MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 47.48,-100.24 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -100.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 1 950 405 SFC 926 613 7.2 6.6 96 0.6 6.9 231 16 286.6 287.7 283.4 305.1 6.61 3 900 850 5.5 5.3 99 0.2 5.4 238 29 287.2 288.2 283.2 304.6 6.20 4 850 1317 4.4 3.1 91 1.3 3.7 256 30 290.7 291.7 284.1 306.9 5.62 5 800 1808 1.4 -1.4 82 2.7 0.1 273 31 292.6 293.4 283.5 305.3 4.33 6 750 2326 -0.1 -2.1 86 2.0 -1.0 260 29 296.5 297.2 285.1 309.4 4.37 7 700 2877 -1.9 -2.7 95 0.7 -2.3 258 29 300.3 301.1 286.7 313.9 4.49 8 650 3464 -3.9 -7.5 76 3.6 -5.4 270 29 304.5 305.1 287.1 314.8 3.33 9 600 4093 -6.7 -9.7 79 3.0 -7.9 276 32 308.4 308.9 288.1 318.0 3.04 10 550 4768 -10.6 -14.9 71 4.2 -12.1 276 36 311.4 311.9 288.3 318.5 2.19 11 500 5494 -15.6 -21.0 64 5.3 -17.1 281 41 314.0 314.3 288.3 318.8 1.44 12 450 6280 -21.0 -28.1 53 7.0 -22.5 292 44 316.8 316.9 288.6 319.7 0.84 13 400 7140 -26.0 -35.3 41 9.3 -27.4 302 48 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.47 14 350 8097 -30.8 -41.1 36 10.2 -32.0 287 38 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.30 15 300 9178 -37.0 -52.0 20 15.0 -37.9 272 36 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10426 -40.9 -72.9 2 32.0 -41.9 245 47 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.01 17 200 11925 -45.7 -76.4 2 30.8 -46.4 230 51 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 18 150 13807 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 230 37 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16361 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.9 238 28 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5512.64 m Freezing level: 753.68 mb = 2287.86 m = 7506.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 794.16 mb = 1866.87 m = 6124.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.10 % Est. max temperature: 14.88 C = 58.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.87 mb = 688.46 m = 2258.69 ft T: 6.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 1.58 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1467.43 m = 4814.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.86 C = 53.34 F Cap Strength: 8.81 C Lifted Index: 9.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.36 C Showalter Index: 8.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.00 C Cross Totals Index: 18.71 C K Index: 22.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14285.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.49 mb = 1188.54 m = 3899.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.7 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 302.7 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.7 neg: -28.7 tot: 149.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 44.66 m/s