MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.35,-84.21 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -84.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 972 283 18.2 18.2 100 0.0 18.2 132 4 293.8 296.2 292.5 332.8 13.69 2 950 478 17.8 17.5 98 0.3 17.7 207 13 295.3 297.7 292.7 333.7 13.39 3 900 940 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 212 28 297.6 299.9 292.6 333.3 12.28 4 850 1424 13.0 13.0 100 -0.0 13.0 205 36 299.8 301.8 292.4 332.5 11.16 5 800 1933 10.7 10.7 100 -0.0 10.7 212 36 302.6 304.5 292.4 332.8 10.18 6 750 2469 7.9 7.9 100 0.0 7.9 222 30 305.2 306.8 292.3 332.1 8.96 7 700 3037 5.2 5.2 100 0.0 5.2 225 28 308.3 309.8 292.4 332.5 7.96 8 650 3640 2.4 2.4 100 0.0 2.4 217 30 311.6 313.0 292.6 333.3 7.00 9 600 4282 -2.1 -2.2 100 0.0 -2.1 219 31 313.6 314.7 291.9 330.8 5.45 10 550 4972 -4.2 -4.2 100 0.0 -4.3 222 35 319.1 320.1 293.2 335.5 5.08 11 500 5715 -10.4 -10.4 100 0.0 -10.4 231 36 320.4 321.0 292.2 331.8 3.47 12 450 6515 -17.7 -17.9 99 0.2 -17.7 237 41 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.0 2.09 13 400 7384 -24.5 -25.9 88 1.4 -24.8 236 43 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.2 1.16 14 350 8342 -31.6 -33.7 82 2.1 -31.9 249 52 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.4 0.63 15 300 9412 -40.3 -43.2 74 2.8 -40.5 253 75 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.28 16 250 10630 -49.9 -53.5 66 3.6 -50.0 246 84 331.9 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.11 17 200 12063 -54.1 -70.7 11 16.6 -54.4 257 67 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 13887 -59.3 -81.0 4 21.8 -59.5 239 50 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16400 -61.6 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 253 23 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.11 m Freezing level: 623.75 mb = 3976.86 m = 13047.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.81 mb = 3969.70 m = 13023.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.68 % Est. max temperature: 25.74 C = 78.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.96 mb = 281.96 m = 925.04 ft T: -9999.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 1.22 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 851.56 m = 2793.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.62 C = 70.92 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 504.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.74 mb = 773.27 m = 2536.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.74 mb = 1200.65 m = 3939.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 572.74 mb = 4650.55 m = 15257.52 ft B at Equ Level: 57.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.74 mb = 12635.16 m = 41453.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.8 neg: -4.4 tot: 157.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 11.90 Bulk Shear: 42.39 m/s