MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 34.36,-75.17 Latitude: 34.36 Longitude: -75.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 -0 23.6 22.4 93 1.1 22.8 171 25 295.7 298.8 295.5 344.9 17.12 1 1000 107 21.9 21.1 96 0.7 21.3 171 29 295.0 297.9 294.5 340.9 15.99 2 950 552 18.1 18.1 100 -0.0 18.1 180 35 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.5 13.90 3 900 1015 17.7 4.2 41 13.5 10.2 193 36 299.8 300.8 287.7 316.9 5.75 4 850 1501 16.3 -2.0 29 18.3 7.1 198 36 303.2 303.9 287.1 315.1 3.89 5 800 2014 13.7 -6.1 25 19.8 4.5 201 32 305.8 306.3 287.2 315.2 3.02 6 750 2553 9.8 -7.8 28 17.6 2.0 206 33 307.2 307.7 287.5 316.1 2.82 7 700 3122 7.2 -7.8 33 15.0 0.4 211 29 310.4 311.0 288.8 320.1 3.02 8 650 3727 2.9 -3.8 62 6.7 -0.4 211 32 312.2 313.0 290.6 326.2 4.44 9 600 4368 -2.3 -2.4 99 0.1 -2.3 215 35 313.5 314.5 291.8 330.3 5.35 10 550 5058 -4.8 -15.1 44 10.4 -8.6 222 29 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.6 2.14 11 500 5799 -10.7 -16.7 61 6.1 -12.7 219 34 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.0 2.07 12 450 6601 -15.9 -21.1 64 5.2 -17.4 220 39 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.7 1.58 13 400 7478 -21.9 -25.5 72 3.6 -22.8 217 53 326.5 326.7 291.9 330.7 1.20 14 350 8446 -29.0 -32.4 73 3.3 -29.6 211 56 329.6 329.8 292.3 332.3 0.72 15 300 9533 -36.4 -43.8 46 7.4 -37.1 211 62 334.1 334.1 293.1 335.1 0.26 16 250 10772 -45.3 -53.5 39 8.2 -45.7 217 69 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.10 17 200 12235 -52.1 -67.5 14 15.4 -52.5 227 70 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14050 -62.2 -72.6 24 10.4 -62.4 227 49 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16515 -69.5 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 223 31 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.85 m Freezing level: 622.17 mb = 4084.01 m = 13398.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.80 mb = 3433.36 m = 11264.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.04 mb = 141.22 m = 463.31 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 29.81 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.33 mb = 1638.48 m = 5375.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.83 C = 89.30 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 8.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 8.68 C K Index: 9.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 176.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 236.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.29 mb = 667.18 m = 2188.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.29 mb = 3822.56 m = 12541.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.29 mb = 9249.71 m = 30346.44 ft B at Equ Level: 233.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.29 mb = 11253.65 m = 36920.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.6 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 235.6 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.6 neg: -8.6 tot: 146.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 6.13 Bulk Shear: 38.65 m/s