MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.57,-83.91 Latitude: 41.57 Longitude: -83.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 981 211 27.2 14.5 46 12.7 18.8 208 16 302.0 304.0 292.7 333.6 10.67 2 950 491 24.0 13.8 53 10.1 17.3 209 23 301.5 303.4 292.4 332.5 10.51 3 900 961 19.4 12.9 66 6.5 15.1 211 25 301.4 303.4 292.3 332.2 10.41 4 850 1449 14.7 11.6 82 3.0 12.7 214 26 301.5 303.4 292.1 331.5 10.16 5 800 1959 11.3 8.5 83 2.8 9.6 239 28 303.2 304.8 291.5 329.3 8.76 6 750 2496 8.3 5.2 81 3.1 6.5 249 31 305.6 306.9 291.1 327.9 7.40 7 700 3064 5.5 -0.7 65 6.1 2.3 246 34 308.5 309.5 290.2 324.6 5.20 8 650 3665 1.7 -7.6 50 9.2 -2.4 242 40 310.8 311.5 289.2 321.4 3.32 9 600 4304 -2.7 -14.6 40 11.9 -7.1 246 40 312.9 313.3 288.6 319.6 2.05 10 550 4989 -6.8 -18.4 39 11.7 -10.5 246 40 316.1 316.4 289.2 321.5 1.62 11 500 5725 -11.4 -20.8 46 9.3 -14.2 245 42 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.0 1.46 12 450 6524 -16.9 -25.2 49 8.2 -19.0 234 41 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.8 1.10 13 400 7398 -22.6 -27.9 62 5.3 -23.7 229 45 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.0 0.97 14 350 8362 -30.0 -33.8 69 3.8 -30.6 235 54 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.5 0.62 15 300 9441 -38.6 -42.8 65 4.2 -39.0 231 59 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.29 16 250 10663 -49.7 -54.1 60 4.4 -49.9 239 69 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 12090 -55.9 -68.3 20 12.3 -56.2 249 67 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13910 -58.2 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.4 240 66 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16420 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 252 45 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.54 m Freezing level: 631.25 mb = 3904.77 m = 12810.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.72 mb = 3350.07 m = 10990.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.33 C = 81.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.33 mb = 1799.55 m = 5903.98 ft T: 12.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 1995.93 m = 6548.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.55 C = 83.39 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 31.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 224.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.34 mb = 1778.78 m = 5835.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.34 mb = 3390.70 m = 11124.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.34 mb = 9613.98 m = 31541.55 ft B at Equ Level: 224.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.34 mb = 12015.97 m = 39422.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 48.00 m/s