MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F046.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510200000F046.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 46 hour NAM valid 22Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 40.74,-81.47 Latitude: 40.74 Longitude: -81.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 968 327 11.5 10.4 93 1.0 10.9 187 7 287.2 288.7 285.4 310.2 8.22 2 950 487 10.8 9.8 94 1.0 10.2 196 13 288.1 289.5 285.5 310.7 8.03 3 900 936 7.4 5.4 87 2.0 6.4 230 21 289.2 290.3 284.2 307.0 6.27 4 850 1403 3.7 1.2 84 2.5 2.5 241 24 290.1 290.9 283.1 304.2 4.93 5 800 1894 1.8 -4.4 64 6.2 -0.9 241 26 293.1 293.7 282.7 303.2 3.45 6 750 2410 -2.0 -20.5 23 18.5 -7.1 246 27 294.4 294.6 280.3 297.6 0.99 7 700 2953 -6.5 -22.7 26 16.2 -10.5 244 31 295.3 295.4 280.5 298.1 0.88 8 650 3527 -10.5 -26.6 25 16.1 -14.0 238 36 297.0 297.2 281.0 299.2 0.67 9 600 4138 -14.4 -42.1 8 27.6 -18.1 223 44 299.4 299.4 281.3 299.9 0.16 10 550 4790 -20.0 -33.8 28 13.8 -22.1 221 46 300.3 300.4 282.0 301.6 0.40 11 500 5488 -25.4 -36.4 35 11.0 -26.8 227 49 302.1 302.1 282.7 303.2 0.34 12 450 6244 -30.8 -43.1 29 12.2 -31.9 223 51 304.5 304.5 283.4 305.1 0.19 13 400 7069 -36.3 -46.7 34 10.4 -37.0 224 55 307.8 307.8 284.7 308.3 0.14 14 350 7985 -40.7 -62.0 8 21.3 -41.4 222 60 313.8 313.9 286.7 313.9 0.03 15 300 9028 -42.8 -73.1 2 30.2 -43.5 220 60 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.0 0.01 16 250 10253 -44.2 -75.3 2 31.1 -44.9 225 63 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.4 0.01 17 200 11741 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.2 228 62 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13627 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 232 50 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16220 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 263 30 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5429.41 m Freezing level: 776.29 mb = 2138.84 m = 7017.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 812.64 mb = 1767.06 m = 5797.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.81 % Est. max temperature: 16.11 C = 61.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.77 mb = 454.10 m = 1489.81 ft T: 10.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 13.11 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1043.00 m = 3421.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.59 C = 56.45 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 26.65 C K Index: 14.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 248.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 261.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.78 mb = 965.14 m = 3166.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.78 mb = 1196.42 m = 3925.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 811.78 mb = 1775.66 m = 5825.57 ft B at Equ Level: 12.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 321.78 mb = 8553.58 m = 28062.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 3.63 Bulk Shear: 72.17 m/s