MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.52,-99.84 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -99.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 500 SFC 947 526 10.9 1.4 52 9.5 6.2 294 16 288.5 289.2 281.8 301.3 4.46 3 900 945 5.5 -0.8 64 6.3 2.7 297 25 287.2 287.9 280.7 298.6 4.00 4 850 1409 1.4 -4.2 67 5.5 -0.9 307 41 287.6 288.1 280.0 297.1 3.30 5 800 1893 -2.9 -5.9 80 3.0 -4.1 312 41 288.0 288.5 280.0 296.9 3.07 6 750 2400 -6.6 -10.3 75 3.7 -7.9 313 34 289.4 289.8 279.7 296.2 2.32 7 700 2935 -10.1 -14.1 73 4.0 -11.3 307 34 291.3 291.6 279.9 296.8 1.84 8 650 3502 -14.0 -19.3 64 5.3 -15.3 306 32 293.2 293.4 280.1 297.1 1.28 9 600 4104 -18.3 -30.6 33 12.2 -20.3 298 28 294.9 295.0 279.8 296.5 0.50 10 550 4746 -23.6 -39.5 22 15.9 -25.3 289 27 296.1 296.2 280.0 296.9 0.23 11 500 5435 -29.0 -44.3 21 15.3 -30.2 277 30 297.7 297.8 280.6 298.2 0.15 12 450 6180 -33.8 -50.2 18 16.3 -34.8 260 34 300.7 300.7 281.8 301.0 0.09 13 400 6997 -37.7 -52.7 20 14.9 -38.5 252 39 305.9 305.9 283.9 306.2 0.07 14 350 7910 -40.9 -61.7 9 20.8 -41.6 252 41 313.5 313.5 286.6 313.6 0.03 15 300 8956 -40.6 -67.5 4 26.9 -41.5 246 40 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.1 0.01 16 250 10202 -39.8 -72.0 2 32.3 -40.9 243 38 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.01 17 200 11719 -42.2 -73.9 2 31.6 -43.3 237 34 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 18 150 13647 -45.9 -76.6 2 30.7 -46.9 222 18 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.01 19 100 16254 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 246 22 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5361.58 m Freezing level: 834.23 mb = 1561.40 m = 5122.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 862.84 mb = 1287.22 m = 4223.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.24 % Est. max temperature: 10.49 C = 50.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.10 mb = 1694.64 m = 5559.79 ft T: -1.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 5.04 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.83 mb = 1864.49 m = 6117.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.39 C = 50.70 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 55.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 22.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.44 mb = 1818.83 m = 5967.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.44 mb = 2168.43 m = 7114.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 692.44 mb = 3018.38 m = 9902.71 ft B at Equ Level: 6.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 622.44 mb = 3828.06 m = 12559.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.9 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 324.9 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: -24.5 tot: 76.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 13.36 m/s