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: 42.57,-84.16 Latitude: 42.57 Longitude: -84.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 972 283 18.3 18.1 99 0.2 18.2 207 6 293.8 296.2 292.4 332.5 13.58 2 950 481 18.3 17.4 95 0.9 17.7 228 20 295.8 298.2 292.8 334.0 13.29 3 900 945 16.3 14.7 91 1.5 15.3 242 25 298.3 300.4 292.4 332.5 11.77 4 850 1429 12.8 12.5 98 0.4 12.6 233 30 299.6 301.6 292.0 331.1 10.76 5 800 1936 9.6 9.5 99 0.1 9.5 231 32 301.4 303.1 291.4 329.0 9.33 6 750 2471 7.2 7.2 100 0.0 7.2 230 35 304.4 306.0 291.7 330.1 8.56 7 700 3036 3.7 3.7 100 0.0 3.7 229 35 306.6 307.9 291.2 328.3 7.14 8 650 3635 1.2 -2.2 78 3.4 -0.4 226 36 310.4 311.3 290.6 326.0 5.02 9 600 4274 -2.9 -17.6 31 14.8 -7.8 220 40 312.8 313.1 288.1 318.1 1.59 10 550 4958 -6.7 -25.1 22 18.4 -11.7 221 39 316.2 316.4 288.5 319.3 0.91 11 500 5694 -11.8 -26.1 30 14.3 -15.4 232 43 318.7 318.8 289.3 321.8 0.91 12 450 6493 -16.7 -32.6 24 15.8 -19.9 234 49 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.2 0.55 13 400 7366 -23.0 -36.5 28 13.5 -25.2 233 53 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.42 14 350 8326 -31.5 -39.4 46 7.9 -32.4 252 56 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.6 0.36 15 300 9397 -39.0 -43.4 64 4.3 -39.4 255 86 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.27 16 250 10622 -49.5 -53.3 64 3.8 -49.7 246 101 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12048 -55.5 -70.5 14 15.0 -55.7 258 76 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 18 150 13869 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 240 50 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16386 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 252 23 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.69 m Freezing level: 634.76 mb = 3829.58 m = 12564.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.40 mb = 3568.17 m = 11706.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.52 % Est. max temperature: 25.02 C = 77.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.78 mb = 304.83 m = 1000.08 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 12.02 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1081.89 m = 3549.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.10 C = 73.57 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 479.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.08 mb = 877.50 m = 2878.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.08 mb = 1309.59 m = 4296.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.08 mb = 10566.30 m = 34665.92 ft B at Equ Level: 476.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.08 mb = 12642.17 m = 41476.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.6 neg: -3.9 tot: 84.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 12.69 Bulk Shear: 37.76 m/s