MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510190600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 45.07,-93.44 Latitude: 45.07 Longitude: -93.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 970 286 6.0 3.6 85 2.4 4.8 295 17 281.6 282.4 279.4 295.7 5.11 2 950 457 4.1 2.6 90 1.5 3.4 297 26 281.4 282.2 279.0 294.8 4.86 3 900 894 0.3 0.3 100 0.0 0.3 305 37 281.9 282.6 278.6 294.0 4.35 4 850 1350 -3.1 -3.1 100 0.0 -3.1 318 45 282.9 283.5 278.2 293.0 3.57 5 800 1828 -4.9 -5.3 97 0.4 -5.0 325 34 286.0 286.5 279.2 295.2 3.23 6 750 2334 -6.5 -6.9 96 0.5 -6.7 319 35 289.6 290.1 280.6 298.4 3.03 7 700 2870 -9.8 -10.6 94 0.7 -10.1 321 39 291.6 292.0 280.8 298.8 2.44 8 650 3437 -13.5 -14.5 92 1.0 -13.8 322 43 293.7 294.0 281.1 299.5 1.90 9 600 4043 -16.4 -17.2 94 0.8 -16.7 325 48 297.1 297.4 282.3 302.2 1.65 10 550 4693 -19.9 -30.1 40 10.2 -21.6 323 50 300.5 300.6 282.3 302.4 0.57 11 500 5393 -24.4 -28.5 68 4.1 -25.1 319 51 303.3 303.5 283.7 305.7 0.73 12 450 6152 -29.1 -38.7 39 9.6 -30.2 318 61 306.6 306.7 284.4 307.7 0.30 13 400 6985 -33.7 -43.2 38 9.5 -34.5 322 84 311.2 311.2 286.0 311.9 0.21 14 350 7911 -39.4 -53.6 21 14.2 -40.1 320 93 315.6 315.6 287.4 315.9 0.07 15 300 8956 -42.9 -68.0 5 25.1 -43.6 320 78 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.01 16 250 10178 -44.9 -72.2 3 27.3 -45.6 320 63 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.01 17 200 11663 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 318 57 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 18 150 13555 -49.8 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 314 42 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16183 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 303 21 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5354.51 m Freezing level: 894.93 mb = 940.16 m = 3084.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 895.05 mb = 937.92 m = 3077.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.63 % Est. max temperature: 9.10 C = 48.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.33 mb = 583.00 m = 1912.69 ft T: 3.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 2.71 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 820.70 m = 2692.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.21 C = 43.17 F Cap Strength: 7.17 C Lifted Index: 8.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Showalter Index: 9.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 17.43 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.58 mb = 817.38 m = 2681.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.58 mb = 861.95 m = 2827.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 813.58 mb = 1694.89 m = 5560.58 ft B at Equ Level: 14.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 773.58 mb = 2091.08 m = 6860.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.4 at 44.0 knts Storm direction: 349.4 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.6 neg: -28.1 tot: 224.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 55.61 m/s