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: 37.66,-70.18 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -70.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 -1 19.8 17.3 85 2.5 18.1 146 17 291.6 293.8 290.6 326.3 12.28 1 1000 138 17.8 15.6 87 2.1 16.4 147 19 290.9 292.9 289.5 322.6 11.22 2 950 575 13.5 13.5 100 -0.0 13.5 149 20 290.9 292.7 288.7 319.9 10.27 3 900 1032 15.9 -16.9 9 32.9 4.0 166 16 297.9 298.1 282.0 301.5 1.13 4 850 1516 14.7 4.1 49 10.7 8.8 174 15 301.6 302.7 288.6 319.7 6.03 5 800 2027 12.9 2.6 50 10.3 7.2 178 14 304.8 305.9 289.5 322.3 5.75 6 750 2566 9.6 1.7 58 7.8 5.3 183 14 306.9 308.0 290.2 324.6 5.78 7 700 3134 5.3 0.5 71 4.8 2.8 201 17 308.4 309.5 290.6 325.9 5.69 8 650 3735 1.0 -3.7 71 4.6 -1.3 209 18 310.0 310.9 290.0 324.1 4.48 9 600 4374 -1.7 -17.4 29 15.7 -7.1 211 22 314.2 314.5 288.6 319.6 1.63 10 550 5062 -5.7 -21.7 27 16.0 -10.5 218 23 317.4 317.6 289.2 321.6 1.23 11 500 5801 -10.6 -27.2 24 16.6 -14.8 221 20 320.1 320.2 289.6 323.0 0.82 12 450 6604 -15.8 -34.5 18 18.8 -19.3 219 22 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.1 0.45 13 400 7484 -20.0 -52.0 4 32.1 -23.5 200 29 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 14 350 8459 -27.4 -59.1 3 31.8 -29.7 201 36 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.04 15 300 9548 -36.7 -52.6 18 15.9 -37.7 211 26 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 16 250 10784 -46.2 -53.2 45 7.1 -46.5 227 28 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.11 17 200 12232 -55.7 -63.8 36 8.1 -55.9 244 43 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 14028 -62.7 -77.5 12 14.8 -62.9 248 44 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16483 -69.2 -87.2 6 18.1 -69.2 256 26 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.85 m Freezing level: 631.74 mb = 3968.44 m = 13019.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.47 mb = 3544.22 m = 11627.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.26 mb = 316.22 m = 1037.46 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 24.80 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.38 mb = 2739.23 m = 8986.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.67 C = 96.20 F Cap Strength: 7.09 C Lifted Index: 6.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.62 C Showalter Index: 5.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 14.71 C K Index: 24.64 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8631.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.89 mb = 856.39 m = 2809.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.5 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 224.5 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 28.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 29.88 m/s