MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.57,-86.88 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -86.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 207 25.1 16.3 58 8.8 19.2 203 13 299.8 302.0 293.0 334.9 11.99 2 950 493 22.5 15.7 66 6.7 17.9 205 20 300.0 302.1 293.0 334.8 11.91 3 900 960 17.9 14.8 82 3.1 15.8 208 22 299.9 302.1 292.9 334.5 11.80 4 850 1446 13.7 13.6 99 0.1 13.6 225 27 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.5 11.57 5 800 1956 10.4 10.2 98 0.2 10.3 233 30 302.3 304.1 292.1 331.4 9.81 6 750 2491 7.5 6.7 94 0.9 7.0 235 45 304.7 306.3 291.6 329.4 8.21 7 700 3058 5.0 1.8 80 3.2 3.2 237 48 308.0 309.1 290.9 327.1 6.23 8 650 3659 1.3 -4.1 67 5.4 -1.3 237 43 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.1 4.34 9 600 4299 -2.4 -17.1 31 14.8 -7.5 239 43 313.4 313.7 288.3 318.9 1.66 10 550 4983 -7.1 -22.7 28 15.6 -11.6 240 46 315.6 315.8 288.6 319.4 1.12 11 500 5718 -12.1 -29.6 22 17.5 -16.1 241 53 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.6 0.65 12 450 6516 -16.9 -35.1 19 18.2 -20.3 236 57 322.0 322.0 289.8 323.5 0.43 13 400 7389 -22.9 -43.1 14 20.3 -25.5 237 60 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.21 14 350 8352 -30.5 -42.8 29 12.4 -31.8 233 67 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.25 15 300 9427 -38.9 -45.3 51 6.3 -39.4 238 72 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.3 0.22 16 250 10653 -48.8 -52.2 68 3.3 -49.0 242 89 333.4 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 17 200 12087 -55.7 -69.9 15 14.2 -55.9 246 81 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13910 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 245 64 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16410 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 251 50 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.07 m Freezing level: 632.16 mb = 3887.12 m = 12752.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.07 mb = 3485.32 m = 11434.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.78 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.43 mb = 1313.16 m = 4308.21 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 15.62 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1411.37 m = 4630.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 651.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.33 mb = 1343.73 m = 4408.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.33 mb = 1492.79 m = 4897.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.33 mb = 10773.90 m = 35347.02 ft B at Equ Level: 649.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.33 mb = 12921.48 m = 42392.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 39.7 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 196.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 7.57 Bulk Shear: 86.10 m/s