MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 41.41,-94.07 Latitude: 41.41 Longitude: -94.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 967 324 23.9 16.9 65 7.0 19.1 244 7 299.9 302.2 293.5 336.9 12.62 2 950 478 22.9 15.3 62 7.6 17.9 239 14 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.5 11.60 3 900 946 18.6 14.1 75 4.5 15.7 228 18 300.7 302.7 292.8 334.0 11.33 4 850 1434 14.0 13.3 96 0.7 13.6 218 21 300.8 302.9 292.9 334.3 11.39 5 800 1944 11.0 11.0 100 -0.0 11.0 217 30 302.9 304.8 292.7 333.7 10.38 6 750 2481 9.1 8.2 94 0.9 8.5 227 37 306.5 308.2 292.8 334.0 9.12 7 700 3050 5.2 5.0 99 0.2 5.1 237 37 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.2 7.84 8 650 3652 1.9 -2.6 72 4.5 -0.3 243 40 311.1 312.0 290.6 326.3 4.86 9 600 4294 -1.5 -12.8 42 11.2 -5.9 236 44 314.4 314.8 289.4 322.1 2.39 10 550 4981 -5.4 -29.3 13 23.9 -11.4 232 48 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.8 0.61 11 500 5721 -10.3 -38.3 8 28.0 -15.6 233 50 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.5 0.28 12 450 6523 -15.9 -45.5 6 29.6 -20.1 235 50 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.14 13 400 7398 -22.6 -44.6 12 22.0 -25.4 238 52 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.18 14 350 8363 -29.5 -48.7 14 19.1 -31.3 235 53 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.4 0.13 15 300 9443 -37.7 -58.6 9 21.0 -38.7 228 53 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.05 16 250 10674 -47.1 -61.6 17 14.5 -47.6 234 59 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.04 17 200 12126 -53.5 -71.0 10 17.4 -53.8 232 55 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 13950 -59.2 -79.8 5 20.5 -59.5 240 49 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16432 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.5 246 39 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.31 m Freezing level: 622.42 mb = 4005.87 m = 13142.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.08 mb = 3613.44 m = 11854.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.99 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.52 mb = 1210.68 m = 3972.00 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 14.23 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1554.34 m = 5099.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.51 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 286.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.21 mb = 1461.30 m = 4794.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.21 mb = 1816.14 m = 5958.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 772.21 mb = 2238.18 m = 7343.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 742.21 mb = 2567.44 m = 8423.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 193.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 3.95 Bulk Shear: 72.40 m/s