MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.75,-85.98 Latitude: 40.75 Longitude: -85.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 981 209 23.2 15.9 64 7.2 18.4 183 10 298.0 300.1 292.2 331.9 11.68 2 950 486 22.8 14.3 59 8.4 17.2 195 25 300.3 302.3 292.3 332.2 10.87 3 900 954 18.9 12.4 66 6.5 14.8 204 31 301.0 302.9 291.9 330.9 10.13 4 850 1442 14.5 11.1 80 3.5 12.4 213 34 301.4 303.2 291.8 330.3 9.79 5 800 1951 10.2 8.5 89 1.7 9.2 223 32 302.0 303.6 291.1 327.9 8.72 6 750 2487 9.0 2.3 63 6.7 5.4 227 34 306.4 307.5 290.2 324.8 6.03 7 700 3056 5.6 0.7 71 4.9 2.9 225 33 308.6 309.7 290.7 326.4 5.75 8 650 3657 1.4 -3.0 72 4.5 -0.7 226 34 310.6 311.5 290.3 325.3 4.70 9 600 4297 -2.5 -8.2 65 5.6 -5.0 220 36 313.2 313.8 290.0 324.2 3.44 10 550 4982 -6.6 -13.2 60 6.6 -9.1 216 47 316.2 316.7 290.1 324.4 2.51 11 500 5718 -12.5 -23.0 41 10.4 -15.4 217 49 317.7 318.0 289.3 321.9 1.20 12 450 6515 -17.4 -29.8 33 12.5 -20.0 217 49 321.4 321.5 289.9 323.9 0.71 13 400 7386 -23.7 -26.3 80 2.5 -24.3 223 48 324.1 324.4 291.2 328.1 1.12 14 350 8348 -29.7 -37.7 46 8.0 -30.8 226 42 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.3 0.42 15 300 9428 -38.3 -41.6 71 3.3 -38.7 238 54 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.33 16 250 10655 -48.5 -52.1 66 3.6 -48.6 232 58 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.12 17 200 12087 -58.0 -65.7 37 7.6 -58.2 250 70 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.03 18 150 13906 -58.9 -84.0 3 25.1 -59.2 233 49 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16414 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 245 44 402.9 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.98 m Freezing level: 632.05 mb = 3886.70 m = 12751.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.05 mb = 3532.61 m = 11589.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.78 C = 80.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.73 mb = 1129.24 m = 3704.83 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 7.43 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1768.51 m = 5802.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 33.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.36 mb = 1587.95 m = 5209.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.36 mb = 1947.22 m = 6388.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 790.36 mb = 2051.70 m = 6731.21 ft B at Equ Level: 10.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 750.36 mb = 2483.11 m = 8146.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.9 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 247.9 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.7 neg: -4.7 tot: 184.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 4.55 Bulk Shear: 45.95 m/s