MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 42.12,-83.39 Latitude: 42.12 Longitude: -83.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 997 188 5.2 4.1 93 1.1 4.6 236 1 278.5 279.4 277.9 292.6 5.15 2 950 594 11.6 4.3 61 7.3 7.8 165 8 288.9 289.9 283.2 304.5 5.48 3 900 1043 8.7 0.9 58 7.8 4.9 193 4 290.5 291.3 282.8 303.6 4.54 4 850 1515 8.7 -8.3 29 17.0 1.7 313 4 295.3 295.7 282.4 302.5 2.40 5 800 2016 9.0 -16.6 15 25.6 -0.1 331 10 300.7 300.9 283.3 304.8 1.30 6 750 2549 9.3 -20.8 10 30.1 -0.9 332 16 306.6 306.8 285.2 309.8 0.97 7 700 3117 6.4 -10.3 29 16.8 -0.6 329 21 309.6 310.1 287.9 317.5 2.48 8 650 3720 2.3 -7.7 48 10.0 -2.1 327 27 311.6 312.2 289.4 322.1 3.30 9 600 4362 -1.5 -9.9 53 8.3 -5.0 325 34 314.3 314.9 290.0 324.1 3.01 10 550 5049 -5.8 -13.9 52 8.2 -8.8 321 38 317.2 317.7 290.3 325.1 2.37 11 500 5789 -10.8 -18.5 53 7.7 -13.2 315 38 319.9 320.3 290.6 326.0 1.78 12 450 6591 -15.8 -25.2 45 9.3 -18.2 317 39 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.2 1.10 13 400 7467 -22.0 -28.3 57 6.2 -23.4 319 48 326.3 326.5 291.6 329.7 0.93 14 350 8435 -29.0 -36.1 51 7.0 -30.1 315 56 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.4 0.50 15 300 9519 -37.0 -45.9 40 8.8 -37.8 316 57 333.1 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.21 16 250 10755 -45.8 -56.5 29 10.7 -46.2 310 62 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.07 17 200 12211 -53.7 -68.0 16 14.2 -54.0 301 66 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14011 -64.7 -79.1 12 14.4 -64.7 295 73 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16449 -68.5 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.7 302 33 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.89 m Freezing level: 620.07 mb = 4104.26 m = 13465.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 801.88 mb = 1996.22 m = 6549.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.56 % Est. max temperature: 22.17 C = 71.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.34 mb = 323.91 m = 1062.67 ft T: 7.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 1.99 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 576.17 mb = 4681.99 m = 15360.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.31 C = 108.16 F Cap Strength: 16.43 C Lifted Index: 17.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.00 C Showalter Index: 16.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.46 C Cross Totals Index: 2.42 C K Index: -5.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15071.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.67 mb = 1383.14 m = 4537.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.7 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 351.7 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.8 neg: -21.0 tot: 35.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 89.98 m/s