MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 43.09,-83.96 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -83.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -47 SFC 968 219 9.1 7.8 92 1.3 8.4 285 29 284.8 286.0 283.0 304.0 6.88 2 950 377 7.7 7.1 96 0.6 7.3 288 43 285.0 286.2 282.8 303.5 6.65 3 900 820 4.7 4.6 100 0.0 4.6 299 58 286.3 287.3 282.5 303.0 5.93 4 850 1285 3.9 3.9 100 0.0 3.9 322 59 290.2 291.3 284.2 307.2 5.95 5 800 1775 0.1 0.1 100 0.0 0.1 330 52 291.3 292.1 283.5 305.2 4.82 6 750 2292 0.5 0.5 100 0.0 0.5 344 40 297.2 298.1 286.3 312.8 5.30 7 700 2847 0.2 0.2 100 0.0 0.2 304 12 302.7 303.7 288.6 319.4 5.55 8 650 3438 -2.7 -3.6 93 0.9 -3.1 251 17 305.9 306.7 288.6 319.7 4.50 9 600 4068 -6.0 -9.6 76 3.6 -7.5 238 18 309.1 309.7 288.3 318.9 3.07 10 550 4744 -10.1 -17.4 55 7.3 -12.3 200 19 312.2 312.5 288.1 318.0 1.78 11 500 5472 -14.5 -27.3 33 12.8 -17.4 195 29 315.3 315.5 288.1 318.1 0.81 12 450 6262 -20.1 -47.1 7 27.0 -23.2 194 50 318.0 318.0 288.2 318.4 0.12 13 400 7124 -25.6 -49.4 9 23.8 -27.9 181 58 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.1 0.11 14 350 8077 -31.9 -60.5 4 28.6 -33.6 178 67 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.8 0.03 15 300 9154 -37.0 -62.9 5 25.9 -38.1 177 67 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 16 250 10401 -42.2 -68.9 4 26.7 -43.1 175 63 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.3 0.01 17 200 11897 -44.2 -75.3 2 31.1 -45.0 186 53 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 18 150 13785 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 197 49 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16365 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 233 20 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5518.66 m Freezing level: 696.46 mb = 2888.78 m = 9477.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.07 mb = 2880.37 m = 9449.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.74 % Est. max temperature: 15.08 C = 59.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.23 mb = 374.84 m = 1229.78 ft T: 7.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 1.99 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.21 mb = 673.80 m = 2210.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.12 C = 50.21 F Cap Strength: 10.69 C Lifted Index: 11.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.57 C Showalter Index: 9.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.42 C Cross Totals Index: 18.41 C K Index: 22.28 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.64 mb = 705.84 m = 2315.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.64 mb = 750.89 m = 2463.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 887.64 mb = 932.75 m = 3060.17 ft B at Equ Level: 14.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 837.64 mb = 1403.77 m = 4605.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.0 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 311.0 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 6.8 tot: 12.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 573.6 neg: -1.6 tot: 571.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 190.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 21.1 stream: 15.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 24.29 m/s