MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 4Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 52.43,-93.98 Latitude: 52.43 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -8 SFC 957 351 5.8 3.8 87 2.0 4.8 279 8 282.5 283.4 280.0 297.0 5.24 2 950 411 5.2 3.4 88 1.7 4.3 280 10 282.4 283.3 279.8 296.7 5.14 3 900 849 1.1 1.1 100 0.0 1.1 283 19 282.6 283.4 279.3 295.4 4.59 4 850 1306 -1.1 -1.1 100 0.0 -1.1 302 17 285.0 285.7 279.9 296.8 4.15 5 800 1787 -4.8 -4.8 100 0.0 -4.8 257 16 286.1 286.7 279.4 295.7 3.35 6 750 2292 -7.4 -8.0 95 0.6 -7.6 263 19 288.5 289.0 279.8 296.7 2.78 7 700 2825 -11.0 -11.6 95 0.7 -11.2 254 18 290.3 290.7 280.0 297.0 2.24 8 650 3390 -14.7 -15.9 90 1.2 -15.0 253 17 292.3 292.6 280.2 297.5 1.69 9 600 3992 -18.6 -21.5 78 2.9 -19.3 259 16 294.5 294.7 280.5 298.1 1.14 10 550 4633 -23.9 -28.6 65 4.7 -24.6 264 15 295.7 295.8 280.4 297.8 0.66 11 500 5320 -29.7 -33.7 69 3.9 -30.2 274 14 296.8 296.8 280.6 298.2 0.45 12 450 6062 -35.2 -42.4 48 7.2 -35.7 277 12 299.0 299.0 281.2 299.7 0.20 13 400 6876 -37.4 -54.6 15 17.2 -38.2 262 8 306.4 306.4 284.0 306.6 0.06 14 350 7797 -37.7 -62.7 6 25.1 -38.6 221 7 318.0 318.0 288.1 318.1 0.02 15 300 8863 -36.3 -69.5 2 33.2 -37.6 212 14 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.2 0.01 16 250 10130 -36.0 -69.3 2 33.3 -37.6 207 18 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 17 200 11674 -37.3 -70.3 2 32.9 -39.1 189 17 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.7 0.01 18 150 13608 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.4 211 12 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.3 0.01 19 100 16223 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 205 19 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5328.12 m Freezing level: 875.24 mb = 1075.49 m = 3528.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 875.22 mb = 1072.37 m = 3518.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.16 % Est. max temperature: 9.21 C = 48.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.94 mb = 601.14 m = 1972.23 ft T: 3.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 1.61 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.71 mb = 815.59 m = 2675.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 5.91 C = 42.63 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 57.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 28.65 C K Index: 26.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.01 mb = 866.69 m = 2843.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.01 mb = 911.38 m = 2990.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 873.01 mb = 1092.64 m = 3584.75 ft B at Equ Level: 9.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 733.01 mb = 2468.82 m = 8099.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.7 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 297.7 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.9 neg: -29.4 tot: -2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.39 Bulk Shear: 2.07 m/s