MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.59,-93.83 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -93.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 970 299 15.0 14.5 97 0.5 14.7 219 4 290.7 292.6 289.0 321.0 10.76 2 950 480 18.4 17.3 94 1.1 17.7 245 11 295.8 298.2 292.7 333.8 13.19 3 900 944 18.5 -1.7 25 20.1 8.3 297 13 300.5 301.2 286.0 311.9 3.75 4 850 1430 14.7 -4.3 27 18.9 5.7 287 20 301.5 302.1 285.8 311.5 3.27 5 800 1938 10.6 -4.9 33 15.5 3.4 282 24 302.4 303.0 286.2 312.6 3.31 6 750 2470 6.4 -9.0 32 15.4 -0.0 275 23 303.5 304.0 285.9 311.6 2.58 7 700 3031 2.1 -11.1 37 13.2 -3.0 257 28 304.8 305.2 286.1 312.2 2.35 8 650 3624 -2.5 -12.6 46 10.1 -6.2 253 37 306.1 306.5 286.4 313.1 2.22 9 600 4255 -4.5 -26.6 16 22.1 -10.2 249 41 310.9 311.0 286.5 313.3 0.72 10 550 4935 -8.4 -28.6 18 20.1 -13.2 248 45 314.1 314.2 287.5 316.3 0.66 11 500 5667 -12.5 -44.5 5 32.0 -17.3 243 51 317.8 317.8 288.2 318.3 0.15 12 450 6463 -18.5 -38.9 15 20.5 -21.6 235 62 320.0 320.1 289.1 321.1 0.29 13 400 7328 -25.5 -39.6 26 14.1 -27.3 235 63 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.9 0.31 14 350 8281 -32.6 -41.3 42 8.7 -33.6 237 75 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.29 15 300 9348 -41.2 -46.0 60 4.8 -41.6 236 89 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.21 16 250 10559 -49.8 -57.4 41 7.6 -50.1 236 92 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.07 17 200 12009 -51.2 -75.4 4 24.3 -51.6 244 76 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13859 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.2 251 58 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16375 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 245 41 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.31 m Freezing level: 677.40 mb = 3299.06 m = 10823.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.56 mb = 2464.26 m = 8084.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.29 C = 79.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.02 mb = 363.37 m = 1192.14 ft T: 16.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.89 mb = 2602.77 m = 8539.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.10 C = 82.57 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: 8.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 8.21 C K Index: 9.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 90.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8366.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.62 mb = 1920.91 m = 6302.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.9 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 283.9 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.6 neg: -30.3 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 70.17 m/s