MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 46.12,-70.80 Latitude: 46.12 Longitude: -70.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 978 321 8.2 2.3 66 5.9 5.4 317 4 283.2 284.0 279.6 296.1 4.61 2 950 557 4.5 1.1 79 3.3 2.9 315 6 281.7 282.5 278.6 293.9 4.36 3 900 994 1.4 -1.6 80 3.1 0.1 329 12 283.0 283.6 278.4 293.6 3.76 4 850 1453 -0.5 -3.9 78 3.4 -1.9 344 13 285.6 286.2 279.2 295.2 3.36 5 800 1937 -0.7 -6.5 65 5.7 -3.0 345 13 290.4 290.9 280.9 299.0 2.94 6 750 2451 -1.9 -8.9 59 6.9 -4.6 347 15 294.5 294.9 282.3 302.3 2.60 7 700 2996 -5.4 -13.0 55 7.6 -7.9 343 13 296.5 296.9 282.5 302.7 2.01 8 650 3573 -9.0 -19.6 42 10.6 -11.9 338 12 298.7 299.0 282.4 302.7 1.24 9 600 4189 -11.3 -28.0 24 16.7 -14.9 339 20 303.0 303.1 283.4 305.1 0.63 10 550 4852 -14.4 -39.4 10 25.0 -18.2 335 28 307.0 307.0 284.5 307.8 0.23 11 500 5568 -18.0 -50.7 4 32.7 -21.5 335 44 311.1 311.1 285.8 311.3 0.07 12 450 6348 -23.2 -40.0 20 16.8 -25.3 332 50 314.1 314.2 287.1 315.1 0.26 13 400 7198 -29.8 -37.4 48 7.6 -30.7 328 53 316.2 316.3 287.9 317.6 0.38 14 350 8135 -36.4 -54.9 13 18.5 -37.4 328 65 319.6 319.6 288.7 319.9 0.06 15 300 9186 -43.3 -57.8 19 14.5 -43.8 326 70 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.6 0.05 16 250 10397 -49.2 -63.8 17 14.6 -49.6 327 76 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.03 17 200 11845 -51.2 -77.9 3 26.7 -51.6 322 49 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.00 18 150 13695 -55.3 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.7 316 36 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16255 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 327 23 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5431.51 m Freezing level: 863.85 mb = 1325.64 m = 4349.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 896.66 mb = 1024.00 m = 3359.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.01 % Est. max temperature: 12.67 C = 54.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.19 mb = 1055.12 m = 3461.63 ft T: 1.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 2.50 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.32 mb = 2683.03 m = 8802.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.31 C = 68.55 F Cap Strength: 12.79 C Lifted Index: 15.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.55 C Showalter Index: 14.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.48 C Cross Totals Index: 14.10 C K Index: 5.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 68.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15842.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.21 mb = 1199.89 m = 3936.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.5 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 6.5 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: -3.5 tot: 22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 30.93 m/s