MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 52.57,-94.11 Latitude: 52.57 Longitude: -94.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -12 SFC 960 323 6.4 4.5 88 1.9 5.4 219 10 282.8 283.8 280.5 298.1 5.49 2 950 408 5.4 3.8 90 1.6 4.6 223 15 282.7 283.6 280.2 297.4 5.30 3 900 847 1.2 1.2 100 0.1 1.2 236 22 282.8 283.6 279.4 295.7 4.62 4 850 1305 -1.2 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.3 259 16 284.9 285.6 279.7 296.3 4.03 5 800 1787 -3.7 -4.7 93 1.0 -4.1 270 20 287.2 287.8 280.0 296.9 3.37 6 750 2293 -7.3 -7.5 98 0.2 -7.4 268 21 288.6 289.2 280.0 297.1 2.89 7 700 2827 -11.3 -11.6 97 0.4 -11.3 265 22 290.0 290.4 279.8 296.7 2.24 8 650 3392 -14.8 -16.2 89 1.3 -15.2 268 20 292.2 292.5 280.1 297.2 1.66 9 600 3992 -19.1 -21.1 84 2.0 -19.5 267 21 294.0 294.3 280.3 297.7 1.18 10 550 4633 -24.2 -26.6 81 2.3 -24.6 268 23 295.4 295.5 280.4 297.9 0.79 11 500 5319 -29.9 -35.0 61 5.0 -30.5 267 23 296.5 296.6 280.4 297.8 0.39 12 450 6061 -35.3 -45.8 34 10.4 -36.0 267 17 298.9 298.9 281.0 299.4 0.14 13 400 6874 -37.8 -59.3 9 21.4 -38.7 270 13 305.8 305.8 283.8 305.9 0.03 14 350 7794 -37.7 -67.5 3 29.8 -38.7 233 16 317.8 317.8 288.1 317.9 0.01 15 300 8858 -36.4 -69.6 2 33.2 -37.7 203 15 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.01 16 250 10122 -36.7 -69.8 2 33.1 -38.2 207 20 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 17 200 11654 -40.3 -72.4 2 32.1 -41.6 195 21 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 18 150 13587 -47.2 -77.6 2 30.3 -48.1 203 20 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.7 0.01 19 100 16221 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 203 20 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5330.77 m Freezing level: 874.75 mb = 1078.41 m = 3538.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 876.35 mb = 1060.49 m = 3479.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.20 % Est. max temperature: 10.22 C = 50.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.28 mb = 561.08 m = 1840.80 ft T: 3.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 2.38 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.88 mb = 803.06 m = 2634.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.33 C = 43.40 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 57.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 28.46 C K Index: 26.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.39 mb = 843.41 m = 2767.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.39 mb = 888.11 m = 2913.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 855.39 mb = 1254.60 m = 4116.10 ft B at Equ Level: 8.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 785.39 mb = 1931.52 m = 6336.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 67.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 17.10 m/s