MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.59,-88.29 Latitude: 39.59 Longitude: -88.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 204 20.1 19.4 96 0.7 19.6 159 5 294.9 297.5 293.5 336.7 14.61 2 950 481 19.4 16.6 84 2.8 17.5 174 10 296.9 299.2 292.6 333.4 12.62 3 900 946 17.8 11.4 66 6.4 13.8 180 10 299.9 301.6 291.0 327.5 9.42 4 850 1434 15.6 9.3 66 6.3 11.8 226 14 302.5 304.1 291.3 328.4 8.71 5 800 1946 12.3 9.2 81 3.1 10.4 240 21 304.3 306.0 292.2 331.6 9.15 6 750 2485 9.3 8.9 97 0.4 9.0 228 22 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.6 9.58 7 700 3054 5.7 5.7 100 0.0 5.7 226 28 308.8 310.3 292.8 333.9 8.23 8 650 3658 2.2 0.0 86 2.1 1.0 221 38 311.4 312.5 291.7 329.8 5.92 9 600 4299 -3.1 -3.5 97 0.4 -3.3 222 46 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.0 4.92 10 550 4981 -7.3 -11.8 71 4.4 -9.1 220 50 315.4 315.9 290.2 324.6 2.83 11 500 5718 -12.1 -20.2 51 8.0 -14.5 217 50 318.2 318.5 289.8 323.4 1.54 12 450 6516 -16.0 -34.2 19 18.2 -19.5 213 50 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.9 0.47 13 400 7393 -22.1 -45.0 11 22.9 -24.9 214 50 326.2 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.17 14 350 8358 -30.4 -35.0 64 4.7 -31.0 217 55 327.8 327.9 291.7 329.8 0.56 15 300 9439 -37.2 -40.0 75 2.8 -37.5 220 65 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.4 0.39 16 250 10671 -47.9 -50.9 71 3.0 -48.0 219 76 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12102 -55.8 -66.7 24 11.0 -56.0 239 59 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13922 -58.8 -80.9 4 22.1 -59.0 245 62 368.8 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16423 -64.7 -86.5 3 21.7 -64.9 252 43 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.42 m Freezing level: 629.54 mb = 3920.15 m = 12861.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.29 mb = 3803.55 m = 12478.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.89 mb = 293.88 m = 964.16 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 12.16 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.91 mb = 1904.51 m = 6248.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 37.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.33 mb = 1163.68 m = 3817.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.33 mb = 3878.57 m = 12724.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 442.33 mb = 6644.18 m = 21798.22 ft B at Equ Level: 126.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.33 mb = 10345.89 m = 33942.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.2 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 250.2 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 68.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.36 Bulk Shear: 94.88 m/s