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: 47.59,-100.26 Latitude: 47.59 Longitude: -100.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 476 SFC 940 564 4.4 2.7 89 1.6 3.6 287 9 282.5 283.3 279.7 296.3 4.95 3 900 919 5.3 -0.7 65 6.0 2.6 315 31 287.0 287.7 280.7 298.5 4.04 4 850 1383 1.7 -4.1 65 5.9 -0.7 317 30 288.0 288.6 280.3 297.6 3.31 5 800 1868 -2.3 -7.6 67 5.3 -4.3 314 28 288.6 289.1 279.8 296.5 2.69 6 750 2377 -5.2 -7.2 86 1.9 -6.0 303 27 290.9 291.4 281.2 299.6 2.97 7 700 2915 -8.5 -10.1 88 1.6 -9.0 296 32 293.1 293.6 281.6 300.7 2.53 8 650 3487 -11.5 -17.2 63 5.6 -13.1 281 34 295.9 296.2 281.6 300.6 1.53 9 600 4095 -15.9 -20.1 70 4.1 -16.9 264 31 297.7 297.9 282.1 301.7 1.29 10 550 4743 -20.9 -25.1 69 4.2 -21.7 253 29 299.3 299.5 282.3 302.2 0.90 11 500 5440 -26.3 -30.8 66 4.5 -26.9 271 36 301.0 301.1 282.5 302.9 0.59 12 450 6194 -30.7 -41.2 35 10.4 -31.7 257 62 304.6 304.6 283.5 305.4 0.23 13 400 7020 -36.0 -44.6 41 8.5 -36.7 239 73 308.1 308.2 284.8 308.8 0.18 14 350 7936 -40.5 -60.0 10 19.6 -41.2 239 66 314.2 314.2 286.8 314.3 0.03 15 300 8982 -41.4 -66.6 5 25.2 -42.2 246 53 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.02 16 250 10222 -39.8 -72.1 2 32.3 -40.9 248 45 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.01 17 200 11749 -40.9 -72.9 2 32.0 -42.1 222 39 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 18 150 13666 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.9 275 31 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 19 100 16257 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 250 23 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5385.04 m Freezing level: 828.66 mb = 1589.65 m = 5215.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 860.41 mb = 1283.91 m = 4212.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.96 % Est. max temperature: 10.86 C = 51.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.35 mb = 771.47 m = 2531.05 ft T: 4.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.00 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.16 mb = 1935.27 m = 6349.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.71 C = 51.28 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.30 C Showalter Index: 4.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 22.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15908.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.32 mb = 1647.44 m = 5404.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.0 neg: -20.8 tot: -9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 51.98 m/s