MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F057.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F057.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.71,-74.93 Latitude: 40.71 Longitude: -74.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 SFC 978 193 17.3 17.1 99 0.2 17.1 136 11 292.3 294.5 291.2 328.0 12.60 2 950 441 16.1 16.1 100 -0.0 16.1 139 25 293.5 295.7 291.2 328.2 12.19 3 900 900 14.1 14.1 100 -0.0 14.1 161 42 296.0 298.0 291.3 328.5 11.28 4 850 1381 11.1 11.1 100 -0.0 11.2 185 45 297.8 299.6 290.7 326.4 9.84 5 800 1884 7.2 7.1 100 0.1 7.2 201 39 298.8 300.3 289.4 322.2 7.95 6 750 2414 5.3 5.1 99 0.2 5.1 187 34 302.3 303.6 290.0 324.2 7.34 7 700 2977 3.2 2.2 93 1.0 2.7 171 41 306.0 307.2 290.5 325.5 6.41 8 650 3575 0.2 -2.3 83 2.5 -1.0 170 57 309.2 310.1 290.2 324.6 4.97 9 600 4210 -5.0 -11.5 60 6.5 -7.5 169 71 310.3 310.8 288.3 318.8 2.65 10 550 4889 -8.4 -26.0 23 17.7 -12.9 170 77 314.1 314.3 287.8 317.0 0.83 11 500 5623 -12.2 -39.7 8 27.6 -16.9 172 82 318.2 318.3 288.5 319.1 0.24 12 450 6418 -18.7 -46.0 7 27.3 -22.1 175 85 319.7 319.8 288.8 320.3 0.14 13 400 7282 -26.1 -42.9 19 16.9 -28.0 176 88 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.22 14 350 8232 -33.7 -52.0 14 18.4 -34.9 168 88 323.3 323.4 289.9 323.7 0.09 15 300 9298 -39.4 -58.5 11 19.1 -40.2 175 97 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.05 16 250 10533 -43.6 -66.4 6 22.7 -44.3 179 87 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 17 200 12019 -48.0 -78.1 2 30.2 -48.6 174 62 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.00 18 150 13881 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 194 47 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16408 -63.1 -87.3 2 24.2 -63.3 234 25 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.17 m Freezing level: 648.07 mb = 3599.43 m = 11809.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.02 mb = 3402.68 m = 11163.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.14 % Est. max temperature: 23.22 C = 73.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.02 mb = 219.27 m = 719.39 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 6.30 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 656.33 m = 2153.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.65 C = 67.36 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 33.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 335.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.98 mb = 648.97 m = 2129.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.98 mb = 975.22 m = 3199.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.98 mb = 8808.78 m = 28899.85 ft B at Equ Level: 332.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.98 mb = 10479.25 m = 34380.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.9 at 55.3 knts Storm direction: 202.9 at 41.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 3.3 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 430.8 neg: -5.8 tot: 424.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.2 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 1.90 Bulk Shear: 175.99 m/s