MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F002.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F002.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 2 hour NAM valid 14Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.17,-71.52 Latitude: 31.17 Longitude: -71.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 -1 21.8 14.9 65 7.0 17.4 325 11 293.5 295.4 289.8 323.6 10.51 1 1000 149 20.0 13.0 64 7.0 15.6 325 12 293.1 294.8 288.8 320.1 9.44 2 950 589 15.7 12.0 79 3.6 13.4 324 12 293.1 294.7 288.6 319.7 9.33 3 900 1045 11.9 5.6 65 6.3 8.5 322 13 293.8 294.9 286.1 312.1 6.35 4 850 1522 10.5 -5.1 33 15.6 3.5 331 15 297.2 297.7 284.0 306.5 3.07 5 800 2027 11.5 -14.8 14 26.3 1.5 327 25 303.4 303.6 284.7 308.2 1.51 6 750 2563 9.2 -1.8 46 11.0 3.7 322 28 306.6 307.5 288.9 320.4 4.48 7 700 3133 7.4 -1.8 52 9.2 2.7 321 28 310.7 311.6 290.5 325.7 4.79 8 650 3741 5.5 -7.4 39 12.9 -0.4 322 27 315.1 315.8 290.6 326.0 3.37 9 600 4391 2.3 -13.9 29 16.2 -4.1 326 29 318.8 319.3 290.6 326.1 2.18 10 550 5088 -1.9 -19.4 25 17.4 -7.9 324 28 321.8 322.1 290.8 326.9 1.50 11 500 5837 -7.3 -24.4 24 17.0 -12.3 314 28 324.1 324.3 291.1 327.8 1.06 12 450 6647 -13.5 -29.0 26 15.4 -17.2 303 29 326.2 326.4 291.4 329.0 0.77 13 400 7531 -20.2 -32.4 33 12.1 -22.6 293 32 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.0 0.63 14 350 8505 -27.0 -35.6 44 8.5 -28.4 285 36 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.3 0.53 15 300 9598 -35.7 -41.2 57 5.5 -36.2 280 41 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.5 0.35 16 250 10838 -46.2 -52.2 50 6.1 -46.4 274 44 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.12 17 200 12286 -55.7 -69.6 16 13.8 -56.0 278 54 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 14075 -65.2 -77.6 16 12.4 -65.3 284 52 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16508 -70.8 -86.5 8 15.7 -70.9 291 28 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.24 m Freezing level: 572.67 mb = 4771.62 m = 15654.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3651.60 m = 11980.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.87 % Est. max temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.33 mb = 875.24 m = 2871.50 ft T: 13.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 17.11 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.16 mb = 3308.70 m = 10855.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.37 C = 104.67 F Cap Strength: 9.75 C Lifted Index: 9.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.28 C Showalter Index: 17.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.88 C Cross Totals Index: 2.25 C K Index: 3.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8891.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.83 mb = 1102.65 m = 3617.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.8 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 352.8 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -2.6 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 16.88 m/s