MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F047.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F047.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 47 hour NAM valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.5,-86.19 Latitude: 39.50 Longitude: -86.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 978 255 22.1 16.7 71 5.4 18.5 167 7 297.2 299.4 292.5 332.9 12.34 2 950 505 22.5 15.8 66 6.7 18.0 183 21 300.0 302.2 293.0 335.0 11.95 3 900 973 18.2 14.1 77 4.1 15.5 193 26 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.6 11.34 4 850 1459 13.6 13.0 96 0.6 13.3 197 26 300.4 302.5 292.6 333.2 11.17 5 800 1968 10.6 6.6 76 4.0 8.2 225 24 302.4 303.8 290.3 325.2 7.64 6 750 2505 9.1 0.4 54 8.7 4.5 233 22 306.5 307.5 289.5 322.6 5.25 7 700 3073 6.5 -4.1 47 10.5 1.4 226 27 309.6 310.4 289.5 322.3 4.04 8 650 3677 3.5 -10.8 34 14.3 -2.5 224 35 312.9 313.4 289.1 321.2 2.57 9 600 4321 -1.7 -5.0 78 3.4 -3.3 224 41 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.1 4.38 10 550 5007 -7.2 -9.7 83 2.4 -8.2 225 45 315.5 316.1 290.6 326.3 3.34 11 500 5741 -12.9 -13.0 99 0.2 -12.9 228 49 317.3 317.9 290.7 326.5 2.80 12 450 6540 -17.2 -28.8 36 11.6 -19.8 227 49 321.6 321.7 290.0 324.3 0.79 13 400 7411 -22.8 -34.7 33 11.9 -24.8 230 53 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.1 0.50 14 350 8376 -29.7 -45.3 21 15.6 -31.3 233 62 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.19 15 300 9454 -38.8 -45.0 52 6.1 -39.3 237 71 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.23 16 250 10680 -48.6 -51.7 70 3.1 -48.7 238 84 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 17 200 12115 -55.0 -70.2 14 15.1 -55.3 244 86 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 13939 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 243 66 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16438 -66.4 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 252 41 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.20 m Freezing level: 616.29 mb = 4111.14 m = 13487.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.32 mb = 3281.74 m = 10766.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.91 mb = 944.75 m = 3099.54 ft T: 18.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 13.77 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.37 mb = 1445.62 m = 4742.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.35 C = 77.62 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 25.91 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 452.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.64 mb = 1363.24 m = 4472.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.64 mb = 1612.18 m = 5289.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.64 mb = 2235.68 m = 7334.82 ft B at Equ Level: 16.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 694.64 mb = 3135.84 m = 10288.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.1 neg: -4.2 tot: 168.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 7.00 Bulk Shear: 64.60 m/s