MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 47.36,-99.74 Latitude: 47.36 Longitude: -99.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 1 950 467 SFC 937 585 11.2 -3.3 36 14.5 4.8 177 11 289.7 290.3 280.9 299.1 3.19 3 900 918 10.2 -7.8 27 18.0 2.8 187 28 292.0 292.4 280.9 299.0 2.35 4 850 1392 9.6 -17.7 13 27.2 0.4 225 23 296.2 296.4 281.2 299.7 1.12 5 800 1891 6.5 -11.1 27 17.6 -0.3 260 20 298.0 298.4 283.1 304.3 2.04 6 750 2417 3.0 -5.7 53 8.7 -0.8 282 27 299.8 300.4 285.3 309.9 3.32 7 700 2973 0.8 0.3 96 0.5 0.5 276 26 303.4 304.4 288.8 320.2 5.57 8 650 3566 -2.2 -2.4 99 0.2 -2.3 280 29 306.5 307.4 289.2 321.6 4.94 9 600 4199 -5.1 -6.2 92 1.1 -5.5 273 37 310.2 311.0 289.6 322.9 4.02 10 550 4878 -9.2 -10.4 91 1.2 -9.6 268 41 313.2 313.8 289.8 323.3 3.15 11 500 5609 -13.9 -15.8 85 1.9 -14.5 268 42 316.1 316.5 289.8 323.5 2.23 12 450 6401 -19.3 -21.7 82 2.3 -20.0 268 42 318.9 319.2 290.0 324.0 1.50 13 400 7266 -25.3 -28.2 77 2.9 -25.9 273 44 322.1 322.3 290.4 325.4 0.94 14 350 8219 -33.2 -36.7 71 3.5 -33.6 274 49 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.8 0.47 15 300 9282 -42.5 -46.5 64 4.1 -42.7 274 62 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.19 16 250 10487 -51.2 -55.5 60 4.2 -51.4 275 84 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.08 17 200 11921 -54.0 -71.6 10 17.6 -54.3 275 87 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 13760 -57.5 -81.4 3 23.9 -57.8 259 50 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16296 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 270 37 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.11 m Freezing level: 686.83 mb = 3129.64 m = 10267.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.59 mb = 1651.76 m = 5419.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.79 % Est. max temperature: 19.82 C = 67.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.11 mb = 2415.56 m = 7924.96 ft T: 3.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 0.06 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 462.99 mb = 6187.18 m = 20298.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.13 C = 102.44 F Cap Strength: 14.42 C Lifted Index: 15.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.12 C Showalter Index: 15.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: -3.80 C K Index: 5.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 197.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15396.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 650.97 mb = 3554.43 m = 11661.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.4 neg: -4.2 tot: 243.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 159.00 m/s