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: 47.36,-96.2 Latitude: 47.36 Longitude: -96.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -17 SFC 958 341 13.7 7.8 68 5.8 10.4 227 17 290.3 291.6 285.4 310.1 6.96 2 950 413 12.4 7.7 73 4.7 9.7 229 19 289.7 290.9 285.1 309.4 6.93 3 900 863 8.0 8.0 100 0.0 8.0 230 26 289.8 291.1 285.7 311.0 7.50 4 850 1333 5.1 5.0 100 0.0 5.1 232 31 291.4 292.6 285.3 309.9 6.46 5 800 1826 2.8 1.3 89 1.6 2.1 236 34 294.2 295.1 285.1 309.5 5.24 6 750 2347 0.7 -2.5 80 3.1 -0.7 244 35 297.3 298.1 285.3 310.0 4.26 7 700 2899 -0.6 -4.6 74 4.0 -2.4 244 40 301.8 302.5 286.6 313.6 3.88 8 650 3490 -2.6 -6.3 75 3.8 -4.2 250 42 306.1 306.8 287.9 317.4 3.66 9 600 4121 -5.6 -12.2 60 6.6 -8.1 256 46 309.6 310.1 287.9 317.6 2.50 10 550 4798 -9.1 -17.4 51 8.3 -11.8 257 51 313.2 313.6 288.4 319.1 1.77 11 500 5530 -12.8 -23.8 39 11.1 -15.7 255 54 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.3 1.12 12 450 6327 -17.5 -29.0 36 11.5 -20.0 256 52 321.2 321.3 289.9 323.9 0.77 13 400 7196 -24.6 -37.5 29 12.9 -26.5 266 51 323.0 323.0 290.1 324.4 0.38 14 350 8150 -33.5 -41.9 43 8.4 -34.3 264 50 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.28 15 300 9212 -41.8 -49.9 41 8.1 -42.3 246 54 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.13 16 250 10433 -44.3 -67.6 6 23.2 -45.0 234 76 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 11925 -46.4 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.1 235 59 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 13802 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 219 42 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16369 -59.5 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 270 17 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5547.05 m Freezing level: 724.68 mb = 2626.38 m = 8616.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.19 mb = 2205.99 m = 7237.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.11 % Est. max temperature: 17.01 C = 62.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.69 mb = 1069.16 m = 3507.71 ft T: 6.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.61 C/km ThetaE index: 1.55 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1030.42 m = 3380.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.70 C = 56.66 F Cap Strength: 7.53 C Lifted Index: 9.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.33 C Showalter Index: 9.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.80 C Cross Totals Index: 17.79 C K Index: 18.87 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.62 mb = 995.19 m = 3265.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.62 mb = 1230.68 m = 4037.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 830.62 mb = 1520.49 m = 4988.42 ft B at Equ Level: 5.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 780.62 mb = 2023.89 m = 6639.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 63.81 m/s