MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 5Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.46,-89.14 Latitude: 41.46 Longitude: -89.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 982 210 18.5 14.1 76 4.3 15.7 187 11 293.2 295.0 289.6 322.8 10.37 2 950 492 20.3 14.1 67 6.2 16.3 201 38 297.8 299.8 291.4 329.0 10.72 3 900 958 18.3 14.0 76 4.4 15.5 220 40 300.4 302.4 292.6 333.3 11.20 4 850 1445 14.0 13.0 94 1.0 13.3 227 38 300.8 302.8 292.6 333.5 11.12 5 800 1955 11.6 8.4 81 3.2 9.6 241 25 303.5 305.1 291.5 329.4 8.66 6 750 2493 8.7 6.7 88 1.9 7.5 254 21 306.0 307.5 292.0 330.9 8.25 7 700 3061 5.6 3.9 89 1.6 4.6 250 20 308.6 310.0 291.9 330.8 7.26 8 650 3665 2.7 -2.0 71 4.7 0.4 229 20 312.0 313.0 291.2 328.0 5.10 9 600 4307 -1.7 -7.9 62 6.3 -4.4 232 29 314.2 314.9 290.4 325.4 3.50 10 550 4994 -6.2 -17.3 41 11.2 -9.9 234 33 316.8 317.1 289.6 322.7 1.78 11 500 5732 -11.0 -27.1 25 16.1 -15.0 235 35 319.6 319.7 289.5 322.5 0.83 12 450 6532 -16.5 -38.0 14 21.4 -20.2 235 36 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.6 0.32 13 400 7405 -23.1 -36.4 29 13.2 -25.2 235 37 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.5 0.42 14 350 8368 -30.5 -46.0 21 15.4 -32.0 236 40 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.18 15 300 9446 -38.0 -58.4 10 20.5 -38.9 244 45 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.05 16 250 10676 -47.6 -58.6 27 11.0 -48.0 239 48 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 12120 -55.0 -69.1 16 14.0 -55.3 235 55 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13935 -59.3 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 251 49 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16418 -66.0 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 244 32 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.55 m Freezing level: 619.07 mb = 4062.23 m = 13327.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.14 mb = 3712.52 m = 12180.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.43 mb = 764.52 m = 2508.23 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 8.45 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.91 mb = 1914.19 m = 6280.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.55 C = 83.38 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5237.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.02 mb = 1306.00 m = 4284.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.7 neg: -11.8 tot: 273.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 30.68 m/s