MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 47.52,-99.77 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -99.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 504 SFC 948 522 11.5 0.1 45 11.4 6.1 293 17 289.0 289.8 281.7 300.8 4.07 3 900 951 6.6 -2.4 53 8.9 2.6 296 27 288.3 288.9 280.7 298.6 3.57 4 850 1416 2.0 -3.7 66 5.6 -0.4 299 29 288.2 288.8 280.5 298.1 3.42 5 800 1901 -2.7 -7.7 68 5.0 -4.6 313 36 288.3 288.8 279.6 296.1 2.67 6 750 2408 -6.9 -12.3 65 5.4 -8.6 315 35 289.1 289.5 279.1 295.0 1.99 7 700 2942 -10.7 -15.2 70 4.5 -12.0 309 32 290.6 290.9 279.4 295.7 1.68 8 650 3508 -14.2 -21.6 53 7.4 -15.9 305 33 292.9 293.1 279.6 296.1 1.04 9 600 4110 -18.5 -29.3 38 10.8 -20.3 304 32 294.7 294.8 279.8 296.5 0.56 10 550 4752 -23.6 -33.0 42 9.3 -24.9 302 28 296.0 296.1 280.2 297.5 0.43 11 500 5440 -29.1 -40.5 32 11.4 -30.2 289 28 297.5 297.5 280.6 298.3 0.22 12 450 6184 -35.3 -44.6 38 9.3 -35.9 287 33 298.9 298.9 281.1 299.4 0.16 13 400 6992 -40.2 -52.5 26 12.3 -40.7 299 34 302.7 302.7 282.6 303.0 0.07 14 350 7899 -41.8 -61.7 10 19.8 -42.5 294 30 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.4 0.03 15 300 8941 -41.7 -66.9 5 25.1 -42.5 284 31 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.6 0.02 16 250 10179 -40.5 -72.6 2 32.1 -41.6 278 30 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 17 200 11698 -41.3 -73.2 2 31.9 -42.5 272 33 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.01 18 150 13631 -46.3 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.2 262 32 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.01 19 100 16253 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 245 29 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5364.29 m Freezing level: 828.99 mb = 1619.65 m = 5313.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 856.53 mb = 1353.79 m = 4441.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.56 % Est. max temperature: 10.80 C = 51.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.49 mb = 1925.36 m = 6316.73 ft T: -2.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 5.74 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.96 mb = 2049.84 m = 6725.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.01 C = 51.82 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: 0.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.46 C K Index: 22.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.10 mb = 2038.47 m = 6687.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.10 mb = 2088.63 m = 6852.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 631.10 mb = 3730.13 m = 12237.81 ft B at Equ Level: 29.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 471.10 mb = 5860.19 m = 19226.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.4 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 331.4 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.0 neg: -20.2 tot: 69.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.98 Bulk Shear: 9.79 m/s