MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F057.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F057.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 44.3,-93.56 Latitude: 44.30 Longitude: -93.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 965 331 8.9 6.3 84 2.6 7.5 268 10 284.9 286.0 282.3 302.2 6.20 2 950 462 9.7 4.4 69 5.3 7.0 278 20 287.1 288.0 282.5 302.7 5.53 3 900 909 6.7 1.2 68 5.5 4.0 292 36 288.4 289.2 282.0 301.6 4.62 4 850 1375 2.5 -0.2 82 2.7 1.3 293 42 288.7 289.5 281.9 301.4 4.42 5 800 1861 -2.1 -2.1 100 0.0 -2.1 294 46 288.9 289.6 281.6 300.7 4.10 6 750 2371 -4.8 -7.5 81 2.7 -5.8 294 38 291.4 291.9 281.3 300.0 2.91 7 700 2910 -8.5 -11.5 79 3.0 -9.5 291 35 293.1 293.5 281.3 299.9 2.26 8 650 3481 -11.7 -22.3 41 10.6 -14.2 291 37 295.8 295.9 280.8 298.9 0.98 9 600 4088 -16.2 -24.3 50 8.1 -17.9 278 32 297.4 297.5 281.4 300.2 0.89 10 550 4739 -19.2 -45.9 7 26.7 -22.0 276 29 301.3 301.4 282.1 301.7 0.11 11 500 5439 -24.4 -50.9 7 26.5 -26.5 274 28 303.3 303.3 282.8 303.5 0.07 12 450 6196 -31.0 -54.7 8 23.6 -32.4 259 29 304.2 304.2 283.1 304.4 0.05 13 400 7018 -37.9 -51.4 23 13.4 -38.6 254 28 305.7 305.7 283.8 306.0 0.08 14 350 7928 -41.6 -58.5 14 16.8 -42.2 233 31 312.6 312.6 286.3 312.8 0.04 15 300 8970 -42.2 -65.0 7 22.8 -42.9 233 38 325.8 325.8 290.5 325.9 0.02 16 250 10202 -42.6 -74.2 2 31.5 -43.5 239 33 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.7 0.01 17 200 11699 -45.2 -76.1 2 30.9 -46.0 248 34 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.01 18 150 13604 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.4 228 46 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.2 0.01 19 100 16245 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 244 28 422.8 422.8 308.0 422.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5403.21 m Freezing level: 822.87 mb = 1638.54 m = 5375.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 831.28 mb = 1553.34 m = 5096.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.77 % Est. max temperature: 12.81 C = 55.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.90 mb = 656.80 m = 2154.84 ft T: 8.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 3.82 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1510.45 m = 4955.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.73 C = 54.91 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 23.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.73 mb = 1386.82 m = 4549.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.73 mb = 1724.46 m = 5657.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.73 mb = 3090.88 m = 10140.57 ft B at Equ Level: 20.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 593.73 mb = 4166.40 m = 13669.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.4 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 314.4 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.9 neg: -31.5 tot: 107.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 13.00 m/s