MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.32,-82.98 Latitude: 42.32 Longitude: -82.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 986 181 19.6 18.9 95 0.8 19.1 66 0 294.0 296.5 292.8 334.1 14.04 2 950 497 18.9 16.7 87 2.3 17.4 212 9 296.4 298.7 292.5 333.0 12.68 3 900 961 17.8 14.5 81 3.3 15.6 204 31 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.7 11.58 4 850 1448 13.6 13.4 99 0.1 13.5 210 35 300.3 302.4 292.8 334.0 11.47 5 800 1957 10.8 10.7 99 0.1 10.7 214 31 302.7 304.5 292.4 332.8 10.15 6 750 2493 7.8 6.6 92 1.3 7.1 221 31 305.1 306.6 291.6 329.6 8.15 7 700 3060 4.8 1.0 76 3.8 2.8 223 32 307.9 309.0 290.6 326.0 5.90 8 650 3661 1.3 -5.4 61 6.7 -1.8 226 31 310.4 311.2 289.6 322.8 3.93 9 600 4299 -2.6 -5.7 79 3.1 -4.0 229 34 313.1 313.9 290.6 326.3 4.16 10 550 4985 -6.9 -10.0 78 3.1 -8.2 215 39 315.9 316.5 290.7 326.4 3.24 11 500 5720 -12.6 -15.4 79 2.8 -13.5 214 44 317.7 318.2 290.4 325.4 2.31 12 450 6514 -18.6 -21.9 75 3.3 -19.5 214 40 319.9 320.1 290.2 324.9 1.48 13 400 7385 -23.0 -25.2 82 2.2 -23.5 230 41 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.4 1.23 14 350 8349 -29.8 -33.5 70 3.7 -30.4 233 29 328.6 328.7 292.0 330.9 0.64 15 300 9429 -38.3 -41.7 70 3.4 -38.6 233 27 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.33 16 250 10653 -49.3 -52.8 67 3.5 -49.4 226 33 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 17 200 12081 -58.0 -65.7 37 7.7 -58.2 244 49 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 18 150 13893 -59.5 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.7 239 57 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16409 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 240 33 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.05 m Freezing level: 633.44 mb = 3872.24 m = 12704.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.41 mb = 3422.22 m = 11227.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.59 mb = 276.72 m = 907.85 ft T: 19.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 11.23 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.89 mb = 1280.09 m = 4199.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.78 C = 78.40 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 26.01 C K Index: 35.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.69 mb = 935.57 m = 3069.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.69 mb = 1773.16 m = 5817.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.69 mb = 10712.69 m = 35146.20 ft B at Equ Level: 486.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.69 mb = 12825.63 m = 42078.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.6 neg: -2.5 tot: 177.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 6.07 Bulk Shear: 80.65 m/s