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: 47.57,-99.4 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -99.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 952 483 11.8 0.2 45 11.6 6.3 291 17 289.0 289.7 281.7 300.8 4.08 2 950 500 11.2 -0.3 45 11.5 5.8 291 17 288.6 289.3 281.3 299.9 3.94 3 900 947 6.4 -2.0 55 8.4 2.6 294 27 288.1 288.7 280.7 298.6 3.66 4 850 1412 1.7 -3.1 70 4.9 -0.3 297 28 288.0 288.6 280.6 298.3 3.56 5 800 1896 -2.8 -7.5 70 4.7 -4.5 313 36 288.2 288.7 279.6 296.2 2.72 6 750 2404 -6.8 -11.5 70 4.6 -8.4 312 36 289.1 289.5 279.3 295.4 2.12 7 700 2938 -10.2 -15.5 65 5.3 -11.7 308 33 291.2 291.5 279.6 296.1 1.63 8 650 3504 -14.1 -21.9 52 7.8 -15.9 304 33 293.0 293.1 279.6 296.1 1.02 9 600 4107 -18.3 -29.2 38 10.8 -20.2 304 32 294.9 295.0 279.9 296.7 0.57 10 550 4749 -23.5 -32.5 43 9.1 -24.7 301 29 296.3 296.3 280.3 297.7 0.45 11 500 5438 -28.9 -41.1 30 12.1 -30.0 289 29 297.7 297.8 280.7 298.5 0.21 12 450 6182 -35.2 -44.6 38 9.4 -35.8 289 31 298.9 299.0 281.1 299.5 0.16 13 400 6990 -40.4 -51.9 28 11.6 -40.9 296 33 302.5 302.5 282.5 302.8 0.08 14 350 7897 -41.7 -60.8 11 19.1 -42.3 283 29 312.4 312.4 286.2 312.6 0.03 15 300 8940 -41.7 -66.8 5 25.2 -42.4 274 30 326.7 326.7 290.7 326.7 0.02 16 250 10178 -40.4 -72.5 2 32.1 -41.4 270 31 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.01 17 200 11698 -41.3 -73.2 2 31.9 -42.5 268 32 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 18 150 13631 -46.0 -76.7 2 30.6 -47.0 256 31 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.01 19 100 16252 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 248 30 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5365.72 m Freezing level: 830.56 mb = 1600.35 m = 5250.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 855.66 mb = 1357.98 m = 4455.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.88 % Est. max temperature: 11.03 C = 51.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.01 mb = 1916.00 m = 6286.01 ft T: -2.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 5.33 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2004.57 m = 6576.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.24 C = 52.23 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: 0.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 56.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.80 C K Index: 22.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.79 mb = 1977.44 m = 6487.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.79 mb = 2127.73 m = 6980.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 656.79 mb = 3424.98 m = 11236.68 ft B at Equ Level: 13.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 556.79 mb = 4658.28 m = 15282.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.8 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 330.8 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.9 neg: -24.2 tot: 70.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 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: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 11.64 m/s