MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 48.17,-95.45 Latitude: 48.17 Longitude: -95.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 963 365 7.6 3.4 75 4.2 5.6 262 7 283.8 284.7 280.5 298.0 5.08 2 950 479 7.7 3.1 73 4.5 5.4 269 12 284.9 285.8 281.0 299.1 5.04 3 900 923 5.4 0.9 73 4.5 3.2 278 26 287.0 287.8 281.3 299.9 4.53 4 850 1386 1.2 -2.3 78 3.5 -0.3 285 30 287.4 288.0 280.6 298.2 3.79 5 800 1870 -2.8 -5.5 82 2.7 -3.9 284 32 288.1 288.7 280.1 297.3 3.17 6 750 2377 -6.9 -9.6 80 2.8 -7.8 285 33 289.1 289.6 279.7 296.4 2.45 7 700 2912 -10.2 -13.7 75 3.5 -11.2 280 34 291.2 291.6 280.0 296.9 1.89 8 650 3479 -13.9 -22.6 48 8.7 -15.8 279 35 293.3 293.4 279.7 296.3 0.96 9 600 4081 -18.5 -26.8 48 8.3 -20.0 278 35 294.8 294.9 280.0 297.0 0.71 10 550 4724 -23.1 -31.0 48 7.9 -24.3 275 34 296.6 296.7 280.6 298.3 0.52 11 500 5414 -28.0 -35.8 47 7.9 -28.8 269 33 299.0 299.0 281.4 300.2 0.36 12 450 6162 -33.5 -42.5 40 9.0 -34.1 261 32 301.2 301.2 282.1 301.9 0.20 13 400 6978 -38.4 -50.9 26 12.5 -39.0 240 37 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.4 0.09 14 350 7891 -40.4 -69.6 3 29.2 -41.2 229 52 314.2 314.2 286.8 314.2 0.01 15 300 8938 -41.1 -66.3 5 25.3 -41.9 228 53 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.6 0.02 16 250 10180 -40.2 -72.4 2 32.1 -41.3 223 41 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 17 200 11700 -39.5 -71.9 2 32.3 -40.9 224 42 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 18 150 13635 -48.9 -78.8 2 30.0 -49.6 237 39 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.01 19 100 16249 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 239 25 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5358.81 m Freezing level: 835.62 mb = 1525.44 m = 5004.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 854.64 mb = 1342.20 m = 4403.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.81 % Est. max temperature: 11.69 C = 53.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.31 mb = 892.77 m = 2929.01 ft T: 5.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 3.56 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.91 mb = 1510.16 m = 4954.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.33 C = 52.39 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: 2.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 54.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.62 C K Index: 23.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.40 mb = 1354.02 m = 4442.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.40 mb = 1885.87 m = 6187.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 648.40 mb = 3497.34 m = 11474.08 ft B at Equ Level: 32.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 498.40 mb = 5436.76 m = 17836.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.3 neg: -6.7 tot: 83.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 31.13 m/s