MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 52.36,-94.74 Latitude: 52.36 Longitude: -94.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 SFC 961 342 5.1 2.5 84 2.5 3.9 273 8 281.4 282.2 278.9 294.7 4.78 2 950 434 4.1 2.1 87 2.0 3.2 276 11 281.4 282.2 278.8 294.4 4.69 3 900 871 0.2 0.2 100 0.0 0.2 292 20 281.7 282.4 278.4 293.7 4.30 4 850 1328 -2.3 -2.5 98 0.2 -2.4 300 27 283.8 284.4 278.8 294.3 3.74 5 800 1807 -5.2 -5.6 96 0.5 -5.3 299 27 285.7 286.2 278.9 294.7 3.14 6 750 2311 -8.3 -8.9 96 0.6 -8.5 294 29 287.6 288.0 279.1 295.2 2.61 7 700 2843 -11.1 -12.2 92 1.1 -11.5 294 29 290.2 290.6 279.8 296.5 2.14 8 650 3408 -15.0 -16.3 90 1.3 -15.4 298 28 291.9 292.2 280.0 296.9 1.64 9 600 4008 -18.8 -20.7 85 1.9 -19.3 301 27 294.3 294.5 280.5 298.1 1.22 10 550 4652 -22.1 -25.4 75 3.2 -22.7 290 25 297.8 298.0 281.6 300.6 0.88 11 500 5346 -26.2 -29.0 77 2.8 -26.7 308 23 301.0 301.2 282.7 303.3 0.69 12 450 6100 -32.3 -34.9 78 2.5 -32.6 337 26 302.6 302.7 283.0 304.1 0.44 13 400 6917 -38.6 -45.7 47 7.1 -39.0 351 23 304.8 304.9 283.5 305.4 0.16 14 350 7830 -40.0 -60.2 10 20.1 -40.8 342 17 314.7 314.7 287.1 314.9 0.03 15 300 8882 -38.8 -68.4 3 29.6 -39.9 332 11 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.01 16 250 10136 -38.0 -70.7 2 32.8 -39.3 295 8 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 17 200 11669 -39.1 -71.5 2 32.5 -40.5 155 13 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 18 150 13596 -49.4 -79.2 2 29.8 -50.1 221 6 384.9 384.9 303.1 384.9 0.01 19 100 16213 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 196 7 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5330.32 m Freezing level: 896.28 mb = 904.93 m = 2968.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 896.21 mb = 904.68 m = 2968.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.12 % Est. max temperature: 8.85 C = 47.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.19 mb = 656.84 m = 2154.96 ft T: 2.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 0.98 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.15 mb = 851.70 m = 2794.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.33 C = 41.59 F Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lifted Index: 6.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: 6.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 20.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 77.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.97 mb = 880.12 m = 2887.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.97 mb = 924.67 m = 3033.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 873.97 mb = 1105.43 m = 3626.70 ft B at Equ Level: 7.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 803.97 mb = 1767.46 m = 5798.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.3 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 331.3 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.6 neg: -6.1 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 20.56 m/s