MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.73,-86.04 Latitude: 42.73 Longitude: -86.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 981 209 16.6 13.6 82 3.0 14.7 189 7 291.3 293.1 288.6 319.6 10.00 2 950 485 16.6 12.3 76 4.3 13.9 208 27 294.0 295.7 289.1 321.2 9.49 3 900 946 16.9 12.2 74 4.7 13.9 250 31 298.9 300.7 291.2 328.1 9.97 4 850 1433 14.9 10.8 77 4.1 12.3 232 32 301.7 303.5 291.7 330.1 9.61 5 800 1943 10.7 8.5 86 2.2 9.4 223 30 302.6 304.2 291.3 328.6 8.75 6 750 2477 6.0 6.0 100 0.0 5.9 217 25 303.1 304.5 290.7 326.4 7.82 7 700 3041 4.2 1.9 85 2.3 2.9 217 31 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.4 6.30 8 650 3641 1.0 -3.9 70 4.9 -1.4 222 40 310.1 310.9 289.9 323.8 4.41 9 600 4279 -4.0 -8.0 73 4.0 -5.7 225 49 311.5 312.2 289.5 322.6 3.48 10 550 4960 -8.1 -14.1 62 6.0 -10.2 231 50 314.5 314.9 289.4 322.2 2.34 11 500 5694 -11.9 -20.6 48 8.7 -14.5 233 51 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.5 1.48 12 450 6493 -16.9 -28.5 36 11.6 -19.5 231 48 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.8 0.81 13 400 7365 -23.3 -33.0 41 9.6 -25.1 232 45 324.6 324.8 290.8 326.8 0.59 14 350 8327 -30.4 -33.6 73 3.2 -30.9 243 51 327.8 328.0 291.7 330.2 0.64 15 300 9404 -39.2 -42.2 73 3.0 -39.5 243 52 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.31 16 250 10624 -50.2 -53.7 66 3.5 -50.3 234 50 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 17 200 12049 -54.9 -68.7 17 13.8 -55.1 238 56 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13887 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.3 241 46 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16380 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 243 42 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.07 m Freezing level: 640.27 mb = 3765.00 m = 12352.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.99 mb = 3444.13 m = 11299.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.25 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.48 mb = 588.91 m = 1932.08 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 7.97 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.99 mb = 2026.41 m = 6648.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6959.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.97 mb = 1205.97 m = 3956.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.1 neg: -49.1 tot: 158.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 42.07 m/s