MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509241200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 45.16,-72.99 Latitude: 45.16 Longitude: -72.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 57 17.5 16.0 91 1.5 16.5 292 5 290.4 292.4 289.6 322.7 11.48 1 1000 89 17.6 15.8 89 1.8 16.5 289 5 290.8 292.8 289.6 322.9 11.39 2 950 527 15.2 13.8 91 1.4 14.3 324 15 292.6 294.5 289.5 322.5 10.49 3 900 983 11.8 11.8 100 -0.0 11.8 326 15 293.7 295.4 289.2 321.5 9.71 4 850 1459 8.4 8.2 99 0.1 8.3 308 15 294.9 296.4 288.2 318.2 8.07 5 800 1959 6.4 6.4 100 0.0 6.4 280 21 298.0 299.3 288.8 320.1 7.55 6 750 2486 4.8 -6.3 44 11.1 -0.1 268 27 301.7 302.3 285.8 311.5 3.18 7 700 3045 2.0 -10.8 38 12.8 -3.0 268 30 304.7 305.2 286.1 312.3 2.40 8 650 3641 -0.1 -13.1 37 13.0 -5.0 263 33 308.9 309.3 287.3 315.8 2.14 9 600 4278 -2.1 -26.5 13 24.4 -8.8 268 35 313.7 313.8 287.5 316.2 0.73 10 550 4966 -5.3 -24.1 21 18.8 -10.7 279 34 317.7 317.9 289.1 321.2 0.99 11 500 5704 -11.4 -20.6 47 9.2 -14.1 274 38 319.2 319.5 290.0 324.2 1.49 12 450 6504 -16.7 -31.1 28 14.4 -19.7 268 46 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.5 0.63 13 400 7376 -23.2 -41.4 17 18.2 -25.6 267 50 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.7 0.25 14 350 8340 -29.5 -50.9 11 21.3 -31.4 270 50 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.10 15 300 9423 -37.4 -52.3 20 14.9 -38.3 266 51 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 16 250 10654 -46.7 -60.4 20 13.7 -47.2 259 58 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.04 17 200 12106 -54.4 -67.3 19 12.8 -54.6 258 58 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13918 -60.2 -80.2 6 20.1 -60.3 263 57 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16434 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 268 40 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.27 m Freezing level: 651.25 mb = 3626.12 m = 11896.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.53 mb = 2480.43 m = 8137.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.81 % Est. max temperature: 21.98 C = 71.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.89 mb = 245.29 m = 804.74 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 8.59 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.61 mb = 755.57 m = 2478.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.31 C = 68.57 F Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lifted Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: 6.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 15.16 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.06 mb = 651.74 m = 2138.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.06 mb = 880.03 m = 2887.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.06 mb = 2366.46 m = 7763.88 ft B at Equ Level: 51.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 631.06 mb = 3876.44 m = 12717.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -15.1 tot: 19.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 53.74 m/s