MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191800F051.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191800F051.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.24,-81.63 Latitude: 40.24 Longitude: -81.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 973 283 12.5 11.0 90 1.5 11.6 184 7 287.8 289.3 285.9 311.5 8.46 2 950 487 10.8 10.1 95 0.8 10.4 193 14 288.2 289.6 285.7 311.2 8.18 3 900 936 8.2 4.7 78 3.6 6.4 237 26 290.0 291.1 284.2 307.0 5.95 4 850 1405 4.0 2.6 91 1.3 3.3 242 31 290.3 291.3 283.8 305.9 5.44 5 800 1895 0.8 -0.6 90 1.4 0.1 245 31 292.0 292.8 283.5 305.3 4.58 6 750 2411 -2.5 -8.3 64 5.8 -4.7 248 31 293.9 294.4 282.2 302.0 2.73 7 700 2954 -6.4 -27.0 18 20.5 -11.0 250 40 295.4 295.5 280.1 297.3 0.60 8 650 3527 -10.6 -27.4 24 16.9 -14.1 240 39 297.0 297.1 280.9 299.0 0.62 9 600 4138 -14.5 -35.3 15 20.8 -17.8 229 38 299.3 299.4 281.5 300.4 0.32 10 550 4791 -19.3 -40.4 14 21.2 -21.9 230 39 301.2 301.3 282.1 302.0 0.20 11 500 5491 -24.2 -42.7 16 18.5 -26.1 230 47 303.5 303.5 283.1 304.1 0.18 12 450 6250 -29.9 -42.0 30 12.1 -31.0 225 51 305.6 305.7 284.0 306.4 0.21 13 400 7077 -36.2 -47.5 30 11.3 -36.9 216 57 308.0 308.0 284.7 308.4 0.13 14 350 7993 -40.8 -56.0 18 15.3 -41.3 219 58 313.8 313.8 286.7 314.0 0.06 15 300 9032 -43.5 -64.2 8 20.7 -44.2 226 59 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.1 0.02 16 250 10258 -43.3 -74.7 2 31.3 -44.1 233 60 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.01 17 200 11753 -46.0 -76.6 2 30.7 -46.7 236 63 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 18 150 13639 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 238 54 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16237 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 265 35 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5433.68 m Freezing level: 788.01 mb = 2018.62 m = 6622.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 798.57 mb = 1909.12 m = 6263.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.39 % Est. max temperature: 15.80 C = 60.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.47 mb = 474.08 m = 1555.35 ft T: 10.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 14.22 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1103.40 m = 3620.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.74 C = 58.54 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 26.85 C K Index: 10.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 260.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 287.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.85 mb = 983.26 m = 3225.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.85 mb = 1310.35 m = 4299.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.85 mb = 6905.67 m = 22656.14 ft B at Equ Level: 287.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 309.85 mb = 8814.31 m = 28917.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.7 neg: -14.0 tot: 156.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 3.57 Bulk Shear: 80.63 m/s