MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.45,-85.55 Latitude: 41.45 Longitude: -85.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 973 276 20.2 17.1 82 3.1 18.1 193 10 295.6 297.9 292.3 332.1 12.69 2 950 484 20.8 16.1 74 4.8 17.7 200 26 298.3 300.5 292.7 333.7 12.17 3 900 950 17.2 15.0 87 2.2 15.7 207 36 299.2 301.4 292.9 334.2 11.97 4 850 1436 14.5 10.7 78 3.8 12.1 221 37 301.3 303.0 291.6 329.4 9.53 5 800 1945 10.4 8.1 85 2.3 9.0 225 40 302.3 303.9 291.0 327.6 8.51 6 750 2480 7.6 5.2 85 2.4 6.2 231 37 304.8 306.2 290.9 327.2 7.41 7 700 3047 5.2 -4.7 49 9.9 0.5 233 43 308.2 309.0 288.8 320.2 3.84 8 650 3647 1.5 -17.2 23 18.8 -5.0 234 43 310.7 311.0 287.3 315.7 1.52 9 600 4287 -2.1 -20.8 22 18.6 -8.0 235 40 313.6 313.9 288.0 317.7 1.22 10 550 4972 -6.8 -25.9 20 19.0 -11.9 239 42 316.0 316.1 288.4 318.9 0.84 11 500 5707 -11.8 -30.6 19 18.7 -16.0 236 47 318.6 318.7 289.0 320.7 0.60 12 450 6506 -16.9 -36.9 16 20.1 -20.3 233 53 322.1 322.1 289.8 323.4 0.36 13 400 7378 -23.6 -36.3 30 12.7 -25.5 230 56 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.9 0.43 14 350 8338 -30.1 -33.9 69 3.8 -30.7 253 70 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.5 0.62 15 300 9418 -38.5 -41.7 72 3.1 -38.8 245 81 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.33 16 250 10640 -49.5 -52.9 67 3.5 -49.6 244 94 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12070 -54.2 -68.6 15 14.4 -54.5 255 73 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13893 -59.0 -80.8 4 21.8 -59.2 243 51 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16401 -63.1 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.3 255 39 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.61 m Freezing level: 629.14 mb = 3914.22 m = 12841.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.09 mb = 3103.67 m = 10182.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.33 C = 79.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.83 mb = 669.02 m = 2194.91 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 18.45 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.16 mb = 1503.83 m = 4933.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 27.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 416.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.56 mb = 1164.60 m = 3820.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.56 mb = 1814.19 m = 5952.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.56 mb = 10571.51 m = 34683.01 ft B at Equ Level: 415.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.56 mb = 12310.38 m = 40387.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 290.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 6.47 Bulk Shear: 64.35 m/s