MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F039.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.19,-83.77 Latitude: 42.19 Longitude: -83.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 SFC 970 252 19.6 16.8 84 2.8 17.7 167 11 295.3 297.5 292.0 331.1 12.47 2 950 427 18.8 16.3 85 2.6 17.1 176 22 296.3 298.5 292.2 331.9 12.35 3 900 890 15.4 14.3 93 1.1 14.7 192 37 297.4 299.4 291.9 330.5 11.43 4 850 1373 13.2 7.4 68 5.8 9.8 201 49 299.9 301.3 289.5 322.4 7.60 5 800 1881 10.9 2.0 54 8.9 6.1 195 53 302.7 303.8 288.5 319.4 5.53 6 750 2416 7.8 -0.6 55 8.4 3.5 196 56 305.1 306.0 288.7 320.0 4.88 7 700 2983 5.4 -9.8 32 15.2 -1.0 200 58 308.5 309.0 287.6 316.7 2.60 8 650 3582 1.1 -10.2 42 11.4 -3.6 199 58 310.2 310.8 288.3 318.9 2.70 9 600 4221 -2.4 -3.9 89 1.5 -3.1 196 62 313.4 314.3 291.3 328.4 4.77 10 550 4906 -7.3 -8.8 88 1.6 -7.9 193 65 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.0 3.56 11 500 5643 -11.6 -12.6 93 1.0 -12.0 196 65 318.9 319.4 291.3 328.4 2.90 12 450 6440 -16.9 -18.6 86 1.7 -17.4 207 62 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.6 1.95 13 400 7318 -21.2 -24.7 74 3.4 -22.1 219 57 327.4 327.6 292.2 332.0 1.30 14 350 8289 -28.1 -33.4 61 5.3 -29.0 216 55 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.2 0.65 15 300 9375 -37.2 -46.9 36 9.7 -38.0 210 58 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.19 16 250 10605 -48.5 -51.8 68 3.3 -48.6 209 74 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12041 -54.1 -70.1 12 16.0 -54.4 225 75 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 13873 -59.5 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.7 229 49 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16377 -63.0 -85.5 3 22.5 -63.2 220 25 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.19 m Freezing level: 633.95 mb = 3787.06 m = 12424.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.82 mb = 2856.60 m = 9371.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.14 % Est. max temperature: 25.82 C = 78.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.40 mb = 605.47 m = 1986.42 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.18 mb = 1282.06 m = 4206.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.67 C = 74.61 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.99 C K Index: 16.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.63 mb = 987.66 m = 3240.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.63 mb = 3648.03 m = 11968.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 434.63 mb = 6699.24 m = 21978.87 ft B at Equ Level: 53.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 374.63 mb = 7794.28 m = 25571.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.5 at 55.1 knts Storm direction: 226.5 at 41.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.4 neg: -7.0 tot: 329.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 145.88 m/s