MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.21,-86.27 Latitude: 40.21 Longitude: -86.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 976 283 25.0 16.9 61 8.1 19.5 197 14 300.2 302.5 293.6 336.9 12.50 2 950 518 21.2 15.9 72 5.3 17.7 201 19 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.7 12.01 3 900 984 18.6 13.8 73 4.8 15.4 228 29 300.7 302.7 292.6 333.2 11.06 4 850 1472 14.6 12.2 86 2.4 13.1 239 24 301.4 303.4 292.4 332.6 10.57 5 800 1982 10.5 10.1 97 0.4 10.3 248 22 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.3 9.76 6 750 2518 8.5 5.8 83 2.7 6.9 246 25 305.8 307.2 291.5 329.1 7.71 7 700 3087 6.5 1.3 69 5.2 3.7 245 36 309.6 310.8 291.2 328.2 5.99 8 650 3690 1.6 -2.1 77 3.6 -0.3 243 40 310.7 311.7 290.7 326.5 5.07 9 600 4330 -2.7 -17.7 30 15.0 -7.8 240 40 313.0 313.3 288.2 318.2 1.58 10 550 5014 -6.6 -27.8 17 21.2 -12.0 237 45 316.3 316.4 288.3 318.7 0.71 11 500 5750 -11.7 -32.1 17 20.4 -16.0 239 44 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.7 0.52 12 450 6548 -17.5 -33.5 24 15.9 -20.5 237 47 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.0 0.50 13 400 7421 -22.1 -46.1 9 24.0 -25.1 239 45 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.15 14 350 8386 -30.1 -45.4 21 15.3 -31.7 236 48 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.19 15 300 9462 -39.6 -49.6 34 9.9 -40.3 237 51 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.14 16 250 10682 -49.3 -52.6 69 3.2 -49.5 244 58 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.12 17 200 12118 -54.1 -70.6 12 16.5 -54.4 253 71 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13945 -59.0 -82.0 4 23.0 -59.2 245 66 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16434 -67.3 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 236 41 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.44 m Freezing level: 631.72 mb = 3924.03 m = 12873.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.48 mb = 3646.84 m = 11964.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.75 mb = 1305.60 m = 4283.42 ft T: 15.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 18.64 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.59 mb = 1635.94 m = 5367.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 33.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 473.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.54 mb = 1416.70 m = 4647.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.54 mb = 1871.72 m = 6140.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 740.54 mb = 2622.61 m = 8604.27 ft B at Equ Level: 13.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.54 mb = 12425.91 m = 40766.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.5 neg: -20.0 tot: 137.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 8.13 Bulk Shear: 58.25 m/s