MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F049.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F049.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 49 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.32,-86.22 Latitude: 39.32 Longitude: -86.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 977 259 22.6 16.7 70 5.8 18.7 171 10 297.7 299.9 292.7 333.5 12.36 2 950 503 21.5 16.0 71 5.5 17.8 182 24 299.0 301.2 292.9 334.3 12.10 3 900 970 18.2 14.1 77 4.1 15.5 201 37 300.2 302.3 292.6 333.4 11.31 4 850 1456 14.0 12.3 90 1.7 12.9 204 37 300.8 302.7 292.3 332.1 10.63 5 800 1965 10.1 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 219 30 301.9 303.6 291.6 329.6 9.36 6 750 2500 7.5 1.0 63 6.5 4.1 218 26 304.8 305.8 289.2 321.5 5.50 7 700 3066 5.0 -1.6 62 6.6 1.7 217 33 308.0 308.9 289.7 323.1 4.86 8 650 3666 1.4 -9.9 43 11.2 -3.3 211 41 310.5 311.1 288.5 319.4 2.78 9 600 4306 -2.5 -3.5 93 0.9 -3.0 213 49 313.2 314.2 291.4 328.8 4.94 10 550 4991 -6.9 -7.8 94 0.8 -7.3 217 51 315.9 316.6 291.2 328.4 3.88 11 500 5729 -11.1 -13.5 83 2.4 -12.0 219 53 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.4 2.70 12 450 6529 -16.6 -21.6 66 4.9 -18.0 222 56 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.5 1.51 13 400 7403 -22.6 -31.3 45 8.7 -24.2 230 61 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.2 0.70 14 350 8368 -29.6 -44.9 21 15.3 -31.2 233 70 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.20 15 300 9450 -37.6 -41.6 66 4.0 -38.0 236 68 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.33 16 250 10679 -48.6 -52.0 68 3.4 -48.8 236 56 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.13 17 200 12107 -56.7 -60.9 59 4.2 -56.8 234 62 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 13941 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 240 62 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16446 -66.9 -87.2 4 20.3 -67.1 250 43 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.86 m Freezing level: 632.25 mb = 3893.26 m = 12773.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.13 mb = 3263.56 m = 10707.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.21 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.74 mb = 1000.48 m = 3282.37 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 12.76 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1495.00 m = 4904.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.73 C = 78.32 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 30.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 358.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.85 mb = 1318.73 m = 4326.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.85 mb = 1667.80 m = 5471.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.85 mb = 9245.76 m = 30333.50 ft B at Equ Level: 357.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.85 mb = 12473.01 m = 40921.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.5 neg: -20.0 tot: 234.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 5.21 Bulk Shear: 68.77 m/s