MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F044.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F044.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 44 hour NAM valid 20Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.90,-81.50 Latitude: 40.90 Longitude: -81.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 968 328 12.2 10.8 91 1.4 11.4 196 7 288.0 289.4 285.9 311.6 8.42 2 950 486 10.4 10.1 98 0.3 10.2 198 10 287.7 289.2 285.5 310.7 8.19 3 900 935 7.3 7.3 100 0.0 7.3 225 20 289.0 290.2 285.0 309.1 7.12 4 850 1402 3.9 3.8 99 0.1 3.8 240 26 290.3 291.3 284.2 307.2 5.91 5 800 1892 2.0 -20.3 17 22.3 -4.5 256 29 293.2 293.4 279.7 296.2 0.95 6 750 2409 -1.3 -21.2 20 19.9 -6.8 251 31 295.1 295.3 280.5 298.1 0.94 7 700 2954 -5.0 -24.7 20 19.7 -9.8 245 34 296.9 297.1 281.0 299.3 0.73 8 650 3532 -8.6 -33.6 11 25.0 -13.2 235 36 299.2 299.3 281.5 300.4 0.34 9 600 4146 -13.7 -33.3 17 19.6 -17.0 229 39 300.3 300.3 282.0 301.6 0.38 10 550 4799 -19.6 -40.6 14 20.9 -22.2 229 43 300.8 300.8 282.0 301.5 0.20 11 500 5498 -24.8 -41.1 20 16.3 -26.5 231 51 302.8 302.9 282.8 303.5 0.21 12 450 6259 -28.6 -50.8 10 22.2 -30.2 227 54 307.3 307.3 284.4 307.6 0.08 13 400 7093 -33.5 -52.1 14 18.6 -34.7 222 63 311.4 311.4 285.9 311.7 0.08 14 350 8019 -38.4 -53.5 19 15.1 -39.2 217 80 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.3 0.08 15 300 9067 -43.3 -59.4 15 16.2 -43.8 215 78 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.6 0.04 16 250 10285 -45.7 -71.6 4 25.9 -46.3 216 75 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.01 17 200 11766 -46.8 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 222 69 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 18 150 13647 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.6 224 53 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16224 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -57.0 249 34 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5440.30 m Freezing level: 770.33 mb = 2199.08 m = 7214.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 826.99 mb = 1624.05 m = 5328.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.69 % Est. max temperature: 16.30 C = 61.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.63 mb = 498.34 m = 1634.96 ft T: 10.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 15.32 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.06 mb = 806.04 m = 2644.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.82 C = 55.08 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 28.57 C K Index: 12.78 Risk: None Sweat Index: 313.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 230.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.41 mb = 802.92 m = 2634.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.41 mb = 848.37 m = 2783.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.41 mb = 6268.56 m = 20565.89 ft B at Equ Level: 229.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 349.41 mb = 8030.52 m = 26346.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.8 neg: -6.4 tot: 96.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 2.68 Bulk Shear: 86.16 m/s