MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.55,-86.33 Latitude: 41.55 Longitude: -86.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 977 243 21.9 17.3 75 4.6 18.8 217 10 297.1 299.4 292.9 334.2 12.82 2 950 482 20.5 16.3 77 4.2 17.7 219 20 298.0 300.2 292.7 333.9 12.37 3 900 947 16.8 15.1 90 1.7 15.7 214 23 298.8 301.0 292.8 334.0 12.07 4 850 1432 13.4 12.5 94 1.0 12.9 218 26 300.2 302.2 292.2 331.8 10.76 5 800 1941 10.6 9.8 95 0.8 10.1 232 34 302.4 304.2 291.9 330.7 9.52 6 750 2476 6.8 6.4 97 0.4 6.6 232 43 304.0 305.5 291.2 328.2 8.08 7 700 3040 3.5 2.9 96 0.6 3.2 229 43 306.4 307.6 290.8 326.9 6.74 8 650 3640 1.3 -1.1 84 2.4 0.0 234 41 310.4 311.4 290.9 327.3 5.43 9 600 4279 -3.0 -11.4 52 8.4 -6.3 238 42 312.6 313.1 289.1 321.2 2.67 10 550 4963 -6.7 -31.0 12 24.3 -12.4 234 47 316.1 316.2 288.1 318.0 0.52 11 500 5699 -11.6 -35.4 12 23.8 -16.3 234 52 318.9 318.9 288.8 320.2 0.37 12 450 6498 -16.8 -34.2 21 17.4 -20.0 232 52 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.9 0.47 13 400 7369 -24.1 -31.5 50 7.4 -25.4 245 55 323.7 323.9 290.6 326.2 0.69 14 350 8330 -30.1 -33.1 75 3.0 -30.6 230 61 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.5 0.67 15 300 9408 -38.7 -42.0 71 3.3 -38.9 235 61 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.32 16 250 10633 -49.2 -52.4 69 3.2 -49.3 241 77 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12059 -58.3 -67.1 32 8.8 -58.5 250 92 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.02 18 150 13887 -58.3 -80.6 4 22.3 -58.6 236 56 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16388 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.9 254 51 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.42 m Freezing level: 635.32 mb = 3827.23 m = 12556.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.84 mb = 3641.55 m = 11947.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.07 C = 78.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.31 mb = 830.14 m = 2723.51 ft T: 17.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 7.14 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1246.94 m = 4090.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.52 C = 76.13 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 36.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 569.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.91 mb = 1080.84 m = 3546.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.91 mb = 1522.36 m = 4994.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.91 mb = 10869.17 m = 35659.57 ft B at Equ Level: 562.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.91 mb = 13057.43 m = 42838.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.0 neg: -10.2 tot: 161.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 8.89 Bulk Shear: 64.08 m/s