MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.55,-86.41 Latitude: 41.55 Longitude: -86.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 978 227 19.9 19.6 98 0.3 19.7 320 3 294.9 297.6 293.7 337.4 14.84 2 950 479 19.3 18.0 92 1.3 18.4 231 9 296.8 299.3 293.5 336.7 13.82 3 900 944 16.7 16.2 97 0.5 16.3 207 18 298.7 301.0 293.4 336.4 12.94 4 850 1429 14.1 14.0 100 0.1 14.0 206 21 300.9 303.0 293.3 335.8 11.89 5 800 1939 10.7 9.2 90 1.5 9.7 226 28 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.7 9.15 6 750 2474 7.4 3.3 75 4.1 5.1 235 34 304.6 305.8 290.0 324.1 6.46 7 700 3039 4.0 0.8 80 3.2 2.3 239 37 306.9 308.0 290.2 324.6 5.80 8 650 3639 0.8 -2.5 79 3.3 -0.9 240 42 309.8 310.8 290.3 325.1 4.89 9 600 4277 -3.1 -7.0 75 3.9 -4.8 240 44 312.5 313.3 290.1 324.5 3.78 10 550 4961 -7.5 -9.9 83 2.5 -8.5 240 45 315.2 315.8 290.5 325.8 3.27 11 500 5696 -12.3 -15.8 75 3.5 -13.5 243 49 318.1 318.5 290.4 325.5 2.24 12 450 6494 -17.3 -20.0 79 2.7 -18.1 241 50 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.3 1.73 13 400 7366 -23.6 -25.5 85 1.9 -24.1 237 49 324.3 324.5 291.3 328.5 1.20 14 350 8327 -30.4 -32.9 79 2.4 -30.8 232 57 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.2 0.69 15 300 9404 -39.1 -42.0 73 3.0 -39.4 226 63 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.5 0.32 16 250 10624 -49.8 -53.0 69 3.2 -49.9 235 91 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.11 17 200 12049 -56.7 -70.2 17 13.4 -56.9 241 93 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.01 18 150 13888 -56.7 -80.3 4 23.6 -57.0 233 66 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16409 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.1 254 43 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.67 m Freezing level: 640.08 mb = 3765.31 m = 12353.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.58 mb = 3471.39 m = 11388.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.88 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.37 mb = 260.87 m = 855.87 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 13.27 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.91 mb = 906.45 m = 2973.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.50 C = 74.31 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.61 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 26.26 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1143.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.25 mb = 780.62 m = 2561.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.25 mb = 1307.87 m = 4290.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.25 mb = 11375.54 m = 37320.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1129.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.25 mb = 13792.65 m = 45250.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 12.35 Bulk Shear: 92.61 m/s