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: 47.43,-96.04 Latitude: 47.43 Longitude: -96.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -18 SFC 955 367 13.3 7.7 68 5.7 10.2 223 16 290.3 291.5 285.3 309.9 6.89 2 950 412 12.4 7.7 73 4.8 9.8 225 17 289.8 291.0 285.1 309.5 6.93 3 900 862 7.8 7.8 100 0.1 7.8 227 26 289.6 290.9 285.5 310.5 7.37 4 850 1332 5.1 5.1 100 0.0 5.1 232 31 291.5 292.6 285.3 310.0 6.47 5 800 1825 2.6 1.7 94 0.9 2.2 237 34 293.9 294.9 285.2 309.7 5.43 6 750 2345 0.7 -2.5 79 3.2 -0.7 243 36 297.4 298.2 285.3 310.0 4.25 7 700 2898 -0.4 -4.9 71 4.5 -2.4 241 41 302.0 302.7 286.6 313.6 3.78 8 650 3488 -2.5 -6.0 77 3.5 -4.1 247 43 306.1 306.8 288.0 317.7 3.75 9 600 4120 -5.7 -11.9 61 6.2 -8.0 253 46 309.6 310.1 288.0 317.8 2.56 10 550 4797 -9.3 -17.5 51 8.3 -11.9 255 50 313.1 313.4 288.4 318.9 1.75 11 500 5529 -12.8 -23.6 40 10.7 -15.7 254 55 317.4 317.6 289.2 321.3 1.14 12 450 6325 -17.7 -28.7 37 11.1 -20.0 254 53 321.0 321.2 289.9 323.8 0.79 13 400 7194 -24.6 -37.1 30 12.5 -26.5 264 52 323.0 323.0 290.1 324.4 0.39 14 350 8148 -33.6 -41.2 46 7.6 -34.3 262 51 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.30 15 300 9209 -41.7 -49.8 41 8.1 -42.2 245 57 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.13 16 250 10432 -44.0 -68.7 5 24.6 -44.7 234 77 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.6 0.01 17 200 11926 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.0 235 59 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 18 150 13802 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 220 43 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16368 -59.5 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 269 16 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5546.45 m Freezing level: 718.04 mb = 2698.38 m = 8852.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 762.66 mb = 2210.02 m = 7250.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.61 % Est. max temperature: 16.69 C = 62.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.73 mb = 1077.07 m = 3533.65 ft T: 6.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 0.72 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1034.79 m = 3394.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.34 C = 56.01 F Cap Strength: 7.55 C Lifted Index: 9.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Showalter Index: 9.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.91 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 18.45 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.20 mb = 1007.31 m = 3304.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.20 mb = 1339.29 m = 4393.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.20 mb = 1435.63 m = 4710.02 ft B at Equ Level: 6.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 779.20 mb = 2037.07 m = 6683.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 71.96 m/s