MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250000F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 42.15,-86.82 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -86.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 992 177 18.1 17.5 97 0.5 17.7 355 12 291.9 294.1 291.2 328.1 12.80 2 950 548 15.0 15.0 100 -0.0 15.0 358 15 292.4 294.4 290.1 324.5 11.33 3 900 1004 11.9 11.2 95 0.7 11.4 3 15 293.7 295.4 288.9 320.4 9.30 4 850 1481 9.4 6.9 84 2.5 7.9 9 11 296.0 297.3 287.9 317.3 7.34 5 800 1981 5.6 4.3 92 1.3 4.9 352 8 297.1 298.3 287.5 316.2 6.52 6 750 2509 5.4 -3.1 54 8.5 1.4 333 12 302.4 303.2 287.0 314.8 4.06 7 700 3071 3.4 -7.3 46 10.6 -1.3 317 16 306.2 306.8 287.5 316.1 3.16 8 650 3669 0.6 -14.7 31 15.3 -5.0 309 16 309.7 310.0 287.3 315.8 1.88 9 600 4305 -3.8 -19.7 28 15.9 -8.8 300 16 311.8 312.0 287.5 316.2 1.34 10 550 4987 -7.8 -32.3 12 24.5 -13.2 304 17 314.8 314.9 287.6 316.5 0.46 11 500 5719 -13.5 -30.5 22 17.0 -17.1 307 18 316.6 316.7 288.3 318.7 0.60 12 450 6510 -20.0 -36.3 22 16.2 -22.7 305 19 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.4 0.38 13 400 7370 -26.8 -44.1 18 17.3 -28.6 302 19 320.2 320.2 289.0 320.9 0.19 14 350 8320 -32.7 -53.5 11 20.8 -34.1 305 19 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.0 0.08 15 300 9394 -37.7 -62.1 6 24.3 -38.8 338 26 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.03 16 250 10637 -42.3 -69.5 4 27.2 -43.2 344 28 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.01 17 200 12123 -49.4 -71.7 6 22.3 -50.0 304 13 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 13979 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.0 254 17 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16516 -62.7 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 255 18 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.40 m Freezing level: 642.77 mb = 3760.58 m = 12337.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.07 mb = 2795.46 m = 9171.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.57 % Est. max temperature: 22.32 C = 72.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.52 mb = 243.66 m = 799.41 ft T: 17.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 13.29 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.28 mb = 652.23 m = 2139.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.88 C = 65.99 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.35 C K Index: 19.07 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.72 mb = 657.27 m = 2156.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 932.72 mb = 702.35 m = 2304.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 752.72 mb = 2479.15 m = 8133.61 ft B at Equ Level: 70.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 622.72 mb = 4009.49 m = 13154.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.9 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 352.9 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -103.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.50 Bulk Shear: 9.70 m/s