MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.61,-86.23 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -86.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 257 23.3 18.2 73 5.1 19.8 225 8 298.6 301.1 293.9 338.3 13.64 2 950 485 20.6 17.2 81 3.4 18.3 218 13 298.1 300.5 293.4 336.3 13.13 3 900 951 17.7 15.3 86 2.4 16.1 208 21 299.8 302.0 293.2 335.6 12.26 4 850 1438 14.2 11.6 85 2.5 12.6 217 29 301.0 302.9 292.0 331.0 10.18 5 800 1947 10.8 6.7 76 4.1 8.5 232 34 302.7 304.1 290.5 325.8 7.74 6 750 2482 7.4 4.0 79 3.4 5.5 239 38 304.6 305.8 290.3 325.1 6.80 7 700 3047 4.1 -0.2 74 4.3 1.9 243 40 307.0 308.0 289.8 323.5 5.38 8 650 3646 0.6 -2.4 80 3.0 -0.9 240 43 309.7 310.6 290.3 325.1 4.94 9 600 4285 -3.1 -4.3 91 1.2 -3.7 239 47 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.1 4.63 10 550 4969 -7.7 -8.6 93 0.9 -8.1 241 48 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.7 3.63 11 500 5703 -12.6 -15.8 77 3.2 -13.7 243 49 317.7 318.1 290.3 325.1 2.24 12 450 6499 -18.6 -23.9 63 5.3 -19.9 242 52 319.8 320.1 290.0 324.1 1.23 13 400 7367 -23.8 -26.0 82 2.1 -24.3 227 55 324.0 324.3 291.2 328.1 1.15 14 350 8327 -31.0 -33.8 77 2.7 -31.4 237 63 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.2 0.63 15 300 9400 -40.1 -43.2 72 3.1 -40.4 226 65 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.28 16 250 10618 -50.3 -53.7 68 3.3 -50.5 230 80 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.10 17 200 12044 -54.9 -69.2 15 14.3 -55.1 247 78 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13881 -56.4 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.7 234 67 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16401 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 253 46 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.33 m Freezing level: 641.42 mb = 3755.76 m = 12321.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.60 mb = 3454.36 m = 11333.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.65 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.92 mb = 903.76 m = 2965.06 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 14.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.28 mb = 1305.52 m = 4283.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.64 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1157.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.23 mb = 1110.97 m = 3644.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.23 mb = 1554.77 m = 5100.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.23 mb = 11200.05 m = 36745.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1143.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.23 mb = 13540.22 m = 44422.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 232.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 12.12 Bulk Shear: 95.49 m/s