MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510191200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 42.56,-86.76 Latitude: 42.56 Longitude: -86.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 982 177 10.8 9.9 94 0.9 10.3 258 20 285.4 286.7 284.2 307.0 7.79 2 950 451 7.1 7.1 100 0.0 7.1 257 23 284.4 285.6 282.6 303.0 6.68 3 900 893 3.5 3.5 100 0.0 3.5 257 25 285.1 286.0 281.5 300.4 5.45 4 850 1353 -0.7 -0.7 100 0.0 -0.7 257 24 285.4 286.2 280.3 297.6 4.28 5 800 1834 -4.5 -4.5 100 0.0 -4.5 266 24 286.3 286.9 279.6 296.1 3.41 6 750 2338 -8.9 -9.0 100 0.0 -8.9 273 23 286.9 287.3 278.8 294.4 2.58 7 700 2870 -11.2 -12.2 93 0.9 -11.5 273 17 290.0 290.4 279.7 296.4 2.15 8 650 3435 -14.1 -15.4 90 1.2 -14.5 273 20 293.0 293.3 280.6 298.4 1.78 9 600 4037 -18.3 -19.8 88 1.5 -18.6 276 21 295.0 295.2 281.0 299.1 1.32 10 550 4681 -22.4 -24.6 82 2.3 -22.8 278 16 297.6 297.7 281.6 300.6 0.95 11 500 5375 -26.3 -28.9 79 2.6 -26.7 275 19 301.0 301.1 282.7 303.3 0.70 12 450 6128 -32.4 -35.7 72 3.3 -32.7 279 19 302.5 302.6 283.0 303.9 0.40 13 400 6944 -39.2 -45.2 53 5.9 -39.6 278 20 304.0 304.0 283.2 304.6 0.17 14 350 7854 -41.1 -63.8 7 22.7 -41.8 290 27 313.3 313.3 286.5 313.4 0.02 15 300 8899 -42.1 -69.6 3 27.5 -42.8 291 35 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.1 0.01 16 250 10131 -42.2 -73.8 2 31.6 -43.0 292 36 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.4 0.01 17 200 11633 -44.5 -75.6 2 31.0 -45.4 293 36 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 18 150 13541 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.2 290 33 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.01 19 100 16181 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 285 28 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5348.89 m Freezing level: 858.04 mb = 1279.03 m = 4196.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 858.21 mb = 1275.65 m = 4185.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.47 % Est. max temperature: 11.14 C = 52.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.71 mb = 289.63 m = 950.21 ft T: 9.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 12.63 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.79 mb = 591.24 m = 1939.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.01 C = 50.02 F Cap Strength: -0.19 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.15 C Showalter Index: 4.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 51.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 25.62 C K Index: 24.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 363.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.40 mb = 620.97 m = 2037.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.40 mb = 665.02 m = 2181.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 525.40 mb = 5014.52 m = 16451.63 ft B at Equ Level: 362.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 345.40 mb = 7943.83 m = 26062.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.8 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 299.8 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.2 neg: -11.5 tot: 19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 118.49 Bulk Shear: 3.06 m/s