MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F047.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F047.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 47 hour NAM valid 11Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 38.43,-72.02 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -72.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 -0 20.7 19.4 93 1.2 19.8 155 26 293.1 295.6 292.7 333.5 14.22 1 1000 75 20.0 19.0 94 1.0 19.4 156 31 293.2 295.6 292.5 332.9 13.97 2 950 517 17.0 16.8 99 0.2 16.9 164 44 294.5 296.8 292.0 331.0 12.78 3 900 977 15.9 12.5 80 3.4 13.7 178 41 297.8 299.7 291.0 327.4 10.16 4 850 1461 13.6 4.0 52 9.6 8.3 183 41 300.3 301.4 288.2 318.2 5.99 5 800 1969 11.0 2.5 56 8.5 6.4 183 44 302.9 303.9 288.8 320.2 5.73 6 750 2504 7.9 -4.8 40 12.7 2.0 182 46 305.2 305.9 287.5 316.3 3.57 7 700 3069 4.6 -2.4 61 6.9 1.2 183 46 307.6 308.4 289.3 321.8 4.59 8 650 3670 1.2 -4.2 67 5.4 -1.3 186 49 310.3 311.2 289.9 323.9 4.31 9 600 4311 -0.8 -21.0 20 20.3 -7.2 196 50 315.3 315.5 288.5 319.3 1.19 10 550 5000 -5.2 -30.5 12 25.3 -11.3 198 50 318.0 318.1 288.7 319.9 0.55 11 500 5739 -11.3 -38.8 8 27.6 -16.2 209 57 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.3 0.27 12 450 6536 -17.8 -35.9 19 18.1 -20.9 200 53 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.4 0.40 13 400 7405 -24.7 -34.1 41 9.4 -26.2 199 54 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.53 14 350 8363 -29.8 -34.0 66 4.3 -30.4 186 60 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.9 0.61 15 300 9445 -37.4 -42.4 60 5.0 -37.9 188 63 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.30 16 250 10678 -46.0 -54.0 40 8.1 -46.3 193 70 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.10 17 200 12140 -52.2 -74.9 5 22.7 -52.6 204 58 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13959 -60.3 -81.5 5 21.2 -60.5 209 50 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16455 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -66.0 231 30 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.70 m Freezing level: 619.01 mb = 4067.00 m = 13343.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.35 mb = 3347.77 m = 10983.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.98 mb = 152.87 m = 501.53 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.31 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.81 mb = 903.48 m = 2964.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.81 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 6.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 15.22 C K Index: 21.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 153.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.28 mb = 567.95 m = 1863.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.28 mb = 2961.29 m = 9715.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 639.28 mb = 3803.00 m = 12476.88 ft B at Equ Level: 20.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 589.28 mb = 4453.33 m = 14610.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.8 at 46.7 knts Storm direction: 217.8 at 35.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 243.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 2.30 Bulk Shear: 66.85 m/s