MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.63,-86.09 Latitude: 40.63 Longitude: -86.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 977 246 26.8 17.2 56 9.6 20.2 196 14 302.0 304.3 294.2 339.6 12.74 2 950 489 23.9 16.4 63 7.4 18.8 198 20 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.0 12.44 3 900 959 19.2 15.4 79 3.7 16.7 200 22 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.6 12.35 4 850 1447 15.0 12.4 84 2.6 13.3 213 26 301.9 303.8 292.7 333.5 10.72 5 800 1958 11.7 10.4 92 1.3 10.9 223 25 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.2 9.94 6 750 2496 8.4 6.6 88 1.9 7.3 238 29 305.7 307.3 291.8 330.4 8.16 7 700 3064 5.3 2.0 79 3.3 3.5 241 34 308.4 309.5 291.1 327.8 6.33 8 650 3665 1.6 -2.4 74 4.1 -0.4 242 43 310.8 311.8 290.6 326.2 4.93 9 600 4306 -2.1 -8.0 64 5.9 -4.7 245 49 313.7 314.3 290.2 324.9 3.49 10 550 4992 -6.9 -13.2 61 6.3 -9.3 248 53 315.9 316.4 290.0 324.1 2.51 11 500 5727 -11.9 -17.9 61 5.9 -13.9 238 44 318.5 318.8 290.2 324.8 1.88 12 450 6525 -17.7 -20.9 76 3.2 -18.6 233 47 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.4 1.60 13 400 7396 -22.7 -31.4 45 8.6 -24.4 229 47 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.70 14 350 8361 -30.2 -46.7 19 16.5 -31.7 231 62 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.16 15 300 9437 -39.2 -46.0 48 6.9 -39.6 233 62 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.0 0.21 16 250 10660 -49.0 -52.4 68 3.4 -49.1 242 68 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.12 17 200 12095 -55.1 -72.5 10 17.4 -55.4 247 69 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 18 150 13922 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 242 66 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16430 -66.1 -85.5 5 19.5 -66.2 241 43 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.58 m Freezing level: 628.04 mb = 3946.70 m = 12948.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.01 mb = 3603.03 m = 11820.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.47 C = 81.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.14 mb = 1455.63 m = 4775.62 ft T: 14.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 15.46 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.43 mb = 1542.58 m = 5060.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.61 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 24.37 C K Index: 36.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1130.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.79 mb = 1449.21 m = 4754.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.79 mb = 1701.03 m = 5580.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.79 mb = 11343.99 m = 37217.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1116.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.79 mb = 14140.49 m = 46392.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 14.14 Bulk Shear: 79.98 m/s