MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.57,-97.53 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -97.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -23 SFC 960 318 11.4 8.6 82 2.9 9.8 286 5 287.9 289.2 284.7 308.4 7.29 2 950 408 13.5 8.7 73 4.8 10.8 287 14 290.9 292.3 286.1 312.2 7.46 3 900 862 11.2 7.3 77 3.8 9.0 274 22 293.0 294.3 286.6 313.6 7.16 4 850 1337 7.4 5.4 87 2.0 6.3 263 24 293.9 295.1 286.4 313.0 6.61 5 800 1834 4.7 1.1 77 3.7 2.9 268 26 296.2 297.1 285.8 311.5 5.18 6 750 2357 2.0 -1.5 77 3.5 0.4 268 26 298.8 299.6 286.2 312.4 4.56 7 700 2911 -0.9 -7.4 61 6.5 -3.6 270 23 301.5 302.1 285.7 311.1 3.14 8 650 3499 -3.2 -19.8 26 16.6 -8.2 278 23 305.3 305.5 285.1 309.3 1.22 9 600 4128 -6.8 -24.7 22 18.0 -11.4 284 23 308.3 308.5 285.7 311.2 0.86 10 550 4801 -10.9 -31.9 16 20.9 -15.2 278 24 311.1 311.2 286.3 312.8 0.48 11 500 5527 -14.8 -34.2 17 19.4 -18.3 264 31 315.1 315.1 287.6 316.6 0.42 12 450 6316 -20.1 -32.8 31 12.7 -22.4 253 34 317.9 318.0 288.7 319.8 0.54 13 400 7177 -26.3 -35.4 42 9.0 -27.7 254 37 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.47 14 350 8127 -34.0 -39.4 58 5.3 -34.6 257 38 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.36 15 300 9185 -43.2 -47.7 61 4.4 -43.5 252 44 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.1 0.17 16 250 10394 -47.2 -62.1 17 14.8 -47.7 252 39 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.04 17 200 11870 -47.5 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.1 245 31 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.00 18 150 13753 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 245 32 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16332 -60.0 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.3 237 21 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5550.09 m Freezing level: 715.17 mb = 2742.92 m = 8998.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.27 mb = 2408.04 m = 7900.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.27 % Est. max temperature: 19.17 C = 66.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.48 mb = 682.53 m = 2239.23 ft T: 12.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 3.13 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.41 mb = 1587.28 m = 5207.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.52 C = 65.33 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: 5.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: 5.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 21.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10494.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.53 mb = 1253.91 m = 4113.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.3 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 300.3 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.7 neg: -10.3 tot: 30.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 12.42 m/s