MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 10Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 44.29,-93.63 Latitude: 44.29 Longitude: -93.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 972 322 4.9 1.4 78 3.5 3.3 298 9 280.3 281.1 277.9 292.4 4.34 2 950 509 7.0 -0.6 58 7.6 3.6 316 27 284.3 285.0 279.2 295.2 3.85 3 900 953 5.2 -2.5 58 7.7 1.9 333 29 286.9 287.5 280.0 297.1 3.54 4 850 1416 1.0 -3.4 72 4.5 -0.8 326 30 287.2 287.8 280.1 297.3 3.49 5 800 1900 -2.2 -10.4 53 8.2 -5.0 317 35 288.8 289.2 279.2 295.2 2.16 6 750 2410 -5.3 -14.7 48 9.4 -8.2 321 36 290.8 291.1 279.4 295.7 1.62 7 700 2947 -9.3 -22.4 33 13.2 -12.3 321 36 292.2 292.4 279.1 295.1 0.90 8 650 3514 -13.7 -25.4 37 11.7 -16.1 318 35 293.5 293.6 279.5 295.8 0.74 9 600 4117 -17.8 -34.2 23 16.4 -20.3 315 34 295.5 295.5 279.8 296.6 0.35 10 550 4761 -22.4 -38.1 23 15.7 -24.3 312 32 297.5 297.5 280.6 298.4 0.26 11 500 5455 -25.7 -53.1 6 27.3 -27.7 300 31 301.7 301.7 282.1 301.9 0.06 12 450 6215 -28.0 -59.7 3 31.8 -29.8 269 25 308.1 308.1 284.7 308.2 0.03 13 400 7054 -31.9 -61.0 4 29.1 -33.3 226 30 313.5 313.5 286.6 313.6 0.03 14 350 7986 -37.2 -60.1 7 22.9 -38.1 226 35 318.6 318.7 288.3 318.8 0.03 15 300 9043 -39.6 -69.0 3 29.4 -40.5 252 30 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.6 0.01 16 250 10286 -41.3 -73.2 2 31.9 -42.3 276 30 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.01 17 200 11787 -45.0 -76.0 2 30.9 -45.9 272 27 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 18 150 13689 -49.7 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.4 266 37 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.4 0.00 19 100 16309 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 290 27 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5366.64 m Freezing level: 833.95 mb = 1571.40 m = 5155.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.23 mb = 1272.26 m = 4174.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.92 % Est. max temperature: 12.63 C = 54.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.24 mb = 770.58 m = 2528.11 ft T: 5.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 2.07 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.22 mb = 2158.69 m = 7082.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.31 C = 57.75 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: 6.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: 5.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 10.19 Risk: None Sweat Index: 93.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15797.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.00 mb = 1635.06 m = 5364.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.5 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 343.5 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.4 neg: -12.9 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 8.96 m/s