MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 51.27,-86.68 Latitude: 51.27 Longitude: -86.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -52 SFC 970 202 14.6 13.7 94 0.9 14.0 177 8 290.2 292.0 288.4 319.0 10.20 2 950 379 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.5 182 18 291.2 293.0 288.7 319.9 10.15 3 900 834 11.1 11.1 100 -0.0 11.0 204 34 292.9 294.5 288.5 319.2 9.23 4 850 1312 11.4 9.8 90 1.6 10.4 222 36 298.1 299.7 290.0 324.3 8.99 5 800 1817 9.2 6.8 85 2.4 7.8 220 40 300.9 302.3 289.9 323.9 7.75 6 750 2349 6.0 3.8 86 2.2 4.8 217 40 303.0 304.3 289.7 323.1 6.69 7 700 2912 3.7 -5.8 50 9.6 -0.6 218 37 306.6 307.3 288.0 317.6 3.53 8 650 3509 -0.9 -8.0 59 7.0 -3.9 216 43 307.9 308.5 288.1 318.1 3.23 9 600 4141 -6.6 -11.5 68 4.9 -8.4 210 42 308.5 309.0 287.7 316.9 2.64 10 550 4815 -10.7 -23.9 33 13.1 -14.1 206 44 311.4 311.6 287.0 314.8 1.01 11 500 5542 -14.2 -33.5 18 19.3 -17.9 207 48 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.3 0.45 12 450 6334 -18.6 -35.9 20 17.3 -21.5 210 55 319.8 319.9 289.1 321.2 0.40 13 400 7201 -24.1 -37.6 28 13.5 -26.1 211 59 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.1 0.38 14 350 8164 -30.1 -45.5 21 15.5 -31.6 207 68 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.19 15 300 9240 -39.9 -51.5 28 11.7 -40.5 212 67 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 16 250 10460 -47.5 -65.7 11 18.1 -48.0 219 65 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.02 17 200 11922 -50.6 -72.6 6 22.0 -51.0 226 61 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13769 -57.0 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.3 241 35 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16305 -61.0 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 276 26 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.04 m Freezing level: 659.90 mb = 3390.82 m = 11124.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.31 mb = 2850.67 m = 9352.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.61 % Est. max temperature: 24.02 C = 75.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.77 mb = 310.76 m = 1019.54 ft T: 14.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 6.68 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.21 mb = 683.55 m = 2242.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.66 C = 61.99 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: 2.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.38 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 25.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.89 mb = 704.90 m = 2312.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.89 mb = 751.00 m = 2463.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 888.89 mb = 937.46 m = 3075.62 ft B at Equ Level: 18.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 848.89 mb = 1322.48 m = 4338.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.6 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 241.6 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.1 neg: -14.6 tot: 213.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 69.96 m/s