MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 19Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.73,-89.34 Latitude: 38.73 Longitude: -89.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 989 146 22.2 19.5 84 2.8 20.4 212 17 296.3 298.9 293.9 338.3 14.56 2 950 497 19.4 18.2 93 1.2 18.6 212 23 296.9 299.4 293.6 337.3 13.99 3 900 962 17.1 16.2 94 0.9 16.5 212 20 299.1 301.5 293.6 337.0 12.98 4 850 1449 14.2 14.2 100 0.0 14.2 216 18 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.6 12.07 5 800 1960 11.5 11.5 100 -0.0 11.5 235 20 303.4 305.4 293.2 335.3 10.73 6 750 2499 10.1 10.1 100 -0.0 10.1 226 17 307.5 309.5 294.1 339.0 10.41 7 700 3070 7.0 7.0 100 0.0 7.1 209 22 310.3 312.0 293.8 338.0 9.04 8 650 3679 3.6 3.6 100 0.0 3.6 214 31 313.1 314.5 293.6 336.9 7.66 9 600 4322 -2.4 -2.9 96 0.5 -2.7 225 44 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.5 5.14 10 550 5007 -7.0 -11.6 70 4.6 -8.8 231 52 315.7 316.3 290.3 325.0 2.85 11 500 5742 -12.5 -18.3 62 5.8 -14.3 232 53 317.7 318.1 289.9 323.8 1.80 12 450 6539 -16.8 -26.7 42 9.9 -19.1 236 55 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.6 0.96 13 400 7415 -21.6 -41.5 15 20.0 -24.4 242 61 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.25 14 350 8383 -29.1 -44.4 21 15.3 -30.8 244 68 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.21 15 300 9465 -37.8 -44.2 51 6.4 -38.3 253 76 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 16 250 10692 -49.0 -52.3 69 3.3 -49.2 249 84 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12124 -56.0 -64.5 34 8.5 -56.2 247 90 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 13953 -57.8 -82.8 3 24.9 -58.1 242 64 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16441 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.5 238 44 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.29 m Freezing level: 620.02 mb = 4064.23 m = 13333.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.34 mb = 4041.00 m = 13257.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.40 mb = 493.79 m = 1620.03 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 15.21 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 969.58 m = 3181.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.10 C = 77.17 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 26.75 C K Index: 40.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 826.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.97 mb = 773.58 m = 2537.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.97 mb = 1300.18 m = 4265.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 764.97 mb = 2334.10 m = 7657.73 ft B at Equ Level: 23.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.97 mb = 13745.87 m = 45097.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -23.9 tot: 28.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 37.19 Bulk Shear: 22.23 m/s