MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.05,-87.90 Latitude: 39.05 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 990 153 28.1 18.0 54 10.1 21.1 211 12 302.2 304.6 294.7 341.4 13.27 2 950 511 23.4 16.5 65 6.9 18.8 212 17 301.0 303.3 293.8 337.8 12.54 3 900 980 18.9 15.5 81 3.3 16.6 216 19 300.9 303.2 293.7 337.4 12.40 4 850 1468 15.0 12.5 85 2.5 13.4 225 19 301.8 303.8 292.7 333.6 10.77 5 800 1979 11.2 10.6 96 0.6 10.8 213 19 303.0 304.9 292.5 333.0 10.08 6 750 2515 8.7 6.9 88 1.8 7.6 221 19 306.1 307.6 292.1 331.3 8.36 7 700 3085 6.8 0.1 62 6.8 3.2 229 27 310.1 311.1 290.9 327.1 5.50 8 650 3690 2.5 -2.9 68 5.4 -0.2 228 33 311.7 312.6 290.7 326.7 4.75 9 600 4331 -2.1 -9.1 59 6.9 -5.1 238 41 313.7 314.3 290.0 324.0 3.21 10 550 5018 -6.4 -12.0 64 5.6 -8.5 242 42 316.5 317.1 290.5 325.6 2.78 11 500 5754 -12.1 -18.3 60 6.1 -14.0 237 44 318.2 318.6 290.0 324.3 1.81 12 450 6551 -17.1 -30.4 31 13.2 -19.9 235 44 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.1 0.68 13 400 7426 -21.9 -40.9 16 19.0 -24.6 236 52 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.27 14 350 8391 -29.9 -45.9 20 15.9 -31.5 236 60 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.18 15 300 9469 -39.0 -50.1 30 11.1 -39.8 240 66 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.13 16 250 10692 -48.9 -52.4 67 3.5 -49.1 242 77 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12131 -55.0 -67.7 19 12.7 -55.3 252 75 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13961 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 244 70 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16445 -67.3 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 231 36 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.80 m Freezing level: 623.13 mb = 4034.42 m = 13236.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.10 mb = 3650.93 m = 11977.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.58 mb = 1422.05 m = 4665.47 ft T: 15.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 17.40 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1479.53 m = 4854.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 32.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1101.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.76 mb = 1400.26 m = 4593.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.76 mb = 1549.97 m = 5085.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.76 mb = 11465.10 m = 37614.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1084.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.76 mb = 13886.97 m = 45560.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.7 neg: -3.8 tot: 65.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 32.97 Bulk Shear: 33.40 m/s