MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.64,-89.37 Latitude: 40.64 Longitude: -89.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 978 237 21.2 18.4 84 2.8 19.2 225 6 296.2 298.7 293.2 335.7 13.71 2 950 484 19.4 17.5 89 1.9 18.1 224 15 296.8 299.3 293.2 335.4 13.34 3 900 948 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 224 18 297.8 300.1 292.9 334.3 12.56 4 850 1432 12.9 12.7 99 0.2 12.7 233 21 299.6 301.6 292.2 331.6 10.91 5 800 1939 9.8 8.7 93 1.1 9.1 242 22 301.5 303.2 291.0 327.7 8.83 6 750 2474 7.1 0.3 62 6.7 3.6 245 31 304.3 305.2 288.8 320.2 5.23 7 700 3037 3.0 -6.4 50 9.4 -1.2 234 32 305.8 306.4 287.5 316.3 3.37 8 650 3632 0.2 -28.5 9 28.7 -7.3 238 39 309.2 309.3 285.7 311.1 0.56 9 600 4268 -4.0 -20.3 27 16.3 -9.0 237 44 311.5 311.7 287.3 315.7 1.27 10 550 4948 -8.7 -18.2 46 9.4 -11.7 240 48 313.7 314.0 288.5 319.2 1.66 11 500 5678 -14.1 -27.1 32 13.0 -17.1 240 53 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.7 0.83 12 450 6470 -19.3 -28.7 43 9.4 -21.2 241 57 319.0 319.2 289.3 321.8 0.80 13 400 7334 -25.1 -26.9 84 1.9 -25.5 241 65 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.1 1.05 14 350 8294 -30.8 -33.3 78 2.5 -31.2 246 90 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.7 0.66 15 300 9371 -38.6 -41.7 72 3.1 -38.9 239 105 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.33 16 250 10597 -48.3 -51.8 68 3.4 -48.5 225 110 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12037 -51.9 -71.9 7 20.0 -52.3 247 94 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.01 18 150 13878 -56.8 -84.5 2 27.7 -57.1 248 52 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16399 -64.3 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 251 47 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.42 m Freezing level: 647.84 mb = 3659.82 m = 12007.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.14 mb = 2896.38 m = 9502.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.40 % Est. max temperature: 25.39 C = 77.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.22 mb = 591.18 m = 1939.56 ft T: 18.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 24.62 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.96 mb = 891.12 m = 2923.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.63 C = 72.73 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.99 C Showalter Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 26.81 C K Index: 30.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1047.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.15 mb = 842.10 m = 2762.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.15 mb = 983.95 m = 3228.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.15 mb = 10697.22 m = 35095.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1037.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.15 mb = 13223.49 m = 43383.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.9 neg: -11.4 tot: 98.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 15.51 Bulk Shear: 67.52 m/s