8 314.1 0.27 10 550 4935 -6.2 -21.1 30 14.9 -10.8 186 66 316.7 317.0 289.1 321.1 1.29 11 500 5673 -11.3 -37.7 9 26.4 -16.2 189 66 319.3 319.3 288.9 320.4 0.30 12 450 6473 -16.9 -45.0 7 28.1 -20.8 186 69 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.6 0.15 13 400 7342 -24.0 -42.8 16 18.8 -26.3 186 70 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.22 14 350 8308 -29.3 -34.7 59 5.4 -30.1 185 80 329.2 329.4 292.1 331.4 0.57 15 300 9396 -35.7 -38.5 76 2.8 -36.1 185 93 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.46 16 250 10637 -44.1 -50.4 50 6.3 -44.5 196 102 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.15 17 200 12114 -50.2 -73.6 5 23.4 -50.7 205 69 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13953 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.3 216 64 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16457 -65.9 -85.6 5 19.7 -66.1 205 30 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.06 m Freezing level: 651.41 mb = 3597.04 m = 11801.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.37 mb = 3001.74 m = 9848.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.37 % Est. max temperature: 24.13 C = 75.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.69 mb = 612.92 m = 2010.88 ft T: 15.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 11.10 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.96 mb = 1277.32 m = 4190.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.74 C = 72.93 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: 3.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 24.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7751.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.38 mb = 958.58 m = 3144.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.3 at 55.2 knts Storm direction: 220.3 at 41.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 558.1 neg: -20.2 tot: 537.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 179.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 144.43 m/s