MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.1,-85.3 Latitude: 41.10 Longitude: -85.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 977 259 26.0 16.0 54 10.0 19.2 208 16 301.1 303.3 293.2 335.7 11.75 2 950 502 22.5 14.8 62 7.7 17.4 210 22 300.0 302.1 292.5 332.8 11.20 3 900 970 17.9 13.8 77 4.1 15.3 211 24 299.9 302.0 292.4 332.5 11.09 4 850 1455 13.2 12.7 97 0.4 12.9 213 26 300.0 302.0 292.3 332.0 10.94 5 800 1963 10.6 8.3 86 2.2 9.2 224 29 302.4 304.0 291.2 328.1 8.64 6 750 2502 10.0 1.9 57 8.1 5.6 238 36 307.4 308.5 290.4 325.4 5.85 7 700 3071 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.7 242 41 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.4 6.38 8 650 3672 1.1 -2.9 75 3.9 -0.9 243 40 310.2 311.1 290.3 325.1 4.77 9 600 4311 -2.5 -6.2 76 3.7 -4.2 243 37 313.2 314.0 290.6 326.0 4.01 10 550 4996 -6.7 -23.1 26 16.4 -11.4 239 40 316.1 316.4 288.7 319.8 1.08 11 500 5733 -11.6 -24.7 33 13.1 -15.1 235 45 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.4 1.03 12 450 6531 -17.5 -24.0 57 6.5 -19.1 232 48 321.3 321.5 290.4 325.5 1.22 13 400 7403 -22.9 -26.1 75 3.2 -23.6 233 46 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.3 1.14 14 350 8367 -29.8 -33.8 68 4.0 -30.4 240 47 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.9 0.63 15 300 9446 -38.3 -43.1 61 4.8 -38.7 240 56 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.28 16 250 10672 -48.9 -53.5 58 4.7 -49.0 245 76 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.10 17 200 12100 -57.3 -65.9 33 8.6 -57.4 255 88 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13920 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 233 51 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16416 -66.5 -86.2 5 19.7 -66.6 247 49 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.94 m Freezing level: 634.89 mb = 3865.52 m = 12681.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.40 mb = 3555.89 m = 11666.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.80 % Est. max temperature: 25.92 C = 78.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.83 mb = 1516.45 m = 4975.17 ft T: 12.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 10.29 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1480.52 m = 4857.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.92 C = 76.86 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 34.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 306.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.12 mb = 1483.94 m = 4868.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.12 mb = 1533.51 m = 5031.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 792.12 mb = 2045.73 m = 6711.64 ft B at Equ Level: 7.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 762.12 mb = 2367.91 m = 7768.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 160.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 6.74 Bulk Shear: 45.38 m/s