MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191800F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191800F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 36.78,-76.82 Latitude: 36.78 Longitude: -76.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 19 21.6 15.4 68 6.2 17.6 168 13 294.2 296.2 290.5 325.7 11.00 1 1000 79 21.7 15.3 67 6.4 17.5 169 17 294.8 296.8 290.6 326.3 10.97 2 950 523 18.6 14.6 78 3.9 16.0 180 37 296.0 298.0 291.2 328.0 11.09 3 900 984 14.4 13.4 93 1.1 13.7 186 42 296.4 298.3 291.0 327.5 10.76 4 850 1466 12.8 9.1 78 3.7 10.6 211 41 299.6 301.2 290.2 324.8 8.57 5 800 1975 12.2 7.0 71 5.2 9.2 214 43 304.2 305.6 291.1 327.9 7.89 6 750 2512 8.4 3.5 71 4.9 5.7 227 47 305.7 306.9 290.5 325.7 6.59 7 700 3081 5.5 2.4 81 3.0 3.8 223 49 308.5 309.8 291.3 328.5 6.52 8 650 3686 3.8 -11.9 31 15.7 -2.6 208 51 313.3 313.7 289.0 321.0 2.36 9 600 4331 1.1 -26.6 10 27.8 -6.9 215 50 317.4 317.6 288.7 320.0 0.72 10 550 5023 -4.5 -31.3 10 26.8 -11.1 218 50 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.5 0.51 11 500 5763 -10.5 -49.5 2 39.0 -16.1 219 52 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.5 0.08 12 450 6564 -16.2 -29.8 30 13.6 -19.2 213 53 322.8 323.0 290.4 325.4 0.72 13 400 7442 -20.6 -25.1 67 4.5 -21.8 197 59 328.1 328.4 292.4 332.5 1.24 14 350 8418 -26.5 -37.3 36 10.7 -28.2 190 66 333.0 333.0 293.0 334.6 0.44 15 300 9513 -35.2 -39.1 67 4.0 -35.6 191 69 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.5 0.43 16 250 10758 -43.7 -49.4 53 5.7 -44.0 213 78 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.17 17 200 12225 -53.5 -68.8 14 15.4 -53.8 217 65 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 14032 -62.5 -83.7 4 21.2 -62.7 220 51 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16509 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 224 22 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.98 m Freezing level: 589.94 mb = 4470.31 m = 14666.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.49 mb = 3432.26 m = 11260.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.47 % Est. max temperature: 26.58 C = 79.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.00 mb = 805.84 m = 2643.79 ft T: 16.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 3.19 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.14 mb = 2036.13 m = 6680.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.79 C = 89.23 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 3.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 29.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6092.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.24 mb = 991.16 m = 3251.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 45.6 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.0 neg: -6.1 tot: 412.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 112.68 m/s