MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.38,-72.58 Latitude: 42.38 Longitude: -72.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 998 51 17.5 16.4 93 1.1 16.8 96 13 290.8 292.9 290.0 324.1 11.81 2 950 470 15.2 14.7 97 0.5 14.9 113 34 292.6 294.6 290.1 324.4 11.17 3 900 926 12.5 10.3 86 2.2 11.2 131 45 294.4 296.0 288.6 319.6 8.77 4 850 1405 10.4 6.7 78 3.7 8.3 141 53 297.0 298.3 288.1 318.2 7.24 5 800 1907 7.4 7.4 100 0.0 7.4 151 48 299.0 300.5 289.6 322.8 8.08 6 750 2435 3.7 3.0 95 0.7 3.3 156 63 300.6 301.8 288.6 319.5 6.33 7 700 2995 1.6 1.1 97 0.4 1.4 156 66 304.2 305.3 289.4 322.2 5.94 8 650 3588 -2.6 -3.8 91 1.2 -3.2 156 65 306.0 306.8 288.6 319.7 4.43 9 600 4217 -7.5 -10.9 76 3.4 -8.8 170 66 307.4 308.0 287.5 316.2 2.76 10 550 4889 -10.1 -12.0 86 1.9 -10.8 166 74 312.1 312.7 289.0 321.0 2.77 11 500 5621 -13.6 -15.1 88 1.5 -14.1 153 70 316.5 316.9 290.0 324.3 2.37 12 450 6414 -18.6 -20.2 87 1.7 -19.0 146 71 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.7 1.70 13 400 7283 -24.1 -26.1 83 2.0 -24.5 145 74 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.6 1.13 14 350 8241 -31.7 -34.4 77 2.7 -32.1 146 74 325.9 326.1 291.2 328.1 0.59 15 300 9315 -39.2 -42.7 69 3.6 -39.5 148 76 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.3 0.29 16 250 10539 -48.1 -56.8 36 8.6 -48.4 157 79 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 17 200 11997 -49.6 -74.7 4 25.1 -50.1 167 47 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13861 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 192 27 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16401 -63.7 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 221 17 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.74 m Freezing level: 681.16 mb = 3218.33 m = 10558.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.04 mb = 3167.79 m = 10392.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.22 % Est. max temperature: 23.76 C = 74.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.90 mb = 188.40 m = 618.11 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.19 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 759.42 m = 2491.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.43 C = 68.77 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.25 C K Index: 30.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.59 mb = 625.90 m = 2053.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.59 mb = 1931.39 m = 6336.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 537.59 mb = 5063.85 m = 16613.49 ft B at Equ Level: 108.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 417.59 mb = 6965.69 m = 22853.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.0 at 59.2 knts Storm direction: 184.0 at 44.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 693.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 693.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 231.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 265.47 m/s