MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 44.41,-89.82 Latitude: 44.41 Longitude: -89.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 967 313 21.6 15.8 70 5.8 17.8 192 6 297.7 299.8 292.2 331.8 11.77 2 950 463 22.0 15.1 65 6.9 17.4 201 18 299.5 301.6 292.5 333.0 11.45 3 900 929 17.8 13.4 75 4.5 15.0 210 32 299.9 301.9 292.1 331.5 10.78 4 850 1416 14.1 10.6 79 3.5 11.9 218 34 300.9 302.6 291.3 328.7 9.45 5 800 1924 10.1 8.3 88 1.9 9.0 229 37 302.0 303.5 291.0 327.5 8.61 6 750 2459 6.9 6.4 97 0.5 6.6 237 39 304.1 305.6 291.2 328.3 8.07 7 700 3024 4.0 1.9 86 2.1 2.9 240 41 306.9 308.1 290.6 326.1 6.29 8 650 3623 0.8 -2.9 76 3.7 -1.0 240 46 309.9 310.7 290.2 324.7 4.75 9 600 4261 -3.7 -9.5 64 5.9 -6.1 239 51 311.9 312.5 289.3 321.8 3.09 10 550 4943 -7.8 -14.6 58 6.8 -10.2 232 52 314.9 315.3 289.4 322.2 2.24 11 500 5678 -11.6 -18.5 57 6.8 -13.8 227 54 318.8 319.2 290.2 324.8 1.78 12 450 6478 -16.5 -26.4 42 9.8 -18.9 230 53 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.9 0.98 13 400 7352 -22.8 -37.9 24 15.0 -25.1 233 54 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.37 14 350 8316 -29.8 -49.2 13 19.5 -31.5 233 60 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.12 15 300 9395 -38.4 -47.2 39 8.7 -39.1 229 62 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.18 16 250 10624 -46.9 -58.3 26 11.5 -47.3 224 64 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.06 17 200 12077 -53.7 -69.8 12 16.0 -54.0 231 58 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13893 -60.4 -80.8 5 20.3 -60.6 237 51 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16378 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 257 24 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.30 m Freezing level: 641.16 mb = 3735.77 m = 12256.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.18 mb = 3460.57 m = 11353.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.30 mb = 1050.42 m = 3446.23 ft T: 16.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 6.47 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1644.36 m = 5394.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.30 C = 77.53 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 34.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 244.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.21 mb = 1443.46 m = 4735.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.21 mb = 1901.00 m = 6236.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.21 mb = 8270.38 m = 27133.45 ft B at Equ Level: 243.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.21 mb = 11104.80 m = 36432.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 291.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 2.56 Bulk Shear: 95.59 m/s