MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.23,-83.33 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -83.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 983 194 26.5 15.4 50 11.2 19.1 198 10 301.2 303.2 292.9 334.2 11.23 2 950 492 23.7 14.2 55 9.5 17.5 206 17 301.3 303.3 292.6 333.1 10.80 3 900 961 19.2 13.3 69 5.8 15.4 211 22 301.2 303.2 292.5 332.9 10.75 4 850 1449 14.4 12.5 88 2.0 13.2 212 24 301.3 303.2 292.5 333.0 10.76 5 800 1958 10.6 9.4 92 1.2 9.9 227 31 302.4 304.1 291.7 330.0 9.29 6 750 2494 7.6 6.2 91 1.4 6.8 245 36 304.8 306.3 291.3 328.6 7.93 7 700 3059 4.2 1.0 79 3.2 2.5 248 37 307.1 308.2 290.3 325.1 5.87 8 650 3659 1.2 -5.1 63 6.3 -1.7 242 42 310.3 311.0 289.6 322.9 4.02 9 600 4298 -2.2 -18.8 27 16.6 -7.7 242 41 313.5 313.8 288.2 318.4 1.44 10 550 4983 -6.8 -25.9 20 19.2 -11.8 241 44 316.1 316.2 288.4 319.0 0.84 11 500 5719 -11.6 -30.2 20 18.6 -15.8 238 47 318.9 319.0 289.0 321.1 0.62 12 450 6518 -16.6 -33.4 22 16.8 -19.8 236 47 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.2 0.51 13 400 7394 -21.6 -42.9 13 21.3 -24.5 234 53 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.22 14 350 8359 -30.6 -40.0 39 9.5 -31.7 237 62 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.8 0.33 15 300 9436 -39.1 -42.3 71 3.2 -39.4 240 59 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.31 16 250 10655 -50.5 -53.8 68 3.3 -50.7 252 69 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.10 17 200 12074 -57.2 -69.6 19 12.4 -57.4 255 67 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 18 150 13890 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.2 243 66 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16403 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.1 257 41 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.05 m Freezing level: 632.97 mb = 3876.76 m = 12718.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.60 mb = 3406.58 m = 11176.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.87 mb = 1599.67 m = 5248.19 ft T: 13.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 14.64 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1765.45 m = 5792.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.24 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 396.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.52 mb = 1673.91 m = 5491.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.52 mb = 1931.56 m = 6337.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.52 mb = 11115.87 m = 36468.95 ft B at Equ Level: 382.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.52 mb = 12650.98 m = 41505.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 202.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 5.16 Bulk Shear: 76.75 m/s