MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42,-91.6 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -91.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 977 246 16.7 16.3 98 0.3 16.5 241 4 291.8 293.9 290.5 325.9 12.05 2 950 483 14.2 14.3 100 -0.0 14.3 240 5 291.6 293.6 289.5 322.3 10.82 3 900 943 16.5 4.0 43 12.5 9.7 236 15 298.5 299.6 287.2 315.3 5.67 4 850 1426 13.1 -1.6 36 14.7 5.9 260 16 299.9 300.6 286.0 312.0 4.00 5 800 1932 8.9 -3.1 43 11.9 3.2 261 22 300.6 301.3 286.1 312.1 3.80 6 750 2461 4.7 -5.9 46 10.7 0.1 264 24 301.7 302.3 285.9 311.8 3.27 7 700 3020 1.7 -12.2 35 13.8 -3.6 253 25 304.3 304.7 285.7 311.1 2.14 8 650 3612 -1.9 -16.8 31 14.9 -6.8 252 28 306.9 307.2 286.0 312.0 1.58 9 600 4244 -5.9 -18.9 35 13.0 -9.9 243 28 309.3 309.6 286.8 314.0 1.43 10 550 4919 -10.4 -25.1 29 14.6 -14.1 238 36 311.7 311.9 287.0 314.8 0.91 11 500 5645 -14.8 -31.3 23 16.6 -18.1 240 52 315.0 315.1 287.8 317.0 0.56 12 450 6434 -20.3 -42.4 12 22.1 -23.2 237 57 317.8 317.8 288.3 318.5 0.20 13 400 7294 -26.8 -40.2 27 13.4 -28.4 235 67 320.2 320.3 289.1 321.3 0.29 14 350 8243 -33.5 -41.6 44 8.1 -34.3 236 87 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.7 0.29 15 300 9307 -41.9 -46.8 59 4.9 -42.2 232 102 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.19 16 250 10516 -49.1 -60.2 26 11.1 -49.4 231 100 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 17 200 11975 -49.7 -74.8 4 25.0 -50.2 241 55 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13829 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 243 45 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16372 -61.6 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 244 34 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.28 m Freezing level: 676.44 mb = 3299.00 m = 10823.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.94 mb = 2472.47 m = 8111.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.27 mb = 286.18 m = 938.89 ft T: 16.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2101.51 m = 6894.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.80 C = 78.45 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 2.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: 6.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 13.16 C K Index: 12.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 84.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8729.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.13 mb = 1405.18 m = 4610.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.0 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 276.0 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.5 neg: -4.1 tot: 48.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 64.70 m/s