MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 16Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.41,-92.65 Latitude: 40.41 Longitude: -92.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 977 254 21.5 17.7 79 3.8 18.9 215 5 296.6 299.0 292.9 334.5 13.14 2 950 496 18.3 14.8 80 3.5 16.0 215 6 295.7 297.7 291.1 327.9 11.19 3 900 959 16.5 3.3 41 13.3 9.3 264 7 298.6 299.5 286.9 314.5 5.38 4 850 1442 13.9 -0.4 37 14.3 6.6 275 17 300.7 301.5 286.7 313.9 4.36 5 800 1950 10.2 -2.5 41 12.7 4.1 272 21 302.0 302.8 286.8 314.1 3.98 6 750 2482 6.1 -6.5 40 12.6 0.5 270 20 303.2 303.8 286.4 312.9 3.13 7 700 3043 3.2 -21.0 15 24.2 -4.4 255 28 306.0 306.2 285.1 309.3 1.02 8 650 3639 -0.1 -29.8 9 29.7 -7.5 259 31 308.8 308.9 285.5 310.6 0.50 9 600 4274 -4.2 -34.5 7 30.4 -10.7 252 37 311.3 311.4 286.2 312.5 0.34 10 550 4953 -8.8 -34.7 10 25.9 -14.0 247 43 313.6 313.7 287.1 314.9 0.37 11 500 5683 -13.6 -32.9 18 19.2 -17.4 245 56 316.4 316.5 288.1 318.1 0.48 12 450 6476 -19.0 -35.0 23 16.0 -21.7 240 66 319.4 319.5 289.0 321.0 0.44 13 400 7341 -24.8 -38.1 28 13.3 -26.7 235 77 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.0 0.36 14 350 8298 -31.7 -42.9 32 11.2 -32.9 228 86 326.0 326.1 290.9 326.9 0.25 15 300 9370 -40.3 -48.4 42 8.0 -40.9 229 94 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.16 16 250 10584 -49.5 -56.6 44 7.0 -49.8 231 107 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 17 200 12029 -53.2 -73.7 7 20.5 -53.5 238 88 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13867 -56.9 -80.6 3 23.7 -57.2 247 61 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16394 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.6 227 39 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.69 m Freezing level: 651.56 mb = 3620.15 m = 11876.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.51 mb = 2541.43 m = 8337.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.25 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.02 mb = 733.25 m = 2405.64 ft T: 17.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 20.67 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.58 mb = 2290.64 m = 7515.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 6.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.54 C Cross Totals Index: 13.22 C K Index: 2.91 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6872.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.60 mb = 1645.52 m = 5398.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.6 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 282.6 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.6 neg: -12.2 tot: 20.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 88.03 m/s