MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.39,-73.15 Latitude: 37.39 Longitude: -73.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -1 18.5 10.9 61 7.6 14.0 305 11 290.2 291.7 286.4 313.1 8.07 1 1000 140 16.6 7.7 56 8.8 11.6 305 12 289.7 290.9 284.8 308.5 6.62 2 950 574 12.4 6.6 68 5.7 9.2 305 12 289.7 290.9 284.6 308.1 6.45 3 900 1024 8.8 -7.4 31 16.2 2.2 303 12 290.6 291.0 280.4 297.9 2.44 4 850 1496 9.0 -16.2 15 25.3 0.3 321 17 295.6 295.8 281.1 299.6 1.26 5 800 1997 8.2 -10.9 25 19.1 0.7 331 23 299.9 300.3 284.0 306.4 2.09 6 750 2528 6.3 0.2 65 6.2 3.2 333 29 303.5 304.4 288.5 319.1 5.16 7 700 3092 4.5 0.7 76 3.9 2.5 331 35 307.5 308.6 290.3 325.2 5.75 8 650 3693 2.0 -3.5 67 5.5 -0.7 326 41 311.3 312.1 290.5 325.5 4.55 9 600 4336 -0.8 -8.3 57 7.5 -4.1 322 43 315.1 315.8 290.6 326.1 3.40 10 550 5025 -5.1 -13.0 54 7.9 -8.2 318 37 318.0 318.5 290.7 326.5 2.56 11 500 5767 -9.7 -18.0 51 8.3 -12.5 315 36 321.2 321.5 291.0 327.5 1.86 12 450 6572 -15.4 -23.9 48 8.5 -17.6 308 36 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.2 1.24 13 400 7449 -22.0 -30.6 46 8.5 -23.7 304 42 326.3 326.5 291.5 329.0 0.75 14 350 8416 -29.2 -37.1 46 8.0 -30.3 304 44 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.1 0.45 15 300 9500 -37.0 -44.6 45 7.6 -37.6 297 44 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.24 16 250 10734 -47.2 -52.6 54 5.4 -47.4 288 51 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.12 17 200 12170 -58.7 -67.5 31 8.7 -58.9 287 49 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.02 18 150 13959 -63.2 -83.8 5 20.6 -63.3 294 43 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16426 -66.4 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.5 303 34 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.75 m Freezing level: 614.78 mb = 4145.84 m = 13601.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.24 mb = 3566.32 m = 11700.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.31 % Est. max temperature: 22.15 C = 71.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.24 mb = 947.81 m = 3109.56 ft T: 9.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 15.23 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.05 mb = 4255.27 m = 13960.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.99 C = 109.37 F Cap Strength: 13.38 C Lifted Index: 14.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.03 C Showalter Index: 19.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 12.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.78 C Cross Totals Index: -6.50 C K Index: -1.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 70.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11929.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.25 mb = 1406.79 m = 4615.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.1 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 352.1 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 44.14 m/s