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: 41.26,-87.84 Latitude: 41.26 Longitude: -87.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 980 204 21.0 19.1 89 1.8 19.7 234 4 295.8 298.4 293.6 337.1 14.36 2 950 474 20.0 16.4 80 3.6 17.7 247 13 297.5 299.8 292.7 333.7 12.47 3 900 939 17.1 11.8 71 5.3 13.8 246 16 299.2 300.9 291.0 327.5 9.70 4 850 1424 13.8 10.7 81 3.1 11.9 240 17 300.6 302.3 291.3 328.7 9.53 5 800 1933 10.8 10.0 95 0.8 10.3 238 22 302.6 304.4 292.0 331.3 9.65 6 750 2469 7.1 5.8 91 1.3 6.3 235 29 304.3 305.7 291.0 327.4 7.72 7 700 3034 4.4 -1.5 65 5.9 1.4 228 32 307.3 308.2 289.5 322.4 4.89 8 650 3632 0.3 -6.0 62 6.4 -2.6 229 31 309.3 310.0 289.1 321.1 3.75 9 600 4270 -3.3 -18.5 30 15.2 -8.3 229 34 312.3 312.5 287.8 317.2 1.48 10 550 4952 -7.5 -26.4 20 18.8 -12.4 232 40 315.1 315.3 288.1 317.9 0.80 11 500 5685 -13.6 -17.7 71 4.1 -14.9 225 46 316.4 316.8 289.6 322.8 1.91 12 450 6476 -18.4 -21.0 80 2.6 -19.1 226 53 320.1 320.4 290.4 325.5 1.59 13 400 7348 -22.8 -24.7 85 1.9 -23.2 216 57 325.3 325.6 291.7 329.8 1.29 14 350 8312 -30.2 -32.5 81 2.2 -30.6 216 70 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.6 0.72 15 300 9390 -39.2 -42.0 74 2.9 -39.4 215 67 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.32 16 250 10610 -49.3 -52.8 67 3.5 -49.5 236 83 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 17 200 12048 -54.5 -70.4 12 16.0 -54.7 249 78 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.01 18 150 13881 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 247 51 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16400 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 249 44 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.45 m Freezing level: 645.57 mb = 3688.79 m = 12102.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.10 mb = 3242.89 m = 10639.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.33 mb = 434.93 m = 1426.91 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.60 mb = 1507.62 m = 4946.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.90 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.29 C K Index: 32.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 334.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.88 mb = 1159.83 m = 3805.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.88 mb = 2230.23 m = 7316.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.88 mb = 9118.42 m = 29915.70 ft B at Equ Level: 333.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.88 mb = 11988.05 m = 39330.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.7 neg: -1.6 tot: 48.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 6.24 Bulk Shear: 53.58 m/s