MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F049.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F049.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 49 hour NAM valid 13Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.01,-75.28 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -75.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -7 1 950 426 SFC 943 485 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 138 10 293.2 295.2 290.5 325.7 11.39 3 900 884 12.2 12.2 100 -0.0 12.1 144 25 294.0 295.8 289.5 322.5 9.94 4 850 1360 8.6 5.8 83 2.7 7.1 152 27 295.1 296.3 287.1 315.0 6.83 5 800 1859 6.0 -0.7 62 6.7 2.8 158 27 297.6 298.4 285.7 311.1 4.54 6 750 2384 2.3 -3.2 67 5.5 -0.2 160 24 299.1 299.9 285.8 311.3 4.03 7 700 2937 -1.2 -12.4 42 11.2 -5.3 155 40 301.1 301.5 284.4 307.7 2.10 8 650 3525 -4.2 -27.1 15 22.9 -9.8 154 52 304.3 304.4 284.0 306.4 0.64 9 600 4150 -7.8 -28.0 18 20.3 -12.5 147 58 307.1 307.3 285.1 309.3 0.63 10 550 4821 -11.7 -39.5 8 27.8 -16.2 148 72 310.2 310.3 285.7 311.0 0.23 11 500 5545 -16.2 -45.3 6 29.1 -20.0 145 90 313.3 313.3 286.6 313.8 0.13 12 450 6327 -22.5 -41.8 16 19.3 -24.9 143 100 314.9 315.0 287.3 315.7 0.22 13 400 7181 -27.9 -48.6 12 20.7 -29.7 142 100 318.7 318.8 288.5 319.2 0.12 14 350 8130 -33.0 -57.6 7 24.7 -34.4 142 96 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.05 15 300 9202 -38.1 -65.0 4 26.9 -39.2 145 84 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.02 16 250 10444 -41.9 -60.9 11 19.1 -42.7 155 64 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 17 200 11944 -44.3 -75.4 2 31.1 -45.2 167 52 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 18 150 13837 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -52.9 200 26 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16397 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 239 23 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5551.72 m Freezing level: 717.00 mb = 2749.06 m = 9019.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.66 mb = 2355.20 m = 7726.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.23 % Est. max temperature: 19.69 C = 67.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.70 mb = 518.91 m = 1702.43 ft T: 14.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 14.61 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.59 mb = 1074.65 m = 3525.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.46 C = 61.63 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: 3.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 19.37 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 198.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.91 mb = 1043.30 m = 3422.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.91 mb = 1186.09 m = 3891.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.91 mb = 6863.43 m = 22517.55 ft B at Equ Level: 196.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 327.91 mb = 8583.20 m = 28159.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.4 at 54.0 knts Storm direction: 178.4 at 40.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 4.2 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.2 neg: -21.6 tot: 181.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 160.82 m/s