MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.35,-83.42 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -83.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 982 204 18.1 18.0 99 0.1 18.1 162 5 292.8 295.2 291.9 330.6 13.32 2 950 486 16.9 16.8 99 0.1 16.8 203 15 294.3 296.6 291.9 330.7 12.73 3 900 946 14.4 14.4 100 -0.0 14.4 220 27 296.3 298.4 291.6 329.6 11.54 4 850 1429 12.9 11.5 92 1.3 12.0 231 28 299.7 301.5 291.5 329.3 10.11 5 800 1936 10.1 8.3 89 1.7 9.0 217 30 301.9 303.5 291.0 327.5 8.64 6 750 2471 7.0 3.9 81 3.0 5.3 217 30 304.2 305.4 290.2 324.6 6.78 7 700 3035 3.5 1.7 88 1.8 2.6 210 33 306.4 307.6 290.4 325.3 6.21 8 650 3633 0.2 -0.4 96 0.6 -0.0 205 39 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.0 5.75 9 600 4270 -3.9 -6.5 82 2.6 -5.1 200 45 311.6 312.4 290.0 324.0 3.91 10 550 4954 -7.9 -12.3 71 4.4 -9.6 207 47 314.7 315.2 289.8 323.5 2.70 11 500 5685 -13.9 -17.1 77 3.2 -14.9 213 53 316.1 316.4 289.6 322.7 2.00 12 450 6480 -17.3 -19.3 84 2.0 -17.9 213 50 321.5 321.8 291.0 327.7 1.84 13 400 7354 -22.5 -24.6 83 2.1 -23.0 217 41 325.7 326.0 291.8 330.3 1.30 14 350 8318 -30.6 -33.4 77 2.8 -31.0 221 46 327.5 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.65 15 300 9395 -39.0 -42.1 72 3.1 -39.2 224 49 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10617 -49.9 -53.4 67 3.4 -50.1 229 57 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.11 17 200 12036 -58.1 -64.6 43 6.5 -58.2 254 80 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 18 150 13857 -59.0 -81.0 4 22.0 -59.3 248 36 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16387 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 236 30 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.73 m Freezing level: 647.00 mb = 3671.63 m = 12045.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.74 mb = 3624.24 m = 11890.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.01 mb = 219.78 m = 721.04 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 6.09 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.52 mb = 680.51 m = 2232.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.46 C = 68.82 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 25.47 C K Index: 36.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 238.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.76 mb = 669.10 m = 2195.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.76 mb = 715.01 m = 2345.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.76 mb = 1090.27 m = 3576.94 ft B at Equ Level: 17.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.76 mb = 11582.93 m = 38001.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 97.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 3.28 Bulk Shear: 72.75 m/s