MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.01,-93.56 Latitude: 41.01 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 129 SFC 979 306 9.9 0.8 53 9.2 5.6 209 4 284.8 285.5 279.8 296.5 4.13 2 950 560 12.2 -2.4 36 14.6 5.5 263 11 289.6 290.2 281.1 299.4 3.37 3 900 1009 8.0 -3.6 44 11.6 2.9 263 13 289.7 290.3 281.0 299.2 3.24 4 850 1477 5.7 -25.8 8 31.4 -2.6 299 14 292.1 292.2 278.6 293.9 0.55 5 800 1970 3.3 -28.7 7 31.9 -4.6 292 16 294.6 294.7 279.6 296.1 0.45 6 750 2490 1.9 -36.1 4 38.0 -6.1 300 22 298.6 298.7 281.1 299.4 0.23 7 700 3045 0.9 -21.4 17 22.3 -5.8 305 33 303.5 303.7 284.1 306.7 0.99 8 650 3638 -1.2 -10.9 48 9.6 -5.0 302 39 307.6 308.0 287.3 315.7 2.57 9 600 4272 -3.8 -18.6 31 14.9 -8.5 304 40 311.8 312.1 287.6 316.6 1.47 10 550 4955 -7.3 -22.0 30 14.6 -11.6 310 47 315.4 315.6 288.5 319.4 1.20 11 500 5690 -11.5 -27.1 26 15.6 -15.4 311 55 319.0 319.1 289.3 321.8 0.83 12 450 6488 -17.7 -29.8 34 12.0 -20.3 308 57 320.9 321.1 289.8 323.5 0.72 13 400 7356 -24.5 -36.3 33 11.8 -26.3 311 60 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.7 0.43 14 350 8314 -31.5 -44.4 27 12.9 -32.7 314 68 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.21 15 300 9386 -40.0 -50.8 31 10.8 -40.7 312 77 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.12 16 250 10603 -49.2 -59.4 30 10.1 -49.6 311 81 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.05 17 200 12043 -54.7 -71.8 10 17.1 -55.0 313 77 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.01 18 150 13878 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 308 60 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16408 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.4 -63.9 282 32 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5560.74 m Freezing level: 678.73 mb = 3297.17 m = 10817.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.76 mb = 1251.51 m = 4105.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.91 % Est. max temperature: 18.23 C = 64.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.57 mb = 1462.28 m = 4797.44 ft T: 5.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 5.53 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 504.59 mb = 5619.69 m = 18437.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.55 C = 110.39 F Cap Strength: 16.83 C Lifted Index: 18.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.22 C Showalter Index: 21.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.23 C Cross Totals Index: -14.20 C K Index: -30.83 Risk: None Sweat Index: 83.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15037.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.80 mb = 2385.82 m = 7827.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.2 neg: -2.0 tot: 157.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 97.40 m/s