MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F053.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F053.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 53 hour NAM valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.76,-93.11 Latitude: 41.76 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 972 281 19.9 11.6 59 8.2 14.8 311 10 295.4 297.0 289.0 321.0 8.87 2 950 477 19.5 10.2 55 9.4 13.8 319 20 297.0 298.5 289.0 320.9 8.22 3 900 939 15.7 8.6 63 7.1 11.5 316 15 297.7 299.1 288.9 320.5 7.80 4 850 1422 12.3 5.7 64 6.5 8.6 262 9 299.0 300.3 288.4 319.1 6.79 5 800 1926 8.0 2.6 69 5.3 5.1 227 15 299.6 300.7 287.7 316.8 5.79 6 750 2454 3.0 2.5 97 0.4 2.7 227 18 299.8 300.9 288.1 318.0 6.14 7 700 3009 -1.5 -2.2 95 0.7 -1.9 236 30 300.8 301.6 287.0 314.8 4.65 8 650 3594 -5.6 -7.5 87 1.9 -6.4 232 33 302.6 303.2 286.4 312.9 3.35 9 600 4218 -9.2 -11.1 86 2.0 -9.9 237 37 305.5 306.0 286.8 314.1 2.73 10 550 4884 -14.1 -16.1 85 2.0 -14.7 239 41 307.3 307.7 286.6 313.7 1.97 11 500 5602 -17.6 -18.9 90 1.3 -18.0 235 49 311.6 311.9 287.8 317.2 1.72 12 450 6381 -24.0 -25.8 85 1.7 -24.4 235 55 313.0 313.2 287.6 316.5 1.04 13 400 7231 -29.1 -31.7 78 2.6 -29.5 232 65 317.1 317.3 288.6 319.5 0.67 14 350 8172 -35.3 -38.8 70 3.5 -35.7 230 85 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.5 0.38 15 300 9234 -40.5 -53.7 23 13.2 -41.1 231 104 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.09 16 250 10461 -44.7 -65.7 8 21.0 -45.3 228 86 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.02 17 200 11941 -48.3 -78.4 2 30.1 -48.9 231 58 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.00 18 150 13805 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 244 61 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16356 -59.5 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.8 251 34 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.53 m Freezing level: 717.11 mb = 2818.94 m = 9248.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.17 mb = 2780.38 m = 9121.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.49 % Est. max temperature: 23.78 C = 74.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.95 mb = 1323.59 m = 4342.43 ft T: 12.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 5.16 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.14 mb = 2027.75 m = 6652.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.08 C = 75.34 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.88 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 390.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.28 mb = 1748.44 m = 5736.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.28 mb = 2321.30 m = 7615.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 382.28 mb = 7549.93 m = 24769.81 ft B at Equ Level: 387.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 272.28 mb = 9886.52 m = 32435.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.5 neg: -43.5 tot: 110.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 2.95 Bulk Shear: 132.18 m/s