MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F051.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F051.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KMDT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: KMDT Latitude: 40.20 Longitude: -76.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 989 127 17.3 16.1 93 1.2 16.5 127 11 291.4 293.4 290.1 324.4 11.70 2 950 471 15.0 15.1 100 -0.0 15.1 143 29 292.5 294.5 290.2 324.8 11.40 3 900 928 12.7 12.7 100 -0.0 12.7 166 42 294.5 296.4 290.0 324.0 10.28 4 850 1407 9.9 9.9 100 0.0 9.9 182 44 296.5 298.1 289.6 322.7 9.03 5 800 1909 7.1 7.0 99 0.1 7.1 195 32 298.7 300.2 289.3 321.9 7.89 6 750 2439 4.7 4.7 100 0.0 4.7 188 29 301.7 303.0 289.6 323.0 7.15 7 700 3000 2.4 1.3 93 1.0 1.8 188 41 305.1 306.2 289.8 323.4 6.03 8 650 3595 -0.7 -8.0 58 7.3 -3.8 181 51 308.2 308.8 288.2 318.3 3.22 9 600 4231 -3.7 -26.2 15 22.6 -9.7 181 62 311.9 312.0 286.9 314.4 0.75 10 550 4914 -6.9 -35.3 8 28.4 -12.8 177 70 315.9 316.0 287.8 317.2 0.34 11 500 5649 -11.8 -52.1 2 40.4 -17.0 183 73 318.7 318.7 288.4 318.9 0.06 12 450 6446 -18.3 -51.2 4 32.9 -22.0 186 78 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.5 0.08 13 400 7313 -24.5 -49.9 8 25.4 -27.0 178 78 323.1 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.10 14 350 8274 -29.0 -39.4 36 10.4 -30.3 176 88 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.36 15 300 9361 -36.2 -39.1 74 3.0 -36.5 178 94 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.1 0.43 16 250 10601 -44.0 -52.1 41 8.0 -44.5 189 90 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.12 17 200 12081 -49.2 -72.8 5 23.7 -49.7 198 64 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 13925 -57.3 -81.9 3 24.6 -57.6 209 52 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16447 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 213 21 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.53 m Freezing level: 661.54 mb = 3457.96 m = 11344.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.68 mb = 3189.65 m = 10464.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.77 % Est. max temperature: 22.90 C = 73.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.73 mb = 278.75 m = 914.52 ft T: 16.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 2.92 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 611.13 m = 2004.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.05 C = 66.29 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: 2.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 30.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.41 mb = 601.76 m = 1974.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.41 mb = 647.08 m = 2122.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 700.41 mb = 2995.40 m = 9827.32 ft B at Equ Level: 52.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 560.41 mb = 4766.49 m = 15637.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.1 at 49.5 knts Storm direction: 210.1 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 446.2 neg: -39.2 tot: 407.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 155.91 m/s