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: 41.55,-85.67 Latitude: 41.55 Longitude: -85.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 973 269 21.0 18.9 88 2.1 19.6 227 6 296.5 299.1 293.7 337.7 14.29 2 950 477 20.6 17.6 83 2.9 18.6 240 16 298.0 300.5 293.6 337.2 13.48 3 900 943 18.2 15.5 84 2.7 16.4 223 23 300.3 302.6 293.5 336.7 12.42 4 850 1431 14.9 12.6 86 2.2 13.4 226 26 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.9 10.88 5 800 1942 12.0 9.7 86 2.2 10.6 231 28 303.9 305.6 292.3 332.3 9.50 6 750 2480 8.7 4.7 76 4.0 6.5 230 30 306.0 307.4 291.1 327.8 7.18 7 700 3047 5.4 -5.7 45 11.1 0.3 228 35 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.6 3.57 8 650 3648 1.6 -14.8 28 16.4 -4.4 226 40 310.8 311.2 287.7 316.9 1.87 9 600 4288 -2.5 -17.1 32 14.6 -7.5 232 42 313.3 313.6 288.3 318.8 1.67 10 550 4972 -7.1 -20.7 33 13.6 -11.2 238 46 315.7 315.9 288.8 320.2 1.34 11 500 5707 -12.5 -20.3 52 7.8 -14.8 242 50 317.8 318.1 289.6 322.9 1.52 12 450 6504 -17.1 -19.1 85 2.0 -17.7 228 44 321.7 322.0 291.2 328.1 1.88 13 400 7377 -23.4 -25.5 83 2.0 -23.9 219 49 324.5 324.8 291.3 328.7 1.20 14 350 8339 -30.9 -33.6 77 2.7 -31.3 219 47 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.4 0.64 15 300 9413 -39.5 -42.5 73 3.0 -39.7 240 67 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.9 0.30 16 250 10633 -50.0 -53.6 66 3.6 -50.1 249 83 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 17 200 12066 -56.4 -64.0 38 7.6 -56.6 242 93 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 13902 -57.3 -80.9 4 23.5 -57.6 237 56 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16409 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 256 39 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.71 m Freezing level: 630.15 mb = 3902.41 m = 12803.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.29 mb = 3078.92 m = 10101.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.02 mb = 531.36 m = 1743.30 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 20.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1364.63 m = 4477.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.15 C K Index: 28.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1086.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.46 mb = 1072.58 m = 3518.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.46 mb = 2031.66 m = 6665.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.46 mb = 11411.65 m = 37439.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1072.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.46 mb = 13840.06 m = 45406.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.6 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 262.6 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 19.44 Bulk Shear: 55.91 m/s