MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251200F003.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 43.16,-84.45 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -84.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 989 200 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.6 345 5 292.9 295.1 291.2 328.1 12.37 2 950 540 14.9 14.8 100 0.0 14.8 1 10 292.3 294.3 290.0 324.1 11.24 3 900 995 11.6 11.4 98 0.3 11.4 1 13 293.5 295.2 288.9 320.4 9.42 4 850 1473 10.3 8.4 88 1.9 9.2 324 8 297.0 298.5 289.0 320.8 8.19 5 800 1976 7.5 5.7 88 1.8 6.5 309 4 299.2 300.5 288.9 320.5 7.21 6 750 2504 4.0 2.0 87 1.9 2.9 29 3 300.9 301.9 288.2 318.5 5.90 7 700 3063 1.7 -7.9 49 9.6 -2.4 75 4 304.3 304.9 286.6 313.7 3.00 8 650 3656 -2.3 -10.6 53 8.3 -5.5 100 2 306.3 306.8 286.9 314.6 2.61 9 600 4287 -5.9 -16.0 45 10.1 -9.3 205 2 309.2 309.6 287.1 315.2 1.83 10 550 4963 -9.9 -21.3 39 11.4 -13.2 220 7 312.3 312.5 287.6 316.5 1.27 11 500 5690 -15.1 -28.8 30 13.7 -18.1 216 10 314.6 314.7 287.8 317.0 0.71 12 450 6477 -20.9 -35.4 26 14.5 -23.2 219 18 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.4 0.42 13 400 7335 -27.2 -41.7 24 14.5 -28.9 209 28 319.6 319.6 288.9 320.5 0.25 14 350 8285 -32.6 -49.5 17 16.9 -34.0 211 39 324.7 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.12 15 300 9358 -37.9 -56.2 13 18.4 -38.8 229 25 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.06 16 250 10602 -41.8 -64.3 7 22.6 -42.6 237 19 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 17 200 12094 -47.8 -75.3 3 27.4 -48.4 251 25 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 13954 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.4 -55.9 242 26 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16498 -61.2 -85.8 2 24.6 -61.5 268 21 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.30 m Freezing level: 679.28 mb = 3308.82 m = 10855.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.34 mb = 2808.77 m = 9215.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.66 % Est. max temperature: 23.35 C = 74.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.18 mb = 431.30 m = 1415.00 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 7.63 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.74 mb = 667.17 m = 2188.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.50 C = 65.30 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 24.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.13 mb = 699.76 m = 2295.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.13 mb = 745.08 m = 2444.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 857.13 mb = 1403.09 m = 4603.26 ft B at Equ Level: 16.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 317.13 mb = 8971.31 m = 29433.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.1 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 313.1 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: -11.8 tot: -7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.03 Bulk Shear: 11.18 m/s