MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 42.07,-83.54 Latitude: 42.07 Longitude: -83.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 991 197 14.3 5.9 57 8.4 9.8 277 10 288.2 289.3 283.4 304.9 5.88 2 950 547 9.6 3.7 67 5.8 6.6 278 13 286.9 287.8 282.1 301.8 5.27 3 900 992 5.2 2.8 85 2.3 4.0 278 14 286.8 287.7 282.0 301.6 5.21 4 850 1457 3.6 -10.9 34 14.5 -1.7 304 21 289.9 290.2 279.4 295.7 1.95 5 800 1947 2.5 -18.2 20 20.7 -3.9 300 23 293.8 294.0 280.1 297.3 1.14 6 750 2467 1.6 -29.1 8 30.7 -5.9 298 24 298.3 298.3 281.3 299.8 0.46 7 700 3020 0.7 -39.8 3 40.5 -7.3 300 27 303.2 303.2 282.9 303.8 0.17 8 650 3614 0.2 -40.9 3 41.0 -8.0 306 33 309.2 309.2 285.2 309.8 0.17 9 600 4251 -3.0 -32.6 8 29.6 -9.9 316 34 312.6 312.7 286.8 314.1 0.41 10 550 4933 -7.9 -26.6 21 18.6 -12.7 307 37 314.7 314.8 287.9 317.4 0.79 11 500 5665 -13.1 -25.2 35 12.1 -16.1 311 38 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.5 0.99 12 450 6459 -18.6 -29.2 39 10.6 -20.8 312 41 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.5 0.76 13 400 7325 -25.6 -30.6 63 5.0 -26.5 305 48 321.7 321.8 290.1 324.3 0.75 14 350 8277 -32.7 -40.2 47 7.6 -33.5 302 57 324.7 324.8 290.6 325.9 0.33 15 300 9345 -41.0 -51.1 33 10.1 -41.6 299 62 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.12 16 250 10558 -48.8 -60.6 24 11.7 -49.2 292 65 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.04 17 200 12011 -51.7 -71.5 8 19.8 -52.0 294 52 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13855 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 245 26 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16381 -61.9 -86.8 2 24.9 -62.1 271 28 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5546.86 m Freezing level: 647.42 mb = 3646.73 m = 11964.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 864.59 mb = 1318.43 m = 4325.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.74 % Est. max temperature: 16.64 C = 61.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.84 mb = 1241.33 m = 4072.57 ft T: 4.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 9.18 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.70 mb = 4084.36 m = 13399.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.73 C = 99.92 F Cap Strength: 13.73 C Lifted Index: 14.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.83 C Showalter Index: 18.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.60 C Cross Totals Index: 2.14 C K Index: -34.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 79.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13857.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.97 mb = 1286.72 m = 4221.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.9 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 334.9 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 74.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 43.69 m/s