MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.16,-75.28 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -75.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 3 19.4 17.2 87 2.2 18.0 160 21 291.7 293.9 290.7 326.6 12.33 1 1000 89 18.9 16.9 89 1.9 17.6 161 29 292.0 294.2 290.7 326.6 12.22 2 950 528 15.2 15.2 100 -0.0 15.2 166 43 292.6 294.6 290.3 325.2 11.48 3 900 987 16.4 4.5 45 11.9 9.8 187 37 298.4 299.4 287.3 315.7 5.87 4 850 1472 15.1 -9.1 18 24.1 4.6 189 42 301.9 302.3 284.9 309.0 2.26 5 800 1982 13.6 -22.1 7 35.7 1.5 188 42 305.6 305.8 284.7 308.3 0.81 6 750 2521 10.4 -26.0 6 36.5 -0.7 192 39 307.9 308.0 285.3 310.0 0.61 7 700 3090 6.9 -30.6 5 37.5 -3.3 194 39 310.1 310.2 285.9 311.6 0.43 8 650 3693 3.0 -28.9 7 31.8 -5.7 192 40 312.3 312.4 286.8 314.2 0.54 9 600 4336 -0.5 -26.8 12 26.3 -7.9 193 42 315.5 315.7 288.1 318.0 0.71 10 550 5025 -4.9 -16.2 41 11.3 -8.9 195 42 318.2 318.6 290.2 324.8 1.96 11 500 5766 -10.6 -16.1 64 5.4 -12.5 197 38 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.4 2.18 12 450 6567 -16.4 -21.9 63 5.5 -18.0 201 42 322.6 322.8 291.0 327.6 1.47 13 400 7445 -20.8 -37.5 21 16.6 -23.6 200 46 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.3 0.38 14 350 8417 -27.7 -48.1 13 20.4 -29.8 200 49 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.14 15 300 9506 -36.1 -52.0 18 15.9 -37.2 196 53 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 16 250 10743 -46.2 -49.9 65 3.8 -46.3 201 55 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.16 17 200 12193 -54.6 -62.6 37 8.0 -54.8 228 40 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14004 -60.7 -81.6 5 20.9 -60.9 237 39 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16489 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 223 21 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.25 m Freezing level: 607.45 mb = 4239.88 m = 13910.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.23 mb = 2342.34 m = 7684.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.11 mb = 278.13 m = 912.48 ft T: 17.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.71 mb = 2479.96 m = 8136.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.46 C = 95.82 F Cap Strength: 5.75 C Lifted Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.83 C Showalter Index: 12.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 1.59 C K Index: -20.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 122.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7397.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.60 mb = 739.74 m = 2426.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.4 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 219.4 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.0 neg: -4.4 tot: 225.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 39.49 m/s