MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.23,-86.87 Latitude: 40.23 Longitude: -86.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 979 236 20.2 19.1 93 1.1 19.5 186 6 295.2 297.8 293.4 336.4 14.39 2 950 496 20.2 18.0 87 2.2 18.8 212 18 297.7 300.2 293.8 337.8 13.83 3 900 961 17.1 15.4 89 1.7 16.0 217 26 299.2 301.4 293.1 335.1 12.32 4 850 1447 14.1 11.1 82 3.0 12.3 224 27 300.9 302.8 291.7 329.9 9.83 5 800 1957 11.2 8.9 86 2.3 9.7 225 28 303.1 304.7 291.6 329.7 8.96 6 750 2493 8.0 4.3 77 3.7 5.9 228 35 305.3 306.5 290.6 326.3 6.96 7 700 3061 5.2 0.2 70 5.1 2.6 225 38 308.3 309.3 290.4 325.4 5.54 8 650 3662 1.9 -3.0 70 4.9 -0.5 215 38 311.1 312.0 290.5 325.9 4.71 9 600 4302 -3.0 -5.9 80 2.9 -4.3 208 40 312.7 313.5 290.5 325.7 4.10 10 550 4987 -7.3 -10.2 79 2.9 -8.5 220 34 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.8 3.20 11 500 5721 -12.8 -15.2 82 2.4 -13.6 219 31 317.4 317.9 290.3 325.2 2.35 12 450 6518 -17.3 -18.9 88 1.5 -17.8 220 40 321.4 321.8 291.1 327.9 1.91 13 400 7392 -22.5 -27.8 62 5.3 -23.6 223 53 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.3 0.97 14 350 8357 -29.9 -33.1 73 3.2 -30.4 228 64 328.5 328.6 292.0 330.9 0.67 15 300 9437 -38.0 -41.8 67 3.9 -38.3 216 54 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.32 16 250 10667 -47.6 -53.0 53 5.5 -47.8 220 60 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.11 17 200 12102 -58.6 -63.0 57 4.4 -58.7 252 84 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 18 150 13919 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 236 53 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16415 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 246 51 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.40 m Freezing level: 630.67 mb = 3909.48 m = 12826.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.17 mb = 3560.54 m = 11681.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.56 mb = 372.93 m = 1223.52 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1147.70 m = 3765.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.89 C = 76.80 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 33.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 789.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.85 mb = 933.88 m = 3063.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.85 mb = 1468.57 m = 4818.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.85 mb = 10722.57 m = 35178.62 ft B at Equ Level: 788.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.85 mb = 13596.85 m = 44608.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.4 neg: -8.1 tot: 107.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 21.15 Bulk Shear: 37.34 m/s