MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180000F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.23,-87.30 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -87.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 990 157 24.4 17.7 66 6.7 19.8 186 8 298.4 300.7 293.3 336.0 12.95 2 950 515 22.4 15.9 67 6.5 18.0 200 22 299.9 302.1 293.1 335.1 12.03 3 900 982 18.4 14.1 76 4.2 15.6 214 28 300.4 302.5 292.7 333.6 11.32 4 850 1469 14.0 12.9 93 1.2 13.3 225 35 300.9 302.9 292.6 333.4 11.05 5 800 1978 10.2 10.0 99 0.2 10.0 228 38 302.0 303.8 291.9 330.6 9.67 6 750 2513 7.1 7.0 99 0.1 7.0 224 33 304.2 305.8 291.6 329.4 8.40 7 700 3080 5.8 4.1 89 1.6 4.8 223 30 308.9 310.3 292.1 331.5 7.37 8 650 3684 2.5 -4.0 62 6.5 -0.7 208 31 311.7 312.6 290.4 325.5 4.37 9 600 4326 -1.8 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.0 208 36 314.0 315.1 292.0 331.2 5.45 10 550 5013 -6.5 -8.3 87 1.7 -7.3 214 42 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.3 3.72 11 500 5750 -12.1 -14.4 83 2.2 -12.9 225 46 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.5 2.51 12 450 6548 -15.8 -30.8 26 15.0 -19.0 233 47 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.7 0.65 13 400 7428 -21.1 -45.6 9 24.6 -24.2 242 56 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.16 14 350 8397 -28.8 -45.7 18 16.9 -30.6 241 63 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.18 15 300 9483 -36.7 -40.5 67 3.9 -37.1 246 62 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.37 16 250 10719 -47.0 -50.2 70 3.2 -47.1 245 53 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.16 17 200 12158 -56.3 -61.3 54 4.9 -56.5 246 63 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.05 18 150 13973 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.3 246 70 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.00 19 100 16466 -67.4 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 244 40 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.04 m Freezing level: 621.15 mb = 4054.53 m = 13302.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.20 mb = 3606.68 m = 11832.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.38 % Est. max temperature: 27.06 C = 80.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.51 mb = 1006.02 m = 3300.55 ft T: 18.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 6.62 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1467.46 m = 4814.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.29 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 37.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 338.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.62 mb = 1333.96 m = 4376.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.62 mb = 1582.56 m = 5192.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.62 mb = 9058.68 m = 29719.73 ft B at Equ Level: 337.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.62 mb = 12201.56 m = 40030.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.5 neg: -29.4 tot: 131.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 7.04 Bulk Shear: 48.12 m/s