MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 44.57,-85.35 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -85.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 971 326 7.1 5.7 90 1.5 6.4 280 8 282.7 283.7 280.9 299.0 5.90 2 950 501 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.4 286 13 282.8 283.8 280.8 298.9 5.84 3 900 941 1.9 1.9 100 0.0 1.9 303 20 283.5 284.3 280.1 297.1 4.88 4 850 1399 0.4 -7.2 57 7.6 -2.5 308 22 286.5 287.0 278.7 294.1 2.62 5 800 1884 -0.9 -11.5 45 10.5 -4.6 308 30 290.1 290.5 279.6 296.1 1.99 6 750 2398 -2.0 -16.3 33 14.2 -6.4 307 35 294.4 294.6 280.8 298.8 1.43 7 700 2946 -1.6 -27.5 12 25.9 -8.0 307 37 300.7 300.8 282.4 302.6 0.57 8 650 3535 -1.9 -41.7 3 39.7 -9.3 311 37 306.8 306.8 284.3 307.3 0.15 9 600 4168 -4.0 -34.9 7 30.9 -10.6 316 43 311.4 311.5 286.2 312.6 0.33 10 550 4848 -8.6 -24.8 26 16.2 -12.9 309 46 313.8 314.0 287.8 317.0 0.93 11 500 5579 -13.8 -26.6 33 12.7 -16.9 307 45 316.2 316.3 288.5 319.2 0.87 12 450 6370 -19.5 -30.1 39 10.6 -21.6 309 49 318.7 318.8 289.1 321.1 0.69 13 400 7232 -26.5 -38.3 32 11.7 -28.1 308 53 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.8 0.35 14 350 8180 -34.7 -42.9 43 8.2 -35.4 305 61 322.0 322.1 289.6 323.0 0.25 15 300 9237 -42.8 -50.3 43 7.5 -43.2 296 71 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.13 16 250 10448 -48.6 -63.7 16 15.1 -49.0 295 77 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.03 17 200 11907 -50.3 -72.1 6 21.8 -50.8 294 49 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13766 -56.4 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 293 41 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16328 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.8 249 20 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5499.21 m Freezing level: 836.03 mb = 1534.87 m = 5035.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 878.44 mb = 1135.16 m = 3724.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.40 % Est. max temperature: 13.02 C = 55.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.68 mb = 512.33 m = 1680.86 ft T: 5.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km ThetaE index: 4.90 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 852.81 m = 2797.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.79 C = 46.02 F Cap Strength: 16.12 C Lifted Index: 16.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.19 C Showalter Index: 19.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.21 C Cross Totals Index: 6.64 C K Index: -18.91 Risk: None Sweat Index: 88.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.55 mb = 863.67 m = 2833.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.55 mb = 908.53 m = 2980.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.55 mb = 1088.61 m = 3571.51 ft B at Equ Level: 8.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 843.55 mb = 1460.30 m = 4790.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.5 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 338.5 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 69.59 m/s