MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 47.2,-96.94 Latitude: 47.20 Longitude: -96.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 970 269 5.5 2.9 83 2.6 4.3 301 20 281.1 282.0 278.9 294.6 4.86 2 950 439 4.2 2.2 87 2.0 3.2 303 31 281.4 282.2 278.9 294.5 4.71 3 900 876 0.5 0.4 100 0.0 0.4 311 44 282.0 282.7 278.7 294.2 4.38 4 850 1333 -1.9 -2.0 100 0.0 -2.0 330 49 284.1 284.8 279.1 295.1 3.89 5 800 1813 -4.3 -4.8 96 0.6 -4.5 333 42 286.6 287.2 279.7 296.2 3.34 6 750 2319 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.4 -7.1 339 37 289.1 289.6 280.3 297.7 2.94 7 700 2854 -9.6 -10.2 95 0.6 -9.9 332 31 291.8 292.2 281.0 299.3 2.50 8 650 3424 -12.8 -13.6 94 0.8 -13.0 323 37 294.5 294.9 281.7 300.8 2.06 9 600 4031 -15.4 -16.0 95 0.6 -15.6 325 38 298.3 298.6 283.0 303.9 1.82 10 550 4683 -19.1 -22.1 77 3.0 -19.8 329 32 301.4 301.6 283.5 305.2 1.18 11 500 5387 -22.8 -34.3 35 11.4 -24.5 330 32 305.2 305.3 284.0 306.6 0.42 12 450 6150 -29.2 -46.5 17 17.3 -30.6 333 28 306.5 306.6 284.2 307.0 0.13 13 400 6978 -36.3 -48.2 28 11.8 -37.1 337 24 307.8 307.8 284.7 308.2 0.12 14 350 7890 -42.7 -56.6 20 13.9 -43.2 334 15 311.2 311.2 285.8 311.4 0.05 15 300 8921 -45.2 -67.2 7 21.9 -45.8 350 15 321.6 321.6 289.2 321.6 0.02 16 250 10139 -44.7 -72.8 3 28.2 -45.3 338 7 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.7 0.01 17 200 11629 -45.5 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.3 307 14 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 18 150 13537 -47.7 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.6 302 20 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.01 19 100 16182 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 304 16 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5366.67 m Freezing level: 890.62 mb = 961.51 m = 3154.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 891.05 mb = 955.71 m = 3135.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.55 % Est. max temperature: 9.97 C = 49.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.67 mb = 596.48 m = 1956.93 ft T: 2.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 0.38 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 828.65 m = 2718.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.32 C = 43.37 F Cap Strength: 7.95 C Lifted Index: 10.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: 9.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 18.33 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.44 mb = 827.13 m = 2713.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.44 mb = 871.87 m = 2860.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 880.44 mb = 1051.44 m = 3449.57 ft B at Equ Level: 6.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 830.44 mb = 1516.98 m = 4976.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.1 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 357.1 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.8 neg: -35.4 tot: 263.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 23.29 m/s