MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F053.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510161800F053.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 53 hour NAM valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.57,-86.06 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -86.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 977 256 23.2 16.2 65 7.0 18.5 188 14 298.4 300.6 292.6 333.2 11.97 2 950 497 22.2 15.4 65 6.9 17.7 194 28 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.8 11.65 3 900 964 17.9 14.3 79 3.7 15.5 200 32 300.0 302.1 292.7 333.5 11.43 4 850 1450 14.5 12.6 89 1.8 13.3 223 29 301.3 303.3 292.6 333.3 10.87 5 800 1961 11.1 8.5 84 2.5 9.5 241 31 302.9 304.5 291.5 329.0 8.76 6 750 2498 8.6 5.6 82 2.9 6.9 243 34 305.9 307.3 291.5 329.0 7.65 7 700 3066 6.1 -2.6 54 8.7 1.8 243 38 309.3 310.1 289.8 323.4 4.53 8 650 3669 2.1 -5.4 58 7.5 -1.4 241 39 311.3 312.1 289.9 323.7 3.93 9 600 4309 -2.5 -6.9 72 4.4 -4.5 240 46 313.2 313.9 290.3 325.2 3.79 10 550 4994 -7.5 -9.4 86 1.9 -8.2 240 47 315.2 315.9 290.6 326.2 3.42 11 500 5728 -12.2 -14.3 84 2.1 -13.0 236 48 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.5 2.52 12 450 6525 -17.9 -20.3 82 2.3 -18.6 235 49 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.70 13 400 7394 -24.0 -35.0 36 11.0 -25.7 243 54 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.49 14 350 8354 -31.3 -40.5 40 9.2 -32.4 243 63 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 15 300 9428 -39.1 -42.4 70 3.4 -39.4 248 67 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.30 16 250 10651 -49.4 -53.0 66 3.6 -49.5 244 70 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12086 -55.8 -72.1 11 16.4 -56.0 257 76 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.01 18 150 13909 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.3 244 62 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16414 -66.2 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.3 247 46 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.90 m Freezing level: 627.57 mb = 3956.06 m = 12979.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.51 mb = 3403.83 m = 11167.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.16 mb = 1143.81 m = 3752.61 ft T: 16.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 10.46 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.15 mb = 1639.15 m = 5377.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 30.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 553.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.17 mb = 1378.98 m = 4524.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.17 mb = 3517.80 m = 11541.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.17 mb = 10855.61 m = 35615.08 ft B at Equ Level: 543.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.17 mb = 12677.92 m = 41593.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 226.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 6.48 Bulk Shear: 85.44 m/s