MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F047.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F047.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 47 hour NAM valid 17Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 47.57,-100 Latitude: 47.57 Longitude: -100.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 1 950 417 SFC 932 579 6.4 5.3 93 1.1 5.9 303 21 285.3 286.4 282.3 302.2 6.02 3 900 860 3.9 3.9 100 0.0 3.9 307 40 285.5 286.5 281.9 301.3 5.62 4 850 1322 0.3 0.3 100 0.0 0.3 314 51 286.5 287.3 281.1 299.5 4.59 5 800 1806 -1.7 -1.7 100 0.0 -1.7 322 53 289.3 290.1 282.0 301.5 4.21 6 750 2318 -4.0 -4.2 98 0.2 -4.1 319 57 292.2 292.9 282.7 303.2 3.73 7 700 2860 -6.6 -7.2 95 0.6 -6.9 319 54 295.1 295.7 283.2 304.6 3.17 8 650 3435 -9.8 -10.8 92 1.0 -10.2 320 47 297.9 298.3 283.7 305.7 2.58 9 600 4049 -12.8 -14.5 87 1.7 -13.3 310 32 301.3 301.7 284.5 307.8 2.07 10 550 4707 -17.4 -19.5 83 2.2 -17.9 312 28 303.5 303.8 284.7 308.2 1.48 11 500 5415 -21.8 -23.8 84 2.0 -22.2 307 22 306.5 306.7 285.4 310.1 1.12 12 450 6182 -27.6 -30.7 75 3.1 -28.1 279 12 308.5 308.6 285.6 310.7 0.66 13 400 7015 -34.3 -44.5 35 10.2 -35.1 250 11 310.4 310.4 285.7 311.0 0.18 14 350 7934 -41.5 -55.7 20 14.3 -42.0 199 4 312.8 312.8 286.4 313.1 0.06 15 300 8967 -46.3 -62.1 15 15.8 -46.8 206 20 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.1 0.03 16 250 10176 -45.4 -70.4 4 24.9 -46.0 210 37 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.01 17 200 11662 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.3 231 23 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 18 150 13557 -47.7 -77.9 2 30.2 -48.5 211 29 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.01 19 100 16203 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 247 18 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5418.86 m Freezing level: 842.59 mb = 1393.63 m = 4572.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 842.38 mb = 1393.82 m = 4572.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.65 % Est. max temperature: 11.39 C = 52.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.28 mb = 713.61 m = 2341.20 ft T: 5.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 2.66 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.27 mb = 1039.17 m = 3409.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.00 C = 44.60 F Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lifted Index: 6.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: 7.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 21.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.65 mb = 1054.04 m = 3458.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.65 mb = 1100.14 m = 3609.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 813.65 mb = 1670.82 m = 5481.62 ft B at Equ Level: 13.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 763.65 mb = 2174.83 m = 7135.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.7 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 343.7 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.2 neg: -53.9 tot: 171.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 6.29 Bulk Shear: 2.15 m/s