MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 45.25,-96.7 Latitude: 45.25 Longitude: -96.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 961 357 14.5 6.6 59 7.9 10.1 286 14 290.9 292.0 284.9 309.1 6.35 2 950 455 12.4 5.6 63 6.8 8.8 287 17 289.8 290.8 284.1 306.9 5.99 3 900 904 7.8 4.4 79 3.4 6.1 289 21 289.6 290.6 283.9 306.2 5.84 4 850 1372 3.4 1.8 89 1.6 2.7 307 30 289.7 290.6 283.2 304.4 5.13 5 800 1862 0.5 -0.9 91 1.3 -0.2 310 39 291.7 292.5 283.2 304.7 4.49 6 750 2377 -2.1 -7.9 64 5.8 -4.4 307 40 294.3 294.8 282.4 302.7 2.80 7 700 2922 -4.6 -9.3 70 4.7 -6.3 292 32 297.4 297.9 283.7 305.6 2.70 8 650 3502 -7.5 -23.8 26 16.3 -11.6 271 34 300.5 300.6 282.7 303.3 0.86 9 600 4120 -11.8 -24.4 34 12.6 -14.7 262 31 302.4 302.6 283.5 305.3 0.88 10 550 4779 -16.9 -43.8 8 27.0 -20.1 244 36 304.1 304.1 283.2 304.6 0.14 11 500 5485 -23.3 -33.1 40 9.8 -24.7 231 37 304.6 304.7 283.9 306.2 0.47 12 450 6247 -28.5 -47.6 14 19.1 -30.0 230 52 307.4 307.4 284.5 307.8 0.11 13 400 7081 -33.6 -53.7 12 20.1 -34.8 227 69 311.3 311.3 285.9 311.5 0.06 14 350 8005 -39.7 -60.1 10 20.4 -40.4 219 86 315.3 315.3 287.2 315.4 0.03 15 300 9048 -43.3 -65.6 7 22.3 -43.9 220 88 324.4 324.4 290.1 324.4 0.02 16 250 10269 -45.1 -71.1 4 26.1 -45.7 228 87 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.1 0.01 17 200 11750 -47.6 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.2 236 61 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.00 18 150 13634 -50.0 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.6 255 50 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16234 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.2 268 49 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5460.55 m Freezing level: 790.88 mb = 1955.64 m = 6416.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.77 mb = 1833.66 m = 6015.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.83 % Est. max temperature: 14.79 C = 58.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.40 mb = 1339.40 m = 4394.30 ft T: 3.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 4.63 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1360.74 m = 4464.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.32 C = 55.98 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 23.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.31 mb = 1359.45 m = 4460.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.31 mb = 1407.19 m = 4616.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.31 mb = 2101.73 m = 6895.35 ft B at Equ Level: 3.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 746.31 mb = 2416.07 m = 7926.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 3.7 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: -53.8 tot: -45.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 44.56 m/s