MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261200F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 42.37,-84.11 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -84.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 979 295 15.9 12.9 83 2.9 14.1 206 3 290.8 292.5 288.1 318.0 9.62 2 950 553 19.5 11.9 62 7.6 14.8 237 10 297.0 298.6 289.9 323.9 9.26 3 900 1015 16.2 9.8 66 6.4 12.3 245 11 298.2 299.7 289.6 322.9 8.46 4 850 1499 12.9 9.2 78 3.7 10.7 264 10 299.7 301.2 290.3 325.1 8.64 5 800 2006 9.9 4.8 71 5.1 7.1 248 11 301.7 302.9 289.3 321.9 6.77 6 750 2540 7.5 -4.0 44 11.5 2.1 255 13 304.7 305.4 287.6 316.4 3.80 7 700 3104 4.2 -8.0 40 12.3 -1.0 262 12 307.2 307.7 287.6 316.6 2.98 8 650 3703 1.7 -15.6 26 17.3 -4.6 276 12 310.9 311.2 287.6 316.6 1.74 9 600 4345 -0.4 -29.0 9 28.7 -8.0 255 5 315.7 315.8 288.0 317.7 0.58 10 550 5036 -3.9 -30.0 11 26.0 -10.6 206 4 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.5 0.58 11 500 5781 -7.9 -37.9 7 29.9 -14.0 221 7 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.29 12 450 6589 -14.6 -37.8 12 23.2 -18.8 255 4 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.33 13 400 7467 -21.8 -42.2 14 20.4 -24.6 234 3 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.23 14 350 8434 -29.4 -51.4 10 22.1 -31.2 159 2 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.10 15 300 9517 -37.0 -57.7 10 20.7 -38.2 74 2 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 16 250 10753 -46.0 -62.9 13 16.9 -46.5 46 6 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 17 200 12204 -55.0 -68.8 16 13.9 -55.2 309 6 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14014 -60.7 -82.1 4 21.5 -60.8 293 7 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16501 -66.2 -87.1 4 20.9 -66.3 260 14 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.04 m Freezing level: 609.24 mb = 4226.57 m = 13866.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.66 mb = 2911.95 m = 9553.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.44 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.26 mb = 668.14 m = 2192.05 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.56 C/km ThetaE index: 8.65 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.28 mb = 2394.75 m = 7856.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: 6.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 5.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.86 C Cross Totals Index: 17.17 C K Index: 17.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7774.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.96 mb = 1548.87 m = 5081.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: -3.0 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 35.38 Bulk Shear: 0.70 m/s