MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.00,-89.11 Latitude: 39.00 Longitude: -89.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 989 156 20.9 18.9 88 2.0 19.6 240 4 295.0 297.6 293.2 335.3 14.06 2 950 500 20.7 15.5 72 5.2 17.3 231 20 298.2 300.4 292.4 332.5 11.77 3 900 966 17.8 14.8 83 3.0 15.8 227 23 299.8 302.0 292.9 334.4 11.81 4 850 1453 14.5 12.9 90 1.6 13.5 217 24 301.3 303.4 292.8 334.1 11.09 5 800 1964 11.3 11.3 100 0.0 11.3 208 26 303.2 305.1 292.9 334.6 10.56 6 750 2501 8.1 8.1 100 0.0 8.1 208 27 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.6 9.07 7 700 3069 5.9 2.8 81 3.0 4.2 220 29 309.0 310.2 291.6 329.6 6.72 8 650 3673 2.7 -4.9 58 7.5 -0.9 224 39 312.0 312.8 290.3 324.9 4.10 9 600 4315 -2.5 -4.7 85 2.2 -3.5 227 42 313.2 314.1 291.0 327.5 4.51 10 550 5002 -6.1 -15.5 47 9.5 -9.4 230 44 316.9 317.3 289.9 323.8 2.08 11 500 5738 -12.1 -20.0 52 8.0 -14.5 231 50 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.6 1.56 12 450 6537 -16.6 -31.6 26 15.1 -19.6 234 46 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.6 0.60 13 400 7412 -22.2 -48.0 8 25.9 -25.1 239 55 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.12 14 350 8376 -30.2 -43.1 27 12.9 -31.6 235 63 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.24 15 300 9453 -38.5 -41.8 70 3.4 -38.8 237 69 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.4 0.32 16 250 10682 -48.3 -51.8 67 3.5 -48.5 242 78 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12114 -54.4 -68.2 17 13.8 -54.6 241 71 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13945 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.5 241 70 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16447 -66.8 -85.2 6 18.4 -67.0 240 43 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.05 m Freezing level: 624.07 mb = 4005.76 m = 13142.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.00 mb = 3561.14 m = 11683.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.59 mb = 404.54 m = 1327.22 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 9.62 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1480.43 m = 4856.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 344.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.30 mb = 1087.38 m = 3567.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.30 mb = 2257.32 m = 7405.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 712.30 mb = 2925.79 m = 9598.92 ft B at Equ Level: 22.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.30 mb = 12364.11 m = 40564.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 82.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 7.05 Bulk Shear: 48.81 m/s