MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 8Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.25,-86.3 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -86.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -45 SFC 966 247 17.9 16.9 94 1.0 17.2 162 18 294.0 296.2 291.7 330.0 12.64 2 950 392 17.0 16.4 96 0.6 16.7 166 29 294.5 296.7 291.7 330.1 12.47 3 900 853 14.5 14.5 100 -0.0 14.5 180 54 296.4 298.5 291.7 329.8 11.58 4 850 1335 12.4 12.4 100 -0.0 12.4 196 66 299.2 301.1 291.9 330.5 10.73 5 800 1842 9.7 9.7 100 -0.0 9.7 198 60 301.5 303.2 291.6 329.4 9.47 6 750 2376 7.3 4.4 82 2.9 5.6 200 46 304.5 305.8 290.5 325.6 7.00 7 700 2942 4.0 0.4 78 3.5 2.1 203 46 306.9 307.9 290.0 324.2 5.64 8 650 3539 -0.6 -2.7 86 2.1 -1.6 204 48 308.2 309.1 289.7 323.2 4.82 9 600 4176 -4.1 -9.3 67 5.3 -6.2 204 53 311.4 312.0 289.2 321.4 3.14 10 550 4857 -7.5 -24.2 25 16.7 -12.1 210 63 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.5 0.98 11 500 5592 -10.8 -17.8 56 7.0 -13.0 203 86 319.9 320.3 290.6 326.3 1.89 12 450 6394 -16.2 -18.8 80 2.6 -17.0 196 82 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.5 1.93 13 400 7270 -22.2 -27.2 64 5.0 -23.3 196 82 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.7 1.03 14 350 8237 -29.5 -32.6 74 3.2 -30.0 193 77 329.0 329.2 292.2 331.6 0.70 15 300 9318 -38.5 -41.6 72 3.1 -38.7 187 68 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.4 0.33 16 250 10544 -47.5 -57.0 33 9.5 -47.9 202 88 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.07 17 200 12001 -50.7 -75.6 4 24.8 -51.2 225 77 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13852 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 224 59 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16383 -60.4 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 251 26 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.86 m Freezing level: 656.97 mb = 3456.18 m = 11339.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.61 mb = 3275.77 m = 10747.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.07 % Est. max temperature: 24.62 C = 76.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.93 mb = 375.14 m = 1230.76 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 12.06 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 753.36 m = 2471.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.96 C = 67.92 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 32.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.88 mb = 740.91 m = 2430.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.88 mb = 787.70 m = 2584.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 876.88 mb = 1071.99 m = 3516.97 ft B at Equ Level: 16.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 316.88 mb = 8934.09 m = 29310.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.9 at 58.2 knts Storm direction: 229.9 at 43.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 618.7 neg: -92.7 tot: 525.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 175.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 142.10 m/s