MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191800F052.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191800F052.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 52 hour NAM valid 22Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.90,-80.60 Latitude: 40.90 Longitude: -80.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 350 11.0 8.8 87 2.1 9.7 182 6 287.0 288.3 284.4 307.7 7.39 2 950 485 10.1 8.1 88 1.9 9.0 187 12 287.4 288.7 284.4 307.5 7.16 3 900 931 5.9 5.9 100 0.0 5.9 209 19 287.6 288.7 283.7 305.8 6.48 4 850 1399 4.1 1.9 85 2.2 3.0 238 18 290.4 291.4 283.5 305.3 5.16 5 800 1889 0.6 -3.9 72 4.5 -1.3 236 21 291.7 292.4 282.3 302.2 3.58 6 750 2404 -2.7 -8.3 65 5.6 -4.8 241 26 293.6 294.1 282.1 301.7 2.72 7 700 2946 -7.0 -10.2 78 3.2 -8.2 242 27 294.7 295.1 282.3 302.2 2.50 8 650 3519 -11.7 -17.9 60 6.2 -13.4 245 33 295.7 296.0 281.4 300.2 1.44 9 600 4128 -15.1 -18.2 77 3.1 -15.9 235 37 298.7 299.0 282.8 303.5 1.52 10 550 4780 -19.4 -21.0 87 1.6 -19.7 229 40 301.1 301.3 283.5 305.3 1.31 11 500 5481 -24.5 -35.0 37 10.5 -25.9 227 44 303.1 303.2 283.2 304.5 0.39 12 450 6239 -30.0 -43.3 26 13.3 -31.2 222 49 305.5 305.6 283.8 306.2 0.18 13 400 7066 -36.3 -46.9 32 10.7 -37.0 212 55 307.9 307.9 284.7 308.4 0.14 14 350 7980 -41.3 -54.1 24 12.7 -41.9 209 59 313.0 313.0 286.5 313.3 0.07 15 300 9019 -43.5 -64.0 9 20.5 -44.1 212 57 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.02 16 250 10245 -43.4 -74.7 2 31.3 -44.2 216 54 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.01 17 200 11740 -45.7 -76.5 2 30.7 -46.5 224 57 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 18 150 13627 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 231 46 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16220 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 238 30 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5423.58 m Freezing level: 791.52 mb = 1976.48 m = 6484.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 815.31 mb = 1736.04 m = 5695.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.43 % Est. max temperature: 15.28 C = 59.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.84 mb = 617.76 m = 2026.75 ft T: 8.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 5.93 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.71 mb = 897.43 m = 2944.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.56 C = 52.80 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.62 C Cross Totals Index: 26.41 C K Index: 27.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.27 mb = 928.96 m = 3047.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.27 mb = 974.58 m = 3197.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 875.27 mb = 1159.59 m = 3804.38 ft B at Equ Level: 8.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 375.27 mb = 7503.12 m = 24616.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.9 neg: -3.9 tot: 108.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 65.82 m/s