MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181800F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 5Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.34,-85.51 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -85.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 SFC 971 265 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.3 312 5 290.0 291.8 288.6 319.7 10.58 2 950 452 13.0 13.0 100 -0.0 13.0 331 8 290.3 292.1 288.2 318.3 9.93 3 900 905 11.0 11.0 100 -0.0 11.0 304 6 292.8 294.4 288.4 319.0 9.18 4 850 1382 9.1 9.1 100 0.0 9.1 202 2 295.7 297.2 288.9 320.4 8.56 5 800 1884 8.7 8.7 100 0.0 8.8 165 16 300.5 302.1 290.7 326.6 8.88 6 750 2417 6.2 6.2 100 0.0 6.2 194 26 303.3 304.7 290.9 327.0 7.93 7 700 2980 2.4 1.9 97 0.4 2.1 198 39 305.1 306.3 290.0 324.2 6.30 8 650 3575 -1.2 -1.2 100 0.0 -1.2 200 50 307.6 308.6 290.0 324.2 5.39 9 600 4209 -4.4 -4.6 99 0.2 -4.5 193 51 311.0 311.9 290.3 325.2 4.54 10 550 4891 -7.4 -7.8 97 0.4 -7.6 189 59 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.7 3.87 11 500 5629 -11.0 -11.8 94 0.7 -11.3 194 62 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.8 3.11 12 450 6433 -15.0 -16.1 91 1.1 -15.4 195 70 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.5 2.41 13 400 7314 -21.0 -22.7 86 1.7 -21.4 200 73 327.7 328.0 292.6 333.1 1.55 14 350 8284 -28.5 -30.8 80 2.4 -28.9 204 75 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.4 0.84 15 300 9368 -37.8 -40.7 75 2.8 -38.1 209 74 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.36 16 250 10595 -48.8 -52.1 69 3.2 -49.0 213 77 333.4 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 17 200 12031 -51.6 -70.5 9 19.0 -52.0 237 90 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13881 -57.7 -85.5 2 27.9 -57.9 221 46 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16394 -62.1 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 241 36 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.68 m Freezing level: 666.83 mb = 3374.33 m = 11070.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.13 mb = 3353.82 m = 11003.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.71 % Est. max temperature: 22.75 C = 72.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.50 mb = 280.30 m = 919.60 ft T: 14.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 686.01 m = 2250.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.04 C = 60.87 F Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lifted Index: 5.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: 5.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.14 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 28.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.13 mb = 719.67 m = 2361.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.13 mb = 765.39 m = 2511.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 895.13 mb = 950.50 m = 3118.40 ft B at Equ Level: 18.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 815.13 mb = 1728.82 m = 5671.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.4 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 224.4 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 3.2 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.7 neg: -21.5 tot: 237.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 241.84 m/s