MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161200F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161200F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 19Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 42.89,-84.57 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -84.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 986 249 17.8 6.7 48 11.1 11.6 185 10 292.1 293.3 285.4 310.1 6.25 2 950 560 14.0 4.9 54 9.2 9.2 186 13 291.4 292.5 284.5 307.9 5.71 3 900 1014 13.1 -6.0 26 19.2 4.8 207 19 295.1 295.5 282.7 303.2 2.70 4 850 1493 12.6 5.0 60 7.6 8.3 216 17 299.3 300.5 288.2 318.4 6.45 5 800 2001 10.7 5.3 69 5.5 7.6 231 16 302.6 303.9 289.8 323.5 6.97 6 750 2536 7.9 4.8 81 3.0 6.1 240 17 305.1 306.4 290.8 326.9 7.22 7 700 3104 5.0 3.7 91 1.3 4.3 252 24 308.0 309.4 291.7 329.9 7.16 8 650 3706 2.2 -1.1 79 3.3 0.5 257 29 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.4 5.43 9 600 4348 -1.5 -5.9 72 4.4 -3.6 260 33 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.5 4.09 10 550 5036 -5.5 -11.8 61 6.3 -8.0 261 38 317.5 318.1 290.8 326.7 2.81 11 500 5777 -9.8 -21.2 39 11.4 -13.2 264 38 321.1 321.4 290.6 326.0 1.41 12 450 6579 -16.6 -20.5 72 3.9 -17.8 263 37 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.0 1.66 13 400 7455 -21.7 -23.6 84 1.9 -22.1 256 27 326.9 327.1 292.2 331.9 1.43 14 350 8423 -29.1 -31.7 78 2.6 -29.5 259 32 329.5 329.7 292.3 332.4 0.77 15 300 9507 -37.2 -40.2 74 2.9 -37.5 262 39 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.39 16 250 10738 -48.0 -51.4 68 3.4 -48.1 269 49 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.13 17 200 12170 -57.7 -62.1 57 4.4 -57.8 265 52 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 18 150 13968 -62.3 -79.7 8 17.4 -62.4 272 47 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16421 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 272 33 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.51 m Freezing level: 620.49 mb = 4084.77 m = 13401.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.96 mb = 3780.54 m = 12403.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.86 C = 78.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.91 mb = 1643.23 m = 5391.11 ft T: 12.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 6.93 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 551.76 mb = 5011.02 m = 16440.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.92 C = 109.26 F Cap Strength: 13.30 C Lifted Index: 14.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.78 C Showalter Index: 7.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 14.76 C K Index: 26.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13005.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.60 mb = 2290.03 m = 7513.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.4 neg: -3.6 tot: 103.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 69.12 m/s