MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510180600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.48,-88.64 Latitude: 38.48 Longitude: -88.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 990 139 24.2 17.0 64 7.2 19.3 185 12 298.2 300.5 292.9 334.2 12.40 2 950 498 22.2 16.3 69 5.9 18.2 191 29 299.7 301.9 293.3 335.7 12.34 3 900 966 18.8 14.6 77 4.2 16.0 198 36 300.9 303.0 293.1 335.2 11.69 4 850 1453 14.4 12.0 85 2.4 12.9 209 35 301.2 303.2 292.3 332.0 10.43 5 800 1963 10.2 8.9 92 1.3 9.5 214 29 302.0 303.7 291.4 328.8 9.01 6 750 2498 7.2 7.1 99 0.1 7.2 203 32 304.4 306.0 291.7 329.9 8.49 7 700 3065 5.5 3.6 87 1.9 4.4 206 36 308.6 309.9 291.8 330.4 7.10 8 650 3668 2.0 -0.4 84 2.4 0.8 199 39 311.3 312.3 291.5 329.1 5.73 9 600 4310 -1.7 -5.1 77 3.5 -3.3 201 46 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.0 4.35 10 550 4997 -6.9 -9.1 84 2.2 -7.8 209 50 315.9 316.6 290.9 327.2 3.50 11 500 5732 -12.6 -14.7 85 2.1 -13.3 216 54 317.6 318.1 290.5 325.7 2.44 12 450 6529 -17.1 -26.6 44 9.5 -19.3 226 58 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.2 0.97 13 400 7403 -22.4 -29.8 51 7.4 -23.9 226 67 325.9 326.1 291.4 328.8 0.81 14 350 8370 -28.6 -31.1 79 2.5 -29.0 232 67 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.2 0.82 15 300 9456 -37.1 -40.6 70 3.5 -37.4 237 58 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.6 0.37 16 250 10689 -47.4 -51.0 66 3.6 -47.6 236 51 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 17 200 12128 -55.3 -60.0 56 4.7 -55.4 243 70 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.06 18 150 13958 -58.0 -83.2 3 25.3 -58.2 247 55 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16461 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -66.0 243 44 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.68 m Freezing level: 622.67 mb = 4018.78 m = 13184.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.47 mb = 3786.20 m = 12421.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.72 mb = 1054.05 m = 3458.11 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 6.97 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1478.58 m = 4850.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 521.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.63 mb = 1297.94 m = 4258.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.63 mb = 1647.18 m = 5404.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.63 mb = 9670.80 m = 31727.98 ft B at Equ Level: 521.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.63 mb = 12776.31 m = 41916.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.1 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 236.1 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.0 neg: -15.3 tot: 171.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 11.93 Bulk Shear: 43.75 m/s