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: 47.59,-100.13 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -100.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -22 1 950 408 SFC 932 570 12.7 9.3 79 3.5 10.7 269 17 291.7 293.1 286.8 314.2 7.89 3 900 860 9.3 8.1 92 1.2 8.6 268 24 291.1 292.4 286.3 312.7 7.57 4 850 1331 5.6 5.4 99 0.2 5.5 273 30 292.0 293.2 285.7 311.1 6.64 5 800 1825 3.2 0.7 83 2.6 2.0 279 28 294.6 295.5 285.1 309.3 5.02 6 750 2346 0.7 -1.0 89 1.6 -0.1 287 30 297.3 298.2 285.8 311.4 4.75 7 700 2899 -0.9 -3.5 82 2.6 -2.1 291 34 301.5 302.3 286.8 314.3 4.22 8 650 3488 -2.9 -4.6 88 1.7 -3.7 293 38 305.7 306.4 288.2 318.5 4.17 9 600 4120 -5.7 -8.6 80 2.9 -6.9 291 38 309.5 310.2 288.8 320.0 3.33 10 550 4798 -8.3 -17.5 47 9.3 -11.3 290 37 314.3 314.6 288.8 320.1 1.75 11 500 5532 -12.5 -31.0 20 18.5 -16.5 285 36 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.8 0.57 12 450 6327 -18.9 -43.9 9 25.1 -22.2 280 37 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.2 0.17 13 400 7190 -25.7 -43.1 18 17.4 -27.8 271 40 321.5 321.6 289.5 322.3 0.21 14 350 8142 -33.5 -45.6 28 12.2 -34.5 262 37 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.3 0.18 15 300 9203 -43.1 -50.3 45 7.2 -43.5 253 41 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.1 0.13 16 250 10407 -48.7 -63.9 16 15.1 -49.1 257 34 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.03 17 200 11880 -47.2 -77.5 2 30.4 -47.9 259 40 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 18 150 13764 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.6 249 33 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16350 -59.0 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 258 17 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5554.40 m Freezing level: 728.44 mb = 2584.36 m = 8478.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.34 mb = 2320.97 m = 7614.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.77 % Est. max temperature: 16.51 C = 61.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.40 mb = 1004.07 m = 3294.14 ft T: 8.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.43 C/km ThetaE index: 4.92 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1184.53 m = 3886.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.74 C = 54.94 F Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lifted Index: 8.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: 9.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.14 C Cross Totals Index: 17.99 C K Index: 20.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.81 mb = 1179.10 m = 3868.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.81 mb = 1226.80 m = 4024.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 800.81 mb = 1817.11 m = 5961.57 ft B at Equ Level: 9.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 730.81 mb = 2553.76 m = 8378.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.2 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 315.2 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 23.76 m/s