MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.91,-86.27 Latitude: 40.91 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 40 SFC 977 242 20.2 20.0 99 0.1 20.1 320 5 295.3 298.0 294.1 339.0 15.25 2 950 484 19.8 18.5 92 1.3 18.9 244 11 297.3 299.9 294.0 338.6 14.28 3 900 951 18.6 16.4 87 2.2 17.1 213 20 300.7 303.1 294.1 339.4 13.18 4 850 1439 15.4 14.4 94 1.0 14.7 210 24 302.3 304.5 293.9 338.4 12.22 5 800 1952 12.5 10.6 88 1.9 11.3 222 26 304.4 306.3 292.9 334.5 10.08 6 750 2491 9.4 8.5 94 0.9 8.9 240 33 306.8 308.5 293.1 335.0 9.35 7 700 3062 5.9 5.0 94 0.9 5.4 250 39 309.1 310.5 292.6 333.1 7.85 8 650 3664 1.1 -1.4 84 2.4 -0.2 243 43 310.2 311.2 290.8 326.7 5.33 9 600 4303 -2.9 -9.6 60 6.7 -5.7 241 45 312.8 313.3 289.6 322.6 3.08 10 550 4986 -8.0 -16.2 52 8.2 -10.8 246 43 314.6 315.0 289.0 321.1 1.96 11 500 5718 -13.0 -14.8 87 1.8 -13.6 239 41 317.2 317.7 290.3 325.2 2.43 12 450 6515 -17.4 -19.8 82 2.4 -18.1 222 37 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.3 1.76 13 400 7387 -22.9 -26.2 74 3.3 -23.6 227 38 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.2 1.13 14 350 8355 -29.1 -36.6 48 7.5 -30.2 245 40 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.3 0.47 15 300 9435 -38.4 -42.7 63 4.4 -38.8 238 54 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.29 16 250 10661 -48.8 -53.0 62 4.1 -49.0 245 53 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.11 17 200 12092 -55.7 -69.3 17 13.6 -55.9 254 63 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13914 -58.3 -80.8 4 22.4 -58.6 242 60 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16419 -63.8 -87.4 3 23.6 -63.9 245 43 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.56 m Freezing level: 636.72 mb = 3833.28 m = 12576.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.40 mb = 3646.07 m = 11962.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.32 mb = 256.52 m = 841.59 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 13.98 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1256.69 m = 4122.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.54 C = 79.78 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 27.39 C K Index: 41.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1314.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.87 mb = 894.56 m = 2934.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.87 mb = 1838.00 m = 6030.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.87 mb = 11455.40 m = 37582.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1305.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.87 mb = 14301.76 m = 46921.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 4.2 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.7 neg: -1.4 tot: 208.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 18.31 Bulk Shear: 71.80 m/s