MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 47.57,-93.83 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -93.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -24 SFC 950 408 16.9 9.7 63 7.2 12.6 207 11 294.2 295.7 287.8 317.2 7.96 2 950 412 16.4 10.1 66 6.3 12.7 207 9 293.8 295.3 287.9 317.5 8.22 3 900 869 11.5 10.0 91 1.5 10.6 206 22 293.3 294.9 288.1 318.0 8.59 4 850 1343 7.2 7.2 100 0.0 7.2 215 29 293.7 295.0 287.2 315.4 7.52 5 800 1841 5.4 2.8 83 2.6 4.1 220 44 296.9 298.0 286.8 314.2 5.87 6 750 2367 3.7 -4.1 57 7.8 0.2 220 56 300.6 301.3 286.1 312.1 3.77 7 700 2925 1.5 -7.4 52 8.8 -2.3 219 63 304.1 304.7 286.7 313.9 3.14 8 650 3518 -1.6 -12.2 44 10.6 -5.6 220 69 307.2 307.6 286.9 314.5 2.31 9 600 4150 -5.8 -19.7 33 13.8 -10.1 221 70 309.3 309.6 286.6 313.7 1.34 10 550 4824 -10.8 -28.0 23 17.1 -14.7 225 69 311.2 311.3 286.6 313.6 0.69 11 500 5550 -14.8 -30.4 25 15.6 -18.0 229 67 314.9 315.1 287.8 317.1 0.61 12 450 6341 -19.0 -33.3 27 14.3 -21.6 227 72 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.1 0.51 13 400 7207 -24.7 -44.4 14 19.7 -27.0 227 83 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.6 0.18 14 350 8166 -30.0 -53.0 9 23.0 -31.8 228 92 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 15 300 9245 -38.3 -58.7 10 20.4 -39.2 228 96 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.05 16 250 10479 -43.8 -67.2 6 23.3 -44.6 224 81 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.02 17 200 11969 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.2 222 72 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.00 18 150 13825 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 228 47 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16363 -61.2 -85.8 2 24.6 -61.4 256 14 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5574.01 m Freezing level: 675.90 mb = 3210.63 m = 10533.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.03 mb = 2409.75 m = 7905.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.32 % Est. max temperature: 19.45 C = 67.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.00 mb = 1304.27 m = 4279.04 ft T: 7.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 5.88 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1162.04 m = 3812.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.18 C = 61.13 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 20.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.02 mb = 1159.44 m = 3803.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.02 mb = 1207.36 m = 3961.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 804.02 mb = 1799.62 m = 5904.18 ft B at Equ Level: 7.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 764.02 mb = 2215.83 m = 7269.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 56.6 knts Storm direction: 252.2 at 42.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 2.9 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 377.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 377.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 227.09 m/s