MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.91,-87.53 Latitude: 37.91 Longitude: -87.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 995 117 27.1 18.1 58 9.0 20.8 201 11 300.7 303.1 294.2 339.4 13.20 2 950 522 22.7 16.3 67 6.4 18.4 203 18 300.3 302.5 293.4 336.5 12.36 3 900 990 18.2 14.5 79 3.7 15.8 216 25 300.3 302.4 292.9 334.4 11.63 4 850 1477 14.5 11.4 82 3.0 12.6 223 32 301.3 303.1 292.0 330.9 10.04 5 800 1986 10.6 10.5 99 0.1 10.6 221 32 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.2 10.03 6 750 2522 7.6 7.6 100 0.0 7.6 218 28 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.2 8.78 7 700 3090 6.5 2.5 75 4.0 4.3 218 27 309.7 310.9 291.7 329.9 6.55 8 650 3696 3.5 -3.5 60 7.0 0.0 212 28 312.9 313.7 290.9 327.2 4.54 9 600 4340 -1.1 -2.2 92 1.1 -1.6 214 36 314.9 315.9 292.3 332.1 5.45 10 550 5029 -6.1 -8.9 81 2.8 -7.3 218 39 316.8 317.5 291.2 328.3 3.55 11 500 5766 -12.0 -16.0 72 4.0 -13.4 228 42 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.7 2.19 12 450 6563 -16.8 -30.0 31 13.2 -19.6 228 43 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.7 0.70 13 400 7439 -21.6 -42.0 14 20.4 -24.4 236 50 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.24 14 350 8407 -29.2 -47.7 15 18.5 -30.9 237 60 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.15 15 300 9489 -37.2 -43.4 52 6.3 -37.7 248 71 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.27 16 250 10726 -46.4 -49.7 69 3.3 -46.6 255 61 337.1 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.16 17 200 12168 -56.4 -61.9 50 5.5 -56.5 256 69 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 13982 -60.3 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.5 249 77 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16455 -68.4 -87.5 5 19.1 -68.5 238 34 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.54 m Freezing level: 611.67 mb = 4189.61 m = 13745.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.40 mb = 3703.24 m = 12149.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.00 mb = 1259.10 m = 4130.86 ft T: 16.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 8.51 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.88 mb = 1468.11 m = 4816.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 33.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 554.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.38 mb = 1353.68 m = 4441.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.38 mb = 1602.63 m = 5257.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.38 mb = 10270.32 m = 33694.85 ft B at Equ Level: 552.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.38 mb = 13290.87 m = 43604.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.1 neg: -25.5 tot: 68.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 13.81 Bulk Shear: 40.17 m/s