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: 42.68,-83.60 Latitude: 42.68 Longitude: -83.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 969 318 20.9 15.7 72 5.2 17.5 271 7 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.5 11.68 2 950 488 20.7 15.1 70 5.6 17.1 250 12 298.2 300.3 292.2 331.6 11.47 3 900 954 18.0 13.3 74 4.6 15.0 212 19 300.0 302.0 292.2 331.6 10.75 4 850 1440 13.4 12.5 94 0.9 12.9 216 24 300.2 302.2 292.2 331.9 10.78 5 800 1949 10.7 9.5 92 1.2 10.0 238 35 302.5 304.3 291.8 330.3 9.35 6 750 2485 7.0 5.4 89 1.6 6.1 243 41 304.2 305.6 290.8 326.8 7.51 7 700 3047 3.1 0.2 81 3.0 1.6 241 41 306.0 307.0 289.6 322.9 5.55 8 650 3646 1.1 -4.9 64 6.0 -1.7 236 42 310.2 311.0 289.7 323.1 4.10 9 600 4284 -3.6 -8.0 71 4.4 -5.5 243 42 312.0 312.6 289.7 323.1 3.49 10 550 4966 -7.6 -12.4 69 4.7 -9.4 244 43 315.0 315.5 289.9 323.8 2.69 11 500 5702 -11.9 -20.8 48 8.9 -14.5 243 46 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.5 1.46 12 450 6501 -16.8 -30.3 30 13.4 -19.7 239 51 322.1 322.2 290.1 324.5 0.68 13 400 7374 -23.1 -35.4 31 12.4 -25.1 236 51 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.7 0.47 14 350 8337 -29.8 -33.7 69 3.9 -30.4 230 53 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.8 0.63 15 300 9414 -39.5 -43.2 68 3.7 -39.8 236 57 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.28 16 250 10631 -50.8 -55.3 59 4.5 -50.9 249 72 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.08 17 200 12055 -55.5 -69.7 15 14.2 -55.7 251 65 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13882 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 242 67 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16400 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.1 254 40 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.94 m Freezing level: 638.14 mb = 3797.56 m = 12459.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.59 mb = 3334.21 m = 10938.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.55 % Est. max temperature: 25.78 C = 78.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.69 mb = 975.87 m = 3201.63 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 8.97 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1581.95 m = 5190.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 77.00 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 34.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 269.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.85 mb = 1371.87 m = 4500.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.85 mb = 2139.16 m = 7018.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 351.85 mb = 8298.65 m = 27226.20 ft B at Equ Level: 255.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.85 mb = 11996.53 m = 39358.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.7 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.3 neg: -14.3 tot: 203.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 3.38 Bulk Shear: 79.73 m/s