MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.78,-86.12 Latitude: 40.78 Longitude: -86.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 981 216 23.4 18.4 74 5.0 19.9 242 6 298.2 300.7 293.9 338.0 13.71 2 950 491 22.2 17.5 75 4.7 19.0 221 16 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.7 13.36 3 900 959 18.5 16.2 86 2.3 16.9 205 28 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.5 12.94 4 850 1447 15.0 15.0 100 -0.0 15.0 206 29 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.4 12.73 5 800 1959 12.0 12.0 100 -0.0 12.0 218 30 304.0 306.0 293.6 337.1 11.12 6 750 2498 8.7 7.8 94 0.9 8.1 232 31 306.0 307.6 292.4 332.7 8.87 7 700 3067 5.6 3.0 83 2.6 4.1 234 34 308.7 309.9 291.6 329.5 6.79 8 650 3668 1.3 -1.5 81 2.8 -0.1 233 40 310.4 311.4 290.8 326.9 5.27 9 600 4308 -3.5 -9.7 62 6.2 -6.1 234 38 312.0 312.6 289.3 321.8 3.04 10 550 4990 -7.6 -10.4 80 2.9 -8.7 227 37 315.1 315.7 290.3 325.3 3.14 11 500 5725 -12.3 -17.2 67 4.9 -13.9 210 37 318.1 318.4 290.2 324.7 1.99 12 450 6522 -17.6 -21.0 74 3.5 -18.5 213 34 321.2 321.5 290.7 326.6 1.59 13 400 7394 -23.2 -25.5 82 2.3 -23.8 228 34 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.0 1.20 14 350 8358 -30.0 -33.6 70 3.7 -30.5 220 36 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.7 0.64 15 300 9436 -39.0 -43.0 66 4.0 -39.4 228 60 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.29 16 250 10659 -48.5 -53.4 56 4.9 -48.7 232 52 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 17 200 12101 -53.8 -61.3 39 7.6 -54.0 248 44 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 13926 -59.0 -83.6 3 24.6 -59.2 242 56 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16422 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.4 245 45 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.26 m Freezing level: 636.50 mb = 3840.96 m = 12601.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.15 mb = 3653.95 m = 11987.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.61 mb = 848.11 m = 2782.49 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 17.66 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1335.92 m = 4382.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 27.30 C K Index: 39.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1292.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.16 mb = 1129.95 m = 3707.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.16 mb = 1677.19 m = 5502.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.16 mb = 11278.01 m = 37000.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1278.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.16 mb = 14043.88 m = 46075.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 29.88 Bulk Shear: 43.27 m/s