MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 5Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.43,-92.91 Latitude: 41.43 Longitude: -92.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 975 250 18.9 18.5 98 0.4 18.7 225 9 294.1 296.6 292.7 333.7 13.88 2 950 477 18.5 16.7 89 1.8 17.4 230 22 296.0 298.3 292.4 332.6 12.71 3 900 940 16.4 10.8 69 5.6 13.0 238 25 298.4 300.1 290.3 325.0 9.08 4 850 1424 13.9 7.5 65 6.5 10.1 245 24 300.7 302.1 289.8 323.4 7.65 5 800 1933 11.1 6.2 72 4.9 8.3 245 28 303.0 304.4 290.4 325.3 7.46 6 750 2469 7.8 3.8 76 4.0 5.5 248 34 305.0 306.3 290.3 325.3 6.71 7 700 3035 4.3 1.1 80 3.1 2.6 250 36 307.2 308.3 290.4 325.4 5.93 8 650 3634 0.6 -0.9 90 1.5 -0.2 246 37 309.6 310.7 290.8 326.7 5.52 9 600 4274 -3.0 -4.8 88 1.8 -3.8 236 37 312.7 313.5 290.8 326.8 4.48 10 550 4958 -7.0 -9.1 85 2.1 -7.9 229 40 315.8 316.4 290.9 327.1 3.50 11 500 5695 -11.7 -16.4 68 4.7 -13.3 228 43 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.8 2.12 12 450 6495 -16.5 -23.5 55 7.0 -18.3 226 43 322.5 322.7 290.8 326.9 1.28 13 400 7369 -22.9 -25.7 78 2.8 -23.6 224 42 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.3 1.18 14 350 8333 -30.2 -31.2 91 1.0 -30.3 225 41 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.0 0.81 15 300 9411 -38.8 -42.0 72 3.2 -39.1 220 48 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.32 16 250 10636 -48.2 -51.6 68 3.4 -48.4 226 51 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12070 -55.7 -61.4 49 5.7 -55.9 234 64 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 13899 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.5 246 61 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16409 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.4 240 34 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.76 m Freezing level: 641.97 mb = 3736.93 m = 12260.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.83 mb = 3599.06 m = 11807.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.47 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.38 mb = 294.38 m = 965.80 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 10.35 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1754.70 m = 5756.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: 2.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 19.17 C K Index: 29.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.09 mb = 1138.87 m = 3736.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.09 mb = 3583.54 m = 11756.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 564.09 mb = 4759.18 m = 15613.90 ft B at Equ Level: 17.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 444.09 mb = 6593.36 m = 21631.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.1 neg: -3.9 tot: 102.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 28.62 m/s