MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 44.52,-81.76 Latitude: 44.52 Longitude: -81.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -13 SFC 978 177 12.6 11.5 93 1.0 12.0 302 24 287.6 289.1 286.1 312.1 8.77 2 950 415 9.7 9.7 100 -0.0 9.6 303 29 287.0 288.4 285.0 309.2 7.94 3 900 861 5.8 5.8 100 0.0 5.8 311 32 287.5 288.7 283.7 305.7 6.45 4 850 1328 4.2 4.2 100 0.0 4.2 295 14 290.5 291.6 284.5 307.9 6.07 5 800 1821 3.2 3.2 100 0.0 3.2 271 17 294.5 295.6 286.1 312.0 6.02 6 750 2343 2.0 0.3 89 1.7 1.1 242 15 298.7 299.7 286.8 314.2 5.21 7 700 2899 -0.0 -5.1 69 5.1 -2.3 194 19 302.4 303.1 286.7 313.8 3.73 8 650 3488 -3.0 -13.2 45 10.3 -6.7 175 16 305.6 306.0 286.2 312.3 2.12 9 600 4117 -6.8 -18.7 38 12.0 -10.4 161 9 308.3 308.6 286.4 313.1 1.46 10 550 4789 -12.1 -17.2 66 5.1 -13.7 197 19 309.7 310.1 287.3 315.6 1.81 11 500 5511 -16.8 -19.5 79 2.7 -17.5 188 19 312.6 312.9 288.1 318.0 1.64 12 450 6295 -22.0 -24.9 77 2.9 -22.6 159 39 315.6 315.8 288.6 319.5 1.13 13 400 7148 -29.2 -31.9 77 2.7 -29.6 159 39 317.0 317.2 288.5 319.4 0.66 14 350 8086 -37.4 -40.4 74 3.0 -37.7 143 38 318.3 318.3 288.6 319.4 0.32 15 300 9138 -41.4 -52.8 28 11.4 -41.9 159 50 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.10 16 250 10372 -42.3 -69.0 4 26.7 -43.2 159 49 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.2 0.01 17 200 11873 -44.4 -75.5 2 31.1 -45.3 174 46 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 18 150 13771 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 189 25 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16350 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 202 14 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5523.84 m Freezing level: 701.15 mb = 2886.01 m = 9468.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.33 mb = 2523.96 m = 8280.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.20 % Est. max temperature: 17.25 C = 63.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.74 mb = 304.17 m = 997.93 ft T: 11.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 6.39 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.49 mb = 595.25 m = 1952.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.20 C = 53.96 F Cap Strength: 6.44 C Lifted Index: 6.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.06 C Showalter Index: 6.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 19.99 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.73 mb = 628.77 m = 2062.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.73 mb = 673.47 m = 2209.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 840.73 mb = 1416.94 m = 4648.70 ft B at Equ Level: 16.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 800.73 mb = 1813.53 m = 5949.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 7.4 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.1 neg: -51.1 tot: -7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 137.34 m/s